Adrienne Tanner

2 days ago | nationalobserver.com | Adrienne Tanner

Pathways president Kendall Dilling told the Globe and Mail he's feeling optimistic as he sees a "real, renewed interest in getting past some of the barriers that have been slowing infrastructure down in this country." And Smith said this week a private-sector pitch to build the pipeline is close.

1 week ago | nationalobserver.com | Adrienne Tanner

Ontario is seriously eyeing sites for three even bigger nuclear plants than it already has - "the equivalent of adding about five Darlington Nuclear Generating Stations to the grid," the report states - with the possibility of even more of them down the road. As for solar and wind, the plan calls for a modest increase of slightly more than double the small amounts produced now which comprise 11 per cent of Ontario's power supply.

2 weeks ago | nationalobserver.com | Adrienne Tanner

Similar bills in Ontario and BC have met with the same reaction. Ontario's allows the province to ram through development in special economic zones with no regard for existing provincial or municipal laws or regulations. In particular, the Ontario government wants quick access to mining in the province's mineral-rich north, known as the Ring of Fire.

3 weeks ago | nationalobserver.com | Adrienne Tanner

If there is one thing BC and Alberta can't see eye to eye on, it's oil pipelines. The incessant demands by Alberta Premier Danielle Smith for another oil pipeline to the West Coast spells nothing but trouble for her BC counterpart, David Eby. Compared to folks on the Prairies, British Columbians aren't keen on pipelines carrying heavy crude cutting across their lands and rivers.

1 month ago | nationalobserver.com | Adrienne Tanner

This is how corporate bullies get their way. Alberta's energy regulator last week approved coal exploration plans by Australian-based Northback Holdings on Grassy Mountain in the Crowsnest Pass region. The approval came after a consortium of powerful coal mining companies sued the Alberta government for more than $15 billion over losses they claim were incurred when the province imposed a mining moratorium in the area.