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Ministry of Environment

Bafflegab reigns supreme as government disciplines conservation officer for saving bear cubs

What happens when public service actually has more to do with office politics than serving the public?
Deadline approaches to send questions to Kinder Morgan

Kinder Morgan not required to provide full oil spill response documents: NEB

“I remain deeply concerned that the process itself is fundamentally flawed,” says MLA Andrew Weaver.

Is the Harper legacy one we want to leave for future generations?

The year 2014 was a busy time for the Harper Conservatives, who were quietly dismantling Canada's environmental protections to serve international oil, gas, mining and aquaculture interests. ...

Taking out the trash

 Last Saturday, the Great Canadian Shoreline Clean Up, a partnership between the Vancouver Aquarium, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), and the Vancouver Airport (YVR) launched the 19th annual fall...

"Rock snot" from B.C. congesting rivers world-wide in growing environmental threat

Algae from Nanaimo area threatening ecosystems, experts say.

Highly educated female immigrants say Canada isn't on their side

Jayashree Shrivastava, a 38-year-old environmental scientist from India, says if she could start over, she'd go south of the border. “I'm telliing people from India who want to immigrate to try the U...