Category Archives: Oil&Gas
Deep freeze, power crisis enveloping Texas sparks fresh climate-change falsehoods
WASHINGTON — The catastrophic cold snap that paralyzed the electrical grid in Texas has opened up a new front in the age-old battle between green-energy champions and their fossil-fuel rivals. One side sees the chance to build a new, fortified and
Deep freeze, power crisis enveloping Texas sparks fresh climate-change falsehoods
WASHINGTON — The catastrophic cold snap that paralyzed the electrical grid in Texas has opened up a new front in the age-old battle between green-energy champions and their fossil-fuel rivals. One side sees the chance to build a new, fortified and
Head of new Indigenous committee aims for systemic change at Canada Energy Regulator
VANCOUVER — The chairman of a new Indigenous advisory committee at the Canada Energy Regulator says he wants to fix a system that has treated First Nations, Inuit and Metis people as an "afterthought." Tribal Chief Tyrone McNeil, a Sto:lo member
Unpaid Alberta oilpatch property taxes triple in two years: rural municipalities
EDMONTON — The exponential growth of unpaid property taxes from Alberta's struggling oilpatch is threatening small communities and they need new ways to enforce the rules, says the group that represents them. "I'm going to use the word crisis," said Pa...
Court told Alberta commissioner should continue foreign funding of oil critics probe
CALGARY — A court has been told that a man leading an inquiry into alleged foreign-funded anti-Alberta energy campaigns should be allowed to continue his work because accusations of bias are unfounded and his investigation is in the public interest. C...
Former Obama adviser Podesta on Biden’s Keystone XL decision: ‘He’s not going back’
WASHINGTON — A senior adviser to two former U.S. presidents delivered a stark message Friday to Canadians hoping for the resurrection of the Keystone XL pipeline: get over it. The project is gone and not coming back, said John Podesta, who
B.C. opens latest round of funding to clean up dormant oil and gas wells
VANCOUVER — The latest round of applications is now open under a $100-million fund aimed at cleaning dormant oil and gas wells in British Columbia. B.C. Energy Minister Bruce Ralston says the second half of the funding is set to be
B.C. opens latest round of funding to clean up dormant oil and gas wells
VANCOUVER — The latest round of applications is now open under a $100-million fund aimed at cleaning dormant oil and gas wells in British Columbia. B.C. Energy Minister Bruce Ralston says the second half of the funding is set to be
O’Toole pledges detailed Tory climate plan will meet goals faster than Liberals
OTTAWA — The Conservative election platform will contain a climate-change plan that could cut greenhouse-gas emissions faster than the Liberals' plan will, party leader Erin O'Toole said Thursday.O'Toole told a virtual audience of the Greater Vancouver...
‘Political gunfight:’ Environmental law group challenges Alberta oil inquiry in court
CALGARY — An environmental charity is arguing an inquiry into alleged foreign-led campaigns targeting the oil and gas sector set out to label green groups as anti-Alberta and disrupt their funding before hearing any evidence — accusations government la...