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Eleven clean energy projects, most of which are based in Alberta, have been selected to receive a total of $11 million in federal funding. Energy and Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson  rises during Question Period, Monday, June 17, 2024 in Ottawa.  THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Ottawa announces $11 million in funding for clean energy projects, mostly in Alberta

Of the funding, $8.5 million will be divided between seven Alberta companies doing work in the area of clean hydrogen development.

Shell Canada Products says it's going ahead with its Polaris carbon capture project in Alberta.A Shell logo is displayed at a gas station in London, on March 8, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Frank Augste
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Shell going ahead with Canadian carbon capture and storage project

Shell Canada Products says it's going ahead with its Polaris carbon capture project designed to capture 650,000 tonnes of CO2 annually

The Haisla First Nation's Kitimaat Village is seen in an aerial view along the Douglas Channel near Kitimat, B.C., on January 10, 2012. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Canada’s Pembina, Haisla First Nation give green light to proposed US$4B LNG project

The project will involve the construction of a floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility near Kitimat, B.C.

The Alberta Energy Regulator says it expects the province's oilsands production to grow by more than 17 per cent by 2033. Boilers—where steam is created—at the Cenovus Christina Lake oilsands facility southeast of Fort McMurray, Alta., on Wednesday April 24, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Amber Bracke
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Alberta regulator projects 17 per cent growth in oilsands production by 2033

The Alberta Energy Regulator says most growth will come from in situ operations.

A flare stack burns off excess gas at a processing facility near Crossfield, Alta., Tuesday, June 13, 2023.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Alberta oil and gas sector exceeded flaring limit in 2023, data shows

Flaring volumes in Alberta have been increasing since 2016 and is expected to continue to do so.

Pathways Alliance CEO Kendall Dilling is interviewed at the World Petroleum Congress  in Calgary, Monday, Sept. 18, 2023.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Pathways Alliance oilsands group removes all website, social media content

Pathways Alliance oilsands group has removed all content from its website and social media feeds amid uncertainty around an anti-greenwashing provision

Decarbonizing Canada's electricity grid could lead to a significant uptick in merger and acquisition activity in the renewable energy sector, a new report says. Power transmission lines and wind turbines as seen with the Rocky Mountains in the background near Pincher Creek, Alta., Thursday, June 6, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Net-zero grid could spark flurry of deal-making in renewables sector: report

Decarbonizing Canada's electricity grid could lead to a significant uptick in mergers and acquisitions in the renewable energy sector, a new report says

dian oil and gas companies facing a federally imposed emissions cap will cut their production rather than invest in emissions-reducing carbon capture and storage technology, a new report by Deloitte says. A dump truck works near an oil sands extraction facility near Fort McMurray, Alta. on Sunday June 1, 2014.  THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Frans
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Canada’s emissions cap not possible without oil, gas production cuts: Deloitte

A new report commissioned by the Alberta government suggests that oil and gas companies will cut production rather than invest in carbon capture...

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Alberta landfill waste carbon capture project inks deal with Canada Growth Fund

A company proposing to use carbon capture and storage technology to create clean electricity from landfill waste has become the second to secure...

A flare stack lights the sky from an oil refinery in Edmonton on Friday December 28, 2018. Executives of some of Canada's largest oil and gas companies are expected to testify before a parliamentary committee Thursday about their efforts to reduce their sector's greenhouse gas emissions.  THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Frans
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Canadian oil and gas CEOs testify before Commons environment committee

Canada's federal government has proposed a legislated cap on emissions from the oil and gas sector, something the industry opposes.

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