Environmental reviews cancelled by Harper government

The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency has been given no choice by the Harper government in cancelling several reviews of potential environmental damage.

According to the Gazette nearly three thousand reviews of potential environmental damage were cancelled due to the Harper government`s budget legislation.

Out of the nearly three thousand projects which were cancelled for reviewing, several of them involved fossil fuel energy.

Coastal projects involving seismic testing which can endanger marine life as well as the construction of oil pipelines were also cancelled for review.