Who’s keeping an eye on B.C.’s oil and gas boom? Fewer people than you might think
B.C.’s oil and gas watchdog says it’s ready for LNG — but inspections tell another story
Oil giant broke deal to deactivate thousands of pipelines and faced no penalty, documents reveal
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. promised to deactivate thousands of inactive pipelines under a special deal with B.C.’s energy regulator. Internal emails show the company failed to meet its targets.
17 government inspectors, 170 companies and more than 9,000 potential infractions: inside B.C.’s oversight of the oil and gas sector
Inspection notes offer a glimpse behind the scenes of government oversight of the fossil fuel industry — and the companies doing business in B.C.
B.C. quietly allowed an oil and gas giant to sidestep rules for more than 4,300 pipelines
B.C.’s energy regulator has the power to grant such exemptions — without notifying the public. Experts raise alarm about the process, saying the regulator is playing soft with fossil fuel companies
44 ‘serious’ leaks reported at B.C. oil and gas sites in the past year
Hydrogen sulphide, methane and potentially contaminated water leaks from natural gas wells in B.C. were all registered in an obscure government database
Mining company makes extra push by lobbying for coal mine in Crowsnest Pass
Northback CEO and several other industry leaders are lobbying along with the Coal Association of Canada on mining regulations
Feeling the heat? Here’s how your city ranks in access to cooling spaces
New IJF analysis reveals huge disparities between Canada’s major cities
Incarcerated people say they’re boiling inside Canadian prisons. They want relief
A government policy prevents prisoners from having regular access to air conditioning. With extreme heat events becoming more frequent, does that policy need to change?
Why low-income renters can’t “air condition their way out” of extreme heat
Experts say “passive cooling” and incentives are necessary for a net-zero future
Provinces struggling to hire firefighting pilots as wildfires burn across Canada
Some regions turning to expensive private contractors to prevent shortages of pilots and aircraft
As wildfires blaze across Canada, municipalities want more federal support to prepare for natural disasters
And eight other insights from the IJF’s weekly lobbying newsletter
No plug-in needed: A U.S. company pitches B.C. Transit on its wireless chargers
And eight other insights from the IJF's weekly lobbying newsletter