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The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that the federal Impact Assessment Act needs amendments for Constitutional compliance, but the court’s recommended approach is no longer viable.
A pipeline that has carried Canadian oil and gas across Wisconsin and Michigan for 70 years has become a symbol of fossil fuel politics and a test of local regulatory power.
Do environmental reviews improve projects or delay them and drive up costs? Two legal scholars explain how the law works and how it could influence the ongoing transition to renewable energy.
Canada’s federal Impact Assessment Act seeks to minimize the environmental impacts of major economic projects. Will the Supreme Court uphold the act?
Critically endangered grasslands and productive farmland in NSW would be cleared to lay the Hunter Gas Pipeline.
A wave of infrastructure projects is coming as federal funds pour in. Cities and everyone in them needs to know the risks from the cheapest, most popular repair method and how to avoid harm.
The US government regulates many industries, but social media companies don’t neatly fit existing regulatory templates. Systems that deliver energy may be the closest analog.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has not hesitated to use energy as a weapon. An expert on global energy markets analyzes what could come next.
To put the $370 billion in subsidies to work, the US needs to build new infrastructure and manage a lot of regulatory hurdles.
Former Soviet bloc nations have reason to worry about an embargo on Russian oil, but Europeans are finally recognizing the true costs of their longstanding energy dependence on Russia.
Has Putin hurt Russia by jolting Europe’s shift away from fossil fuels into high gear?
Russian President Vladimir Putin has used his country’s massive energy reserves effectively for political influence. But with war in Ukraine, nations are looking for ways to cut those ties.
Russia is one of the world’s top three oil producers and a major oil exporter. How will it, and global oil markets, respond if its wealthiest customers turn off the tap?
Of the big pledges so far at the UN climate conference, cutting methane could have the most immediate impact.
Most Americans support clean energy in principle, but what will they do when wind turbines or high-voltage transmission lines come to town?
Pipeline companies have run roughshod over several regions where they’re building, racking up safety and environmental violations. Many residents feel trapped, with no control over their property.
Whether it’s a Biden or Trump presidency, the reality is that Canadian interests — on trade, global climate change, foreign affairs or other matters — don’t align with America’s.
No one wants an oil spill in their backyard. Yet to understand the real-world fate and effects of diluted bitumen — a Canadian oil sands product — that’s exactly what some scientists did.
The RCMP have long been responsible for violence against Indigenous people.
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Director, Energy, Climate Justice, and Sustainability Lab, and Research Professor, New York University
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Professor of Sociology, University of British Columbia
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Professor & Director, Global Sustainability Institute, Anglia Ruskin University
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Josey Centennial Professor of Energy Resources, The University of Texas at Austin
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Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rice University
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Canada Research Chair in Regional Innovation, University of Saskatchewan
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Director, Queen's Institute for Energy and Environmental Policy, Queen's University, Ontario
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Professor of Law, Director, Program on Law and Innovation, and Co-director, Energy, Environment and Land Use Program, Vanderbilt University
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Adjunct professor, Environment and Sustainability, University of Saskatchewan
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Director of Energy Studies, University of Florida
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Professor, Adult Learning, Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary
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Lynton K. Caldwell Professor, Indiana University
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