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A wind turbine is shown at Dalhousie Mountain, N.S. on Friday, April 23, 2010. The governments of Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador have told a Senate committee that they would like to see quick passage of federal legislation that would help establish an offshore wind industry on Canada’s East Coast. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaugh
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Atlantic Canadian provinces push for quick passage of federal offshore accord changes

The governments of Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador have told a Senate committee they would like to see quick passage of federal...

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland responds to a question from a reporter during a news conference, Tuesday, June 11, 2024 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Canada’s finance minister urges oilsands to start building carbon capture projects

Canada's Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says a major federal tax credit to help build carbon capture projects is almost in place and she...

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Woodland Cree, Obsidian energy resolve northern Alberta standoff

CALGARY — An energy company says a First Nations blockade and standoff that kept it from using an oil lease road has been...

The Alberta Energy Regulator is telling a Calgary energy company to abandon hundreds of wells, pipeline sections and other facilities over concerns about care and maintenance of the sites. A de-commissioned pumpjack is shown at a well head on an oil and gas installation near Cremona, Alta., Saturday, Oct. 29, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Calgary energy company told to abandon hundreds of wells after ongoing care problems

The Alberta Energy Regulator is telling a Calgary energy company to abandon hundreds of wells, pipeline sections and other facilities over concerns about...

An extreme fire warning sign is shown along Highway 97 toward Fort Nelson outside the Charlie Lake Fire Hall near Fort St. John, B.C., on Monday, May 13, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jesse Boily
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Reduction in volumes forces Fort Nelson, B.C. natural gas plant to suspend operations

A company that operates a natural gas plant in Fort Nelson, B.C., is suspending operations because of a reduction in gas volumes, which...

AltaGas Ltd. and joint venture partner Royal Vopak have approved a final investment decision for a large-scale liquefied petroleum gas and bulk liquids terminal project near Prince Rupert, B.C.The logo for AltaGas Ltd. is shown in a handout. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO
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AltaGas and Royal Vopak give final OK to build B.C. export facility

AltaGas Ltd. and joint venture partner Royal Vopak have approved a final investment decision for a large-scale liquefied petroleum gas and bulk liquids...

An unoccupied, privately owned house in Rodanthe, N.C., just south of Rodanthe Pier, collapsed into the ocean early Tuesday morning, May 28, 2024. (Corinne Saunders/The Virginian-Pilot via AP)
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Sixth house collapsed into the Atlantic Ocean along North Carolina coast

North Carolina’s coast is almost entirely made up of narrow, low-lying barrier islands that are increasingly vulnerable to storm surges and to being...

A firefighter monitors a pump in a river bed used for wildfire sprinklers in the evacuated neighbourhood of Grayling Terrace in Fort McMurray, Alta., Thursday, May 16, 2024. The wildfire that forced thousands from their homes in Fort McMurray earlier this month is now under control. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Wildfire that forced thousands out of Fort McMurray, Alta., officially under control

A wildfire that forced thousands from their homes in Fort McMurray, in the Canadian province of Alberta, earlier this month is now under...

A veterinarian feeds a young howler monkey rescued amid extremely high temperatures in Tecolutilla, Tabasco state, Mexico, Tuesday, May 21, 2024. Dozens of howler monkeys were found dead in the Gulf coast state while others were rescued by residents who rushed them to a local veterinarian. (AP Photo/Luis Sanchez)
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Heat-related howler monkeys deaths now reported in several Mexican states

Mexico's Environment Department says tests indicated the primates died of heat stroke, but that the country’s current drought and the "lack of water...

A worker loads pipe just west of Morden, Man., Thursday, Aug. 16, 2018.  THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods
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Key Manitoba pipeline partially fixed as repairs continue, province says

The Manitoba government says Imperial Oil has safely restored service to one of two fuel lines that were shut down in March due...

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