Environment
AER suspends licences of oil and gas producer that owes $67M
Sunday, March 7, 2021, 8:53 PM MST
The Alberta Energy Regulator says it is suspending licences for thousands of wells and pipelines after an oil and gas…
Alberta utility TransAlta vows to be carbon neutral by 2050 as it notes $167M loss
Thursday, March 4, 2021, 6:09 AM MST
Power generator TransAlta Corp. says it has set a goal to be carbon neutral by 2050 and to cut greenhouse…
Shell Canada employing 'agile teams' to power energy transition and reduce emissions
Thursday, March 4, 2021, 6:06 AM MST
The president and country head for Shell Canada says its transition into a provider of cleaner energy is being driven…
American Petroleum Institute mulls embrace of carbon pricing
Wednesday, March 3, 2021, 6:26 AM MST
The American Petroleum Institute is considering throwing its weight behind a government-imposed price on carbon dioxide emissions as a way…
Presidential envoy John Kerry, Canada's Wilkinson discuss shared climate priorities
Thursday, February 25, 2021, 6:21 AM MST
Canada and the United States will push each other toward more ambitious climate goals, Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson said Wednesday…
Exxon pushed for net-zero goal by activist shareholder
Monday, February 22, 2021, 6:40 AM MST
Exxon Mobil Corp. has already upped its climate plans, only three months into an activist investor’s campaign to force change…
Deep freeze, power crisis enveloping Texas sparks fresh climate change falsehoods
Monday, February 22, 2021, 6:12 AM MST
The catastrophic cold snap that paralyzed the electrical grid in Texas has opened up a new front in the age-old…
Big freeze in Texas is becoming a global oil market crisis
Thursday, February 18, 2021, 6:34 AM MST
What began as a power issue for a handful of U.S. states is rippling into a shock for the world’s…
U.S. deep freeze weather boosts Canadian oil and gas producer profits and prospects
Thursday, February 18, 2021, 5:59 AM MST
Canadian oil and gas producers are banking higher profits as unusually severe winter weather sidelines U.S. rivals this week and…
U.S. oil output slumps by record one-third as Permian freezes
Wednesday, February 17, 2021, 6:41 AM MST
Total U.S. oil production has plunged by one-third – the most ever – as an unprecedented cold blast freezes well…
U.S. oil majors downgraded by S&P on climate risk, earnings
Friday, February 12, 2021, 6:39 AM MST
Exxon Mobil Corp., Chevron Corp. and ConocoPhillips had their credit ratings lowered after S&P Global Ratings followed through on its…
Permian kept spewing methane despite drilling slowdown, EDF says
Thursday, February 11, 2021, 6:41 AM MST
A sharp drilling slowdown in the Permian Basin last year failed to improve the shale play’s record on methane emissions,…
