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An oil pump jack pumps oil in a field near Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
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Asia likely to benefit from cheaper Canadian, Mexican oil if Trump imposes tariffs

Canada and Mexico may cut prices and shift oil supply to Asia if Trump enacts 25% U.S. crude import tariffs.

FILE PHOTO: Norsk Hydro logo is seen displayed in this illustration taken, May 3, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
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Norway’s Hydro to phase out green hydrogen, battery businesses

Norsk Hydro is no longer investing in its battery and green hydrogen businesses and will phase out these operations in the coming years.

Coal is sorted into piles at a coal yard at the port in Ningbo, in China’s eastern Zhejiang province. The country's coal consumption could peak by 2025, according to a new report (AFP)
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China expected to hit peak coal consumption in 2025: report

China — the largest greenhouse gas emitter — remains heavily reliant on coal despite installing renewable energy capacity at record speed. 

Wizz Air was criticised by the ASA (PA)
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Wizz Air ad banned over misleading ‘greenest’ claim

Wizz Air’s ad claiming it’s “one of the greenest choices in air travel” was banned by ASA for being misleading.

Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe gestures while speaking during a press conference before the Speech from the Throne in Regina on November 25, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Heywood Yu
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Saskatchewan NDP motion to scrap gas tax fails in legislature

An Opposition emergency motion to suspend the provincial 15-cent-a-litre gas tax failed in the Saskatchewan legislature Tuesday.

United Conservative Party Leader Danielle Smith addresses party members at their annual meeting in Red Deer, Alta., on Nov. 2, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Alberta takes aim at GHG emissions cap, proposes rules on trespass and data gathering

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her government is eyeing a number of steps to challenge the proposed federal greenhouse gas emissions cap.

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Biden’s public lands director named to lead environmental group

Tracy Stone-Manning, Biden's Bureau of Land Management director, named president of The Wilderness Society starting February.

Residents enter a polling station to cast their votes in a plebiscite on whether to support a new coal mine in Crowsnest Pass, Alta., Monday, Nov. 25, 2024.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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‘Let’s do this’: Crowsnest Pass mayor wants proposed Alberta coal mine sooner than later

Crowsnest Pass Mayor Blair Painter seeks a meeting with Premier Danielle Smith to discuss a coal project supported by residents.

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President-elect Donald Trump speaks as he meets with House Republicans on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., November 13, 2024. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
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Trump plans no exemption for oil imports under new tariff plan, sources say

Trump's 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian and Mexican imports will include oil, despite concerns over energy price spikes.

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