Carbon & Sustainability
Global energy transition could be a $61B opportunity for Alberta, new study finds
Wednesday, December 8, 2021, 6:04 AM MST
The global energy transition could create 170,000 jobs in Alberta and contribute $61 billion to the province's GDP by 2050,…
ExxonMobil rolls out plan to cut emissions in Permian Basin
Tuesday, December 7, 2021, 6:09 AM MST
ExxonMobil says it has a plan for cutting greenhouse gas emissions from its operations in one of the most prolific…
Permian drillers told by lawmakers to disclose methane leaks
Monday, December 6, 2021, 6:44 AM MST
Oil producers in the Permian Basin must do more to disclose and stop the leak of methane, a powerful greenhouse…
Wall Street holds fast to fossil fuels as climate pressure grows
Monday, December 6, 2021, 6:32 AM MST
With the ink hardly dry on a landmark pledge by the finance industry to fight climate change, the world’s biggest…
Exxon’s emissions-reduction pledge lags supermajor rivals’
Thursday, December 2, 2021, 6:42 AM MST
Exxon Mobil Corp. pledged to cut greenhouse-gas emissions 20 per cent by 2030, marking its most ambitious emissions target to…
Alberta rolls out new rules forcing industry to pay for abandoned well cleanup
Thursday, December 2, 2021, 6:14 AM MST
Alberta's oil and gas regulator has rolled out new rules aimed at addressing the growing problem of inactive and abandoned…
British Columbia extends gas rationing, state of emergency after floods
Tuesday, November 30, 2021, 6:20 AM MST
Fuel rationing in parts of British Columbia was extended Monday for another two weeks until Dec. 14 to allow crews…
Germany’s new government to channel $67 billion to climate fund
Monday, November 29, 2021, 6:57 AM MST
Germany’s new government under incoming Chancellor Olaf Scholz plans to channel 60 billion euros ($67 billion) into a climate fund…
BP plans green hydrogen base in U.K. as energy transition speeds up
Monday, November 29, 2021, 6:50 AM MST
BP Plc plans to build a green hydrogen facility in northeast England that could start producing the gas by 2025,…
German coalition proposes a combustion-car ban without saying so
Friday, November 26, 2021, 7:09 AM MST
Germany is facing a ban of combustion-vehicle sales before the end of the decade – that’s if the home of…
China adviser says energy crisis won’t stall climate action
Friday, November 26, 2021, 7:04 AM MST
China’s energy crisis won’t derail plans to make progress on curbing greenhouse gas emissions in the next few years, according…
Emissions reduction fund poorly designed, misleads on emissions cuts: audit
Friday, November 26, 2021, 6:20 AM MST
Canada's environment commissioner says a federal pandemic aid program for the oil and gas sector that was supposed to retain jobs and cut greenhouse-gas emissions…
