The Energy Mix

5 days ago | theenergymix.com | Mitchell Beer

This story has been updated with material on what constitutes a “nation-building” project and Prime Minister Mark Carney’s reference to a pipeline to the northwest coast. Provincial and territorial first ministers came away without a final list of “nation-building” projects to pursue, but still heaped praise on Prime Minister Mark Carney after a meeting in Saskatoon that Ontario Premier Doug Ford described as the “best” they’ve had in the last decade.

1 week ago | theenergymix.com | Mitchell Beer

Two Canadian Forces Chinook helicopters were on their way to the Pukatawagan Cree Nation in Northern Manitoba Saturday morning, where about 2,000 people were stranded with a wildfire just a kilometre away. The community, also known as the Mathias Colomb First Nation, declared an emergency after the airport was closed by a power outage and smoke, while rail lines were blocked by the flames.

1 week ago | theenergymix.com | Mitchell Beer

This week’s dangerous wildfires that forced tens of thousands to evacuate and prompted provincial emergency declarations in Manitoba and Saskatchewan were driven by an early-season heat wave made at least five times more likely by climate change, concludes a new analysis released May 30.

1 week ago | theenergymix.com | Mitchell Beer

A landmark court ruling in a case that pitted a Peruvian farmer and mountain guide against a mammoth German utility could open the door to corporate liability for climate pollution in Canada, a leading environmental lawyer says.

1 week ago | theenergymix.com | Gaye Taylor

As Canada’s wildfire season intensifies, Indigenous firefighters are mobilizing to protect their communities from both physical devastation and the psychological toll of evacuations. By May, several First Nations had already faced displacement. James Smith Cree Nation, about 160 kilometres northeast of Saskatoon, was evacuated earlier this month due to a fast-moving fire. Last weekend, smoke concerns triggered an evacuation order for Pimicikamak Cree Nation, 530 kilometres north of Winnipeg.