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Christy Clark ready to support Kinder Morgan pipeline if her five conditions are met

B.C. Premier Christy Clark says the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline expansion is "very close" to meeting the five environmental, financial, and legal conditions she needs to endorse the new...

B.C.'s Clark urged to reject Kinder Morgan pipeline for failing key condition

British Columbia Premier Christy Clark is being challenged to reject Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain pipeline expansion proposal because it can never meet one of her five conditions to support oil...

Premiers' national energy strategy draft "positively disingenuous", says professor of Canadian environmental policy

Christy Clark stole the headlines when she walked out of the Council of the Federation meeting in Halifax last week, but what actually came of the national energy strategy on the agenda?

Tzeporah Berman slams province's new "minimum requirements" as paving way for oil pipelines and tankers

Well-known environmentalist and author Tzeporah Berman slammed the BC government's "minimum requirements" for the Enbridge Northern Gateway oil pipeline project today.  The requirements were...

Enbridge Northern Gateway poses “a very large risk” to BC for “very small” benefit, says Premier Christy Clark

Premier Christy Clark has finally come out with her long-awaited position on the controversial Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline proposal.

Premier Christy Clark's dismissal of polls stuns Angus Reid VP

If Premier Christy Clark's government trusted Angus Reid enough to hire them, she shouldn't dismiss the company's poll simply because she didn't like the result, Angus Reid vice president Mario...

Earth Day no deterrent to Canada’s drive for more dirty fossil fuels

What changes in Canada’s climate pollutions have occurred since the first Earth Day 42 years ago?