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…

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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,…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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‘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…

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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…

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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…

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