Clean Economy / Climate Change / Energy East / Apr 07, 2016
Clean Drinking Water: More Important than Dirty Oil
Like most Canadians, I’m so used to turning on the tap and taking a sip of water that I don’t even think about what…Read More
Climate Change / Mar 29, 2016
How will a warming climate impact water in Canada?
At Environmental Defence, we work hard to safeguard Canada’s water as well as our shared climate. This World Water Week, we wanted to take…Read More
Climate Change / Energy East / Jan 08, 2016
TransCanada wants to build Energy East, the largest-ever proposed tar sands oil pipeline from Alberta all the way to Saint John, New Brunswick. As…Read More
Clean Economy / Oct 27, 2015
Public opposition to pipelines helping to keep carbon in the ground
From protests against the KinderMorgan pipeline in B.C., to last spring’s massive Act on Climate march in Quebec City, to the diverse march for…Read More
Clean Economy / Jul 28, 2015
The Massive Nexen Oil Spill and the Illusion of Safety
Last week, Canada had one of its largest oil spills ever. And this was from a brand-new, state–of-the-art pipeline owned by tar sands oil…Read More
Clean Economy / Jul 02, 2015
TransCanada’s weak attempt to spin Canada’s inaction on climate isn’t fooling anyone
On the world stage, Canada is known as a climate laggard, not a climate leader. And oily spin from pipeline companies doesn’t change this….Read More
Clean Economy / May 26, 2015
Time for the NEB to scrap the Energy East project application
Anyone who has ever filed their taxes knows that you have to have your paperwork finished before the deadline. But such rules don’t seem…Read More
Clean Economy / Apr 22, 2015
Energy East would ship oil through Eastern Canada – not to it
TransCanada has spent millions on advertising, desperately trying to convince Canadians that Energy East is about getting oil from Western Canada to eastern Canadians….Read More
Clean Economy / Feb 04, 2015
The beginning of the end for Keystone XL
On a sweltering hot day in July of 2013, President Obama made a historic speech on climate change at Georgetown University. Speaking to a…Read More
Clean Economy / Nov 27, 2014
Closing the gate after the horse left the barn: TransCanada fires Edelman
Yesterday, TransCanada fired its PR firm – Edelman, two weeks after Edelman’s strategy document for TransCanada’s Energy East pipeline was leaked to the public. That document…Read More