Environment

Canada’s carbon price doesn’t need to be $200 per tonne – $40 will do, if other policies are adopted

Howe Sound aggregate mine critics fear damage to McNab Creek fish habitat

UBC forestry PHD student creates business that uses recycled chopsticks to make shelves, tables and more.

UBC’s Brock Commons highrise student residence is the tallest building of its kind in the world

BC’s “Climate Leadership Plan”, by any assessment that takes the devastation and upheavals of climate change seriously, is a fraud. It makes a mockery of B.C.’s supposed leading role in shifting away from a carbon economy.

Expansion depends on Trans Mountain pipeline expansion's final approval

Are bio-fuels really greener than the fossil fuels they displace? For internal-combustion-powered vehicles, much of the focus has been on trying to reduce carbon emissions by adding ethanol to gasoline and vegetable oil to diesel.

Hydrogeologist finds spotty data, worsening quality in first-ever survey of groundwater in oil and gas region

Second in a series Public trust is the single biggest hurdle facing Canada’s oil and gas sector. Not emissions management. Not water use. Not seismicity related to hydraulic fracturing. Not pipeline safety.

Even with a price freeze, province’s carbon tax still higher than Ontario’s, Quebec’s