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Suncor's base plant is shown in Fort McMurray Alta, on Monday June 13, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Frans
BusinessCarbon ManagementClimateEnvironmentIndigenousNewsPoliticsRegulations

First Nations in Alberta want Impact Assessment Act review for Pathways Alliance project

Eight Alberta First Nations urge federal review of $16.5B Pathways carbon capture project over environmental and health risks.

The Saskatchewan legislative building in front of Walter Scott Memorial in Regina on Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Heywood Yu
Emissions MarketsLegislationNatural GasNewsPoliticsUtilities

Canada’s Saskatchewan moves to keep carbon levy off home heating

The amendment would ensure the province remains the sole registered distributor of natural gas throughout 2025 and beyond.

Canada's environment minister Steven Guilbeault says he's disappointed that international negotiations on a treaty to end plastic pollution finished this week without an agreement. Guilbeault arrives to a caucus meeting on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
BiodiversityEmissionsEnvironmentFuelManufacturingNewsUnited Nations

Canada’s Guilbeault disappointed plastic treaty talks end with no agreement

'We can't give up. We have to keep trying,' Canada's Environment Minster Steven Guilbeault said on Sunday.

FILE PHOTO: Canada's Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Jonathan Wilkinson speaks during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada September 24, 2024. REUTERS/Blair Gable/File Photo
FuelNewsOilPoliticsTrade

Ottawa must ensure Trump understands importance of Canadian oil to US, minister says

Analysts say tariffs on oil from Canada, top crude supplier to the United States, would drive up fuel prices for Americans.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith introduces legislation addressing agreements between the federal government and provincial entities in Edmonton on Wednesday April 10, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Frans
CourtsLegislationNewsPolitics

Alberta taking federal government to court over revised impact assessment law

Alberta claims Ottawa has failed to follow through on necessary changes to a law governing resource development.

FILE PHOTO: Canada's Minister of the Environment and Climate Change Steven Guilbeault attends a press conference at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, December 8, 2023. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya/File Photo
ClimateCourtsEconomyEmissionsLegislationNewsPolitics

Canada environment minister warns oil and gas companies against withholding emissions data

Canada wants oil and gas firms to report emissions data — but Alberta's premier has another plan in mind.

FILE PHOTO: The sun sets behind a crude oil pump jack on a drill pad in the Permian Basin in Loving County, Texas, U.S. November 24, 2019. REUTERS/Angus Mordant//File Photo
EconomyFuelNatural GasNewsOilPoliticsTrade

Trump’s proposed tariffs on Canada would drive up pump prices, analysts warn

Trump said he would impose a 25% tariff on all imports from Canada and Mexico.

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
BusinessEconomyNewsOilPoliticsRegulationsTrade

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.

The Daniel-Johnson Dam in Manicouagan, Quebec, where engineers say they are starting to feel the impact of climate change on production (AFP)
AnalysisBusinessClimateHydropowerWeather

Extreme weather threatens Canada’s hydropower future

Extreme weather linked to climate change is plummeting Canada's hydropower output, affecting dam structures and energy exports.

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