Environment
UN climate chief: No country is safe from global warming
Tuesday, September 7, 2021, 6:15 AM MDT
The U.N.'s top climate official urged governments Monday to stop their “deferral and delay” tactics and instead embrace rapid, widespread…
Offshore drilling ban and mining curbs edge closer to passage
Friday, September 3, 2021, 6:37 AM MDT
Legislation to block oil drilling in most U.S. waters and Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge edged closer to passage Thursday,…
Imperial to produce renewable diesel at Strathcona refinery using locally grown crops
Wednesday, August 25, 2021, 2:37 PM MDT
Imperial Oil Limited is planning to build a renewable diesel complex at its Strathcona refinery near Edmonton, using locally grown…
Large methane cloud in Iraq coincided with gas pipeline leak
Monday, August 16, 2021, 6:26 AM MDT
A pipeline run by Oil Pipelines Co. in Iraq leaked liquefied petroleum gas on July 20, close to where a large…
U.S. Senate blueprint is lauded as potentially historic climate legislation
Thursday, August 12, 2021, 6:51 AM MDT
The $3.5 trillion budget framework the Senate narrowly passed early Wednesday sets the stage for a deluge of spending on…
Shell to pay $110 million to end 30-year Nigeria oil spill case
Wednesday, August 11, 2021, 1:40 PM MDT
Royal Dutch Shell plc’s Nigerian unit agreed to pay a community in the West African country more than $110 million…
Company ‘shocked’ by Ottawa’s decision on proposed coal mine in southwestern Alberta
Wednesday, August 11, 2021, 6:43 AM MDT
The company behind the proposed Grassy Mountain coal project in southwestern Alberta says it is shocked by the federal government’s…
Climate talk overtakes ‘growth’ on fossil fuel conference calls
Tuesday, July 20, 2021, 6:30 AM MDT
The world’s biggest oil and gas companies are more likely to talk to Wall Street about emissions than how their…
Greenland suspends oil exploration because of climate change
Friday, July 16, 2021, 5:27 AM MDT
The left-leaning government of Greenland has decided to suspend all oil exploration off the world's largest island, calling it is “a natural…
‘Replacing the money’: public funds didn't increase oil well cleanups, study suggests
Thursday, July 8, 2021, 6:38 AM MDT
Much of the taxpayer money that has funded oil well cleanup in Alberta may have simply replaced money that energy…
Canada’s new net zero advisory panel to explore 'carbon budget' as part of 2050 goal
Wednesday, July 7, 2021, 6:12 AM MDT
The co-chair of an expert panel designed to advise Canada on how to reach net-zero emissions says it is exploring…
Canada’s new net zero advisory panel to explore 'carbon budget' as part of 2050 goal
Wednesday, July 7, 2021, 6:10 AM MDT
The co-chair of an expert panel designed to advise Canada on how to reach net-zero emissions says it is exploring…
