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EXCLUSIVE Alberta Alert: Dead Mines Walking?
One week ago, the price American refineries will pay for a barrel of Alberta bitumen fell to just below US$30. A seismic jolt raced ... -
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‘We Are Better Than This’: Berman Explores Alberta’s Energy Future. Notley Comes Back with Unicorns.
Activist, analyst, and policy advisor Tzeporah Berman called for civil discussion and a managed transition off fossil fuels, and Premier Rachel Notley tried to ... -
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EXCLUSIVE: Panic in the (Oilpatch) Suites
Last August 30 was not just a ‘wake up and smell the coffee’ moment for federal and Alberta politicians pushing to accelerate future tar ... -
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‘Weak Financial Case’ Makes Teck Tar Sands/Oil Sands Project Unlikely to Succeed: IEEFA
Teck Resources Ltd.’s C$20.6-billion tar sands/oil sands megaproject in Alberta is unlikely to be commercially viable, offering “a weak financial case with little chance ... -
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350 Canada Urges Emergency Parliamentary Debate on 1.5°C Pathways [Sign-On]
Within hours of the IPCC’s release of landmark report on pathways to 1.5°C average global warming, 350 Canada was out with a petition calling ... -
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Fossils Cheer, Climate Absent as Canada, Mexico, U.S. Reach New Trade Deal
North American fossils were cheering early this week and climate protection was out of the picture as Canada signed on to the United-States-Mexico-Canada Agreement ... -
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‘Tracking the Efforts’ on Paris: In a Climate Emergency, Where’s the Ambulance?
Energy Mix subscriber Ruth Pickering posted this comment in response to our recent story on the United Nations General Assembly. We’re republishing it with ... -
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Hearings Open in Fort McMurray for New $20.6-Billion Tar Sands/Oil Sands Mine
Public hearings opened in Fort McMurray yesterday for a massive, C$20.6-billion tar sands/oil sands mine proposed by Vancouver-based Teck Resources Ltd. -
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Berman Receives Death Threats, Requests Security for Speaking Engagement in Alberta
Veteran climate and energy transition advocate Tzeporah Berman is calling out the “vicious calls” and death threats she’s received since accepting a speaking engagement ... -
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Trudeau Admits Trans Mountain is a Fossil Subsidy as Report Urges Clean Energy Shift
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as much as admitted this week that the federal bailout of Kinder Morgan’s troubled Trans Mountain pipeline expansion amounts ... -
McGill Senate Votes to Support Fossil Fuel Divestment
The McGill University senate has voted in favour of dropping the institution’s fossil fuel investments, a decision that puts it at odds with a ... -
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Even Brief Exposure to Diluted Bitumen Doesn’t End Well for Sockeye Salmon Eggs
Even brief exposure to diluted bitumen significantly impairs the development and survival of sockeye salmon eggs, according to a new paper in the journal ... -
Marshall: Fossil Lobbyists Tout Job Creation Despite Continuing Quest for Layoffs
As the process of “de-manning” the fossil industry picks up momentum, Environmental Defence National Program Manager Dale Marshall has a question for Canadian policy-makers: ...
