Carbon & Sustainability
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…
B.C. reopens major section of flood damaged Trans Canada Highway in Fraser Valley
Friday, November 26, 2021, 6:14 AM MST
A major section of the Trans-Canada Highway in British Columbia that was under floodwater since last week reopened Thursday, easing…
Rising Stars 2021: Business analyst a key part of GLJ diversification
Friday, November 26, 2021, 6 AM MST
Editor’s note: We’ll finish running all Rising Stars Class of 2021 profiles over the next week. Today, we profile Devin…
Shell sees major potential for sustainable aviation fuel in Asia
Thursday, November 25, 2021, 6:57 AM MST
Royal Dutch Shell plc is eyeing opportunities in sustainable aviation fuel and electric vehicle charging points in Asia as it…
MPs hold emergency debate on B.C. floods, climate change
Thursday, November 25, 2021, 6:25 AM MST
The House of Commons held an emergency debate Wednesday night on the devastating floods in British Columbia amid increased attention…
