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Fossils’ ‘Net-Zero’ Alliance Has No Phaseout Plan, Relies on Shaky Carbon Capture Technology
Canada’s five big tar sands/oil sands companies are raising eyebrows with their plan to form an Oil Sands Pathways to Net Zero alliance aimed ... -
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Alberta Government Mishandling Funding for Contaminated Sites, Repeat Audit Concludes
Alberta's auditor general is criticizing the government for failing to fix problems pointed out six years ago in a program that's supposed to guarantee ... -
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Federal Briefing Note Asks Whether Canada Needs More Pipelines
Federal officials were asking themselves how many pipelines Canada really needs in the days after U.S. President Joe Biden cancelled Keystone XL. -
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Alberta Government’s Objections No Longer Matter after IEA Roadmap, ‘Cataclysmic’ Week for Oil
Alberta’s predictably hostile, defensive reaction to the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) landmark Net Zero by 2050 roadmap shows it no longer matters what the ... -
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University of Waterloo to Dump Fossil Investments, Take ‘Proactive’ Approach to Climate Risk
The University of Waterloo moved yesterday to drop all its fossil fuel exploration and extraction investments by 2025 and decarbonize its C$2.7-billion pension and ... -
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Canada’s 3.3% Emissions Increase through 2019 Shows Need for ‘Stark Change in Direction’
A new report by veteran earth scientist David Hughes is reinforcing the argument for a “stark change in direction” in Canadian climate and energy ... -
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Limited Insurance Access Impedes New Tar Sands/Oil Sands Projects
Limited access to insurance is emerging as a big obstacle for Canadian tar sands/oil sands companies aiming to get new projects off the ground, ... -
Canada’s Top Five Pension Funds See Tar Sands/Oil Sands Investments Rise by $2.9 Billion
Canada’s biggest pension managers saw their investments in the country’s top four tar sands/oil sands producers grow by $2.9 billion in the first three ... -
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Trudeau Disappoints with 40-45% Emissions Pledge that ‘Falls Short of What’s Needed’
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau committed Canada to a 40 to 45% reduction in its greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 last month, in an address ... -
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‘We’re All Scared’, Worker Says, as Tar Sands/Oil Sands Mine Becomes Alberta’s Biggest COVID Outbreak
Tar sands/oil sands workers in the midst of Alberta’s biggest COVID-19 outbreak at Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.’s Horizon bitumen mine say their living and ... -
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COVID Cases Sweep Tar Sands/Oil Sands as Thousands Arrive for Spring Maintenance Work
Tar sands/oil sands companies stepped up protective measures this month as a spate of COVID-19 cases sweeps through the region at the same time ... -
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Alberta Grants Fourth Extension to Foreign Influence Inquiry, Blames Ecojustice Lawsuit for Delay
Alberta's inquiry into the funding of oil and gas industry critics is getting its fourth deadline extension. -
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Judge Dismisses Ecojustice Bid to Halt Alberta’s Foreign Influence Inquiry
A judge has dismissed an attempt to quash the United Conservative government's inquiry into whether foreign groups have conspired against Alberta's oil industry. -
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Spain Sets Modest 2030 Emissions Target, Earns Praise for Banning New Fossil Permits
The Spanish parliament has adopted a new climate law that calls for just a 23% emissions reduction from 1990 levels by 2030, but immediately ... -
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‘We’re All Scared’, Worker Says, as Tar Sands/Oil Sands Mine Becomes Alberta’s Biggest COVID Outbreak
Tar sands/oil sands workers in the midst of Alberta’s biggest COVID-19 outbreak at Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.’s Horizon bitumen mine say their living and ...
