The federal government’s announcement that it will “streamline” Environmental Assessments for the resource industry will spell disaster for the environment,” said Ben West, Healthy Communities Campaigner for the Wilderness Committee. “Environmental assessments on major energy projects, including new coal mines, will no longer be handled by Environment Canada. Instead, the Canadian Energy Board and the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission will take over those responsibilities, even though they lack expertise and their budgets are set to shrink over the next three years,” said West.
