8 arrested in Minnesota protest over Enbridge’s Line 3 pipeline project
By Staff The Associated Press Posted January 12, 2021 5:53 pm Smaller font Descrease article font size –A Larger font Increase article font size A+ Eight people were arrested in a protest to oppose construction of Enbridge’s Line 3 oil pipeline replacement in northern Minnesota,…
Homes evacuated due to gas leak in West Vancouver – BC
Several homes have been evacuated due to a gas leak in West Vancouver Thursday morning. Fire crews and Fortis BC were called around 2:15 a.m. to Taylor Way and Keith Road. Construction crews were working in the area and hit a gas line. The occupants of the four homes evacuated are all safe, West…
Minnesota issues another approval for Enbridge’s Line 3 pipeline project
By Staff The Associated Press Posted November 25, 2020 12:02 am Smaller font Descrease article font size –A Larger font Increase article font size A+ A Minnesota regulatory panel on Tuesday signed off on Enbridge’s planned Line 3 crude oil pipeline replacement across northern Minnesota,…
Langley grappling with rash of expensive, illegally dumped construction material – BC
Dressed head to toe in hazmat suits and wearing respirators, Township of Langley crews spent Thursday and Friday shoveling old drywall and other construction debris off the side of the road. The crews were dealing with the latest in a string of illegal dumping events, that township sustainability manager Ryan Schmidt said are costing…
Green construction combats climate change
Chris Magwood had the first permitted straw bale home construction project in Ontario. Twenty years later and the green construction expert is about to teach the construction industry in Peterborough the significant impact of green choices in building. He is director of The Endeavour Centre and sits on the city’s newly-created environmental committee. Magwood will……
COMMENTARY: As climate changes, home construction must change too – National
The impacts of floods, wildfires and other catastrophic events are on the rise in Canada. They’re already costing the country billions of dollars in losses, which only stand to grow in the coming years. The Canadian insurance industry defines a catastrophic event as one that exceeds a threshold of $25 million in insured losses —…
Alberta’s Springbank off-stream reservoir receives $187M in federal funding – Calgary
The Springbank off-stream reservoir project, a response to the 2013 flood in southern Alberta, is one step closer with funding from the federal government. Minister of Infrastructure and Communities Francois-Phillipe Champagne, announced $168.5 million to go to the development of the project located 15 kilometers west of Calgary. “We heard from citizens who have been…
Nova Scotia set to regulate coastal construction as sea levels rise – Halifax
Nova Scotia is proposing legislation that would set rules for coastal construction and protect features such as salt marshes and dunes as sea levels rise in the future. Environment Minister Margaret Miller says the new Coastal Protection Act will ensure clear provincewide rules for what can and cannot be done along the province’s vulnerable coastlines….
Nova Scotia set to regulate coastal construction as sea levels rise – Halifax
Nova Scotia is proposing legislation that would set rules for coastal construction and protect features such as salt marshes and dunes as sea levels rise in the future. Environment Minister Margaret Miller says the new Coastal Protection Act will ensure clear provincewide rules for what can and cannot be done along the province’s vulnerable coastlines….
South Dakota governor offers bills aimed at possible Keystone XL pipeline protests
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem said Monday that she’s proposing legislation before construction begins on the Keystone XL oil pipeline that would create a way to go after out-of-state money that funds pipeline protests. The legislation would let the state follow such money and “cut it off at the source,” the Republican governor said in…