Environment
Absent any new policy, carbon tax must rise to meet Paris emission targets, PBO says
Friday, October 9, 2020, 6:59 AM MDT
The cost to consumers of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's keystone environmental policy will have to rise if the country is…
Oil site leaked gases uncontrollably for months, group says
Friday, October 9, 2020, 6:31 AM MDT
An oil well site in the Permian Basin owned by a bankrupt shale producer has spewed polluting gases into the…
The numbers behind Exxon’s support for a carbon tax
Friday, October 9, 2020, 6:16 AM MDT
Exxon Mobil Corporation is no longer the most valuable energy company in the U.S. That distinction now goes to NextEra…
Plastics industry says its products are not 'toxic', urges govt to rethink label
Thursday, October 8, 2020, 7:06 AM MDT
The federal government's plan to ban some single-use plastic products by labelling them “toxic” to the environment is defamatory and…
Exxon’s plan for surging carbon emissions revealed in leaked documents
Monday, October 5, 2020, 7:01 AM MDT
Exxon Mobil Corp. has been planning to increase annual carbon-dioxide emissions by as much as the output of the entire…
Industrial cleantech critical to Canada’s energy future
Monday, October 5, 2020, 6:24 AM MDT
CALGARY – Canada's burgeoning cleantech sector needs to recognize and enrich companies whose innovations are "cleaning and greening" existing fossil…
Alberta announces carbon levy funded programs to reduce oilpatch methane emissions
Monday, September 28, 2020, 6:11 AM MDT
Alberta has announced where it will spend part of the money it recently earmarked to reduce methane emissions from the…
Alberta premier says throne speech spectacularly missed the mark
Friday, September 25, 2020, 6:33 AM MDT
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says the federal government's throne speech spectacularly missed the mark for the province. He said there…
U.S. gas companies are abandoning their wells, leaving them to leak methane forever
Thursday, September 17, 2020, 7:25 AM MDT
The story of gas well No. 095-20708 begins on Nov. 10, 1984, when a drill bit broke the Earth’s surface 4…
An oil giant’s case for peak demand, even without climate heroics
Thursday, September 17, 2020, 6:30 AM MDT
One of the biggest international oil companies has concluded that oil consumption will peak this decade. That’s the main takeaway…
Japan ship operator to pay $9 million over Mauritius oil spill
Friday, September 11, 2020, 7:26 AM MDT
The Japanese operator of a bulk carrier that struck a coral reef and caused a widespread oil spill off the…
Why we still can’t stop oil spills from damaging the environment
Friday, September 11, 2020, 6:46 AM MDT
It has been more than half a century since the world looked on in horror as the Torrey Canyon spilled…
