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Canada unions brace for 2025 labor crunch in oil sands maintenance season
Trade union officials are warning of a labor crunch in Canada's oil sands during Alberta's 2025 turnaround season as construction takes off on...
Opinion: How ideology is darkening the future of renewables in Alberta
Opinion: Those advocating for a green transition have, in recent years, had to contend with not just economic or political resistance, but ideological...
Alberta government documents confirm coal lobbying on Rockies mining, show months of planning
Newly released documents confirm Alberta's government was talking with the coal industry for years about relaxing a policy that protected the Rocky Mountains...
Coal miners getting new protections from silica dust linked to black lung disease
Health problems have grown in recent years as miners dig through more layers of rock to gain access to coal seams when deposits...
Global Commodities excludes Russian nickel from its new trading platform
LONDON (Reuters) – UK-based Global Commodities Holdings Ltd (GCHL) will not accept nickel produced in Russia on its new spot trading platform due...
Drought-hit Colombia halts export of electricity to Ecuador
Colombia has halted electricity exports to neighboring Ecuador as its hydropower plants reach near-critical levels due to a biting drought.
China’s overproduction of clean energy goods needs mitigation: U.S. treasury secretary
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said that China's massive investments in advanced manufacturing of clean energy goods has resulted in an unfair playing...
US sanctions impacting Sovcomflot’s ability to trade, CEO of Russian tanker group says
The U.S. imposed sanctions on Sovcomflot as Washington seeks to reduce Russia's revenues from oil sales that it can use to support its...
The Conversation: Domination of private interests presents a risk to the long-term health of Canada’s Bay of Fundy
The Bay of Fundy in Atlantic Canada is facing pressures from sea-level rise along with more unpredictable and intense flooding and hurricane events...
US trade chief Tai taking ‘serious look’ at tools to deal with China
Tai will tell lawmakers Tuesday that Biden administration is "taking a serious look" at trade defense tools to deal with China's trade and...
