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These government files show how a private security firm bungled pipeline protests
Canada’s private security industry has grown four-fold since 1970 and this review shows what can go wrong when officials outsource political surveillance.
Two Aboriginal Communities Take Their Fight Against Energy Companies to Canada's Supreme Court
The case could set a precedent for how major Canadian energy projects are decided in the future.
Canadian Agency Tasked With Overseeing Pipelines Only Did Its Job Properly Half the Time, Audit Shows
Information was missing, documentation was not filed, and reporters were not finalized, Canada's environmental watchdog has learned.
Canadian Activists Show There’s a Very Easy (But Dangerous) Way to Shut Down Pipelines
Earlier this month, activists shut down Enbridge's controversial Line 9 not long after it was reversed to flow east to Montreal.
A Look Back at How Canada Fucked Up the Environment in 2015
Canada started 2015 as pretty much just the worst and ended the year not quite the worst.
Environmentalists Shouldn’t Take Pipeline Slowdown as a Win for Activism
It's way too early to start thinking the tar sands is in permanent decline.
Whistleblowers Think They Know Why Canadian Pipelines Are Exploding
TransCanada, the same company that wants to build the Keystone XL and Energy East pipelines, has tallied more than 300 “reportable incidents,” including ruptures, leaks, fires, explosions, serious injuries, and one death, at its facilities since 2008.
More People Are Blowing the Whistle on Oil Companies in Canada
Though there has been an increase, it’s still a small number of whistleblowers alerting Canada's National Energy Board to violations.
Environmentalists Call for Overhaul of Canada's Pipeline Approval Process
On Thursday, the Supreme Court of Canada refused to hear a case brought forward by critics of the proposed Trans Mountain pipeline who say their free speech rights been violated.
Robots Are Wandering Through Oil Pipelines That Have Never Been Inspected
Can robots save Canada's aging pipeline infrastructure?
Tim Hortons Stops Running Enbridge's Ads Following Public Backlash
Canadians want their corporate coffee to be energy-company-free, eh?
The Fracked-Up Business of LNG on Canada’s East Coast
If the threat of turning Eastern Canada into a fracked gas field has been partially mitigated through newly-legislated provincial moratoriums, the natural gas industry still has a particular pipe dream for the Maritimes' coastline.