The U.S Treasury adds a significant number of Russian individuals and companies to its sanctions list. It means trouble for the developers of liquified natural gas and new mines in the Russian Arctic.
Conservation groups are alarmed that the status of fin whales as a threatened species on Canada’s West Coast is about to be downgraded just as the dangers of LNG shipping and climate change are on the rise.
The damage to the Nikolay Yevgenov, which was sailing without an icebreaker escort, underscores that navigation in the Arctic remains challenging, even as sea ice retreats.
The Haisla Nation's water-based production and storage facility, proposed for the Douglas Channel in northwest B.C., will not undergo a federal environmental review.
