A group of Canada's oilsands producers, including some of the industry's biggest names, said Thursday they can improve environmental performance with an alliance that will allow them to share their knowledge and resources.

Major resource projects like the Northern Gateway oil pipeline will complete environmental reviews quicker under new timelines introduced in Thursday's budget.

A man dismissed from his job recently by an environmental organization is claiming that the charitable group that funds it was threatened by the Prime Minister's Office.

A report from the Commons environment committee has government MPs calling for the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act to be "modernized" and the opposition dismissing the committee's work as a fiction.

Sources tell The Canadian Press the federal government will use the catchphrase "responsible resource development" to brand moves to streamline environmental assessment, remove bureaucratic barriers to resource extraction, and change the way the Fisheries Act oversees Canada's waterways.