Tar Sands/Oil Sands
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CanadaCOP 21/COP 22Finance & InvestmentInternationalInternational Agencies & StudiesLow-Carbon TransitionOil & GasTar Sands/Oil SandsUnited States
Fossils Face $2.3 Trillion in Stranded Assets Under 2.0°C Carbon Budget
US$2.3 trillion in “upstream” oil and gas projects—about a third of the projects fossils would expect to complete by 2025 under a “business as ... -
AustraliaCanadaChinaEuropeFinance & InvestmentHuman Rights & EquityInternational Agencies & StudiesOil & GasPipelines/Rail TransportTar Sands/Oil SandsUnited States
Canadian Banks Get Failing Grades as ‘Extreme Fossils’ Nab $290 Billion World-Wide Over Three Years
Three dozen major private banks from Europe, the United States, Canada, Japan, China, and Australia funneled US$87 billion into “extreme fossil fuel” projects in ... -
‘Splinters Are Showing’ as a Half-Dozen Mid-Sized Fossils Quit CAPP
More than a half-dozen mid-sized fossils have quit the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, with some of them concerned that CAPP has focused too ... -
U.S. Fossils Cut Their Oil Reserves in 2016 for Second Year in a Row
Publicly-traded oil companies in the United States reduced their estimates of available reserves in 2016 for the second year in a row, partly as ... -
CAPP Touts More Pipelines, Fossil Production Despite Prospects for Falling Demand
While forecasts pile up predicting a drop-off in demand for fossil transportation and heating fuels, Canada’s oil and gas producers see nothing but open ... -
CanadaClimate Action/"Blockadia"First PeoplesPipelines/Rail TransportSub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil Sands
Indigenous, Green Groups Warn Banks Against Kinder Morgan Loans
More than two dozen Indigenous and environmental organizations have written to 28 major lenders to U.S.-based Kinder Morgan Inc., warning them against the “ethical, ... -
Alternative VehiclesCanadaChinaElectricity GridFinance & InvestmentInternational Agencies & StudiesNuclearTar Sands/Oil Sands
Canada Still Open to Chinese Investment in Tar Sands/Oil Sands, Carr Says
Canada would consider renewed Chinese investment in the tar sands/oil sands, Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr told media last week, during a five-day trade ... -
Notley Policies Emulate Ex-Premier Lougheed
Alberta’s New Democratic Premier Rachel Notley has more in common with the late, much revered provincial premier Peter Lougheed than with the later Ralph ... -
Globe and Mail Urges Trudeau to (Re-)Commit His Dad’s Historic Gaffe
The last Canadian prime minister named Trudeau who cited the constitution to impose his view of the “national interest” on a western province obliterated ... -
CanadaCarbon Levels & MeasurementEnergy Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentPipelines/Rail TransportSub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil Sands
Alberta Oil Exports to Asia Face Lower Prices, Not a ‘Tidewater Premium’
Alberta oil would likely fetch a lower price, not the “tidewater premium” fossil boosters have claimed, if projects like Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline ... -
NY Attorney General Accuses Exxon of Misleading Investors on Climate Risk
ExxonMobil under its former CEO Rex Tillerson used double bookkeeping to mislead investors on its greenhouse gas emissions accounting, New York Attorney General Eric ... -
Wood Buffalo Council Rejects Nexen’s Plea for $19.5-Million Tax Break
Nexen Energy came back empty-handed last month after Municipality of Wood Buffalo councillors unanimously rejected its request for C$19.5 million in property tax relief ... -
Shell Planning to Dump $4.1-Billion Tar Sands/Oil Sands Stake in CNRL
Royal Dutch Shell is trying to offload its C$4.1-billion tar sands/oil sands stake in Canadian Natural Resources Ltd., Reuters revealed last week, in an ... -
Canadian Fossils Begin to See ‘Real Risk’ in Rise of Electric Vehicles
Canadian fossils are beginning to acknowledge a risk that their public statements have previously dismissed: that the rise of electric cars will undercut the ...
