Carbon & Sustainability
Proposed emissions cap on oil and gas sector 'overly ambitious': CNRL
Thursday, August 4, 2022, 2:05 PM MDT
The head of Canada's largest oil-and-gas producing company criticized the federal government's proposed emissions cap for the energy sector Thursday,…
Ottawa earmarks funds for N.S. green energy, but ponders fossil fuel supports too
Thursday, July 21, 2022, 11:54 AM MDT
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is promising green energy funds for Nova Scotia, while also saying the idea of upgraded facilities…
Biden cites climate threat, stops short of declaring emergency
Thursday, July 21, 2022, 6:53 AM MDT
President Joe Biden called climate change an “existential threat” and unveiled new policies to fight its effects –including opening additional…
Global oil map seen shifting as industry embraces renewables
Thursday, July 21, 2022, 6:42 AM MDT
The world’s oil map is being redrawn as the industry becomes increasingly intertwined with renewables, according to consultancy Wood Mackenzie…
EDC targets reduced portfolio emissions from oil and gas, aerospace
Tuesday, July 19, 2022, 1:37 PM MDT
Export Development Canada (EDC) has laid out emission reduction targets for its lending portfolios in the oil and gas and…
Canada lays out options for oil and gas industry emissions cap
Tuesday, July 19, 2022, 6:46 AM MDT
The Canadian government released potential designs for an emissions cap on the oil and gas industry, the next step in…
Feds propose to cap oil, gas emissions using industry specific carbon pricing system
Monday, July 18, 2022, 6:23 AM MDT
The federal government is proposing to use an industry-specific cap-and-trade system or a modified carbon pricing system to set a…
Canada’s oilsands look into use of nuclear power as 'net zero changes everything'
Monday, July 18, 2022, 6:14 AM MDT
The pressing global need to slash emissions in the face of a growing climate crisis is driving renewed interest in…
Irving Oil invests in hydrogen to lower emissions, offer clean energy to customers
Tuesday, July 12, 2022, 1:39 PM MDT
Irving Oil is expanding hydrogen capacity at its Saint John, N.B., refinery in a bid to lower carbon emissions and…
Kenney wants federal climate plan on agenda at premiers' meeting in B.C.
Tuesday, July 12, 2022, 6:35 AM MDT
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says he'll be raising the alarm over the federal government's emissions reduction plan when he meets…
U.S. crosses the electric-car tipping point for mass adoption
Monday, July 11, 2022, 7:10 AM MDT
Many people of a certain age can recall the first time they held a smartphone. The devices were weird and expensive and novel…
New clean fuel regulations to raise gas prices, affect low income Canadians the most
Thursday, June 30, 2022, 6:10 AM MDT
New federal regulations to force down the greenhouse gas emissions from gasoline and diesel will cost Canadians up to 13…
