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Three Projects, Three Wins: Flurry of Decisions Shows U.S. Pipelines Becoming ‘Unbuildable’
The last 48 hours have seen a dizzying series of announcements highlighting the increasingly shaky prospects for North American oil and gas pipelines, with ... -
AustraliaBitumen BubbleBrazilCarbon-Free TransitionEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & DivestmentFinance & InvestmentOil & GasShale & FrackingTar Sands/Oil SandsUnited States
Fossils Hit ‘Turning Point’ as Shell Follows BP in Declaring Stranded Assets
The coronavirus pandemic may have produced a tipping point in the transition off fossil fuels, with two colossal fossils declaring in the last two ... -
Arctic & AntarcticaBitumen BubbleCanadaCarbon-Free TransitionCulture, Curiosities, & HumourElectricity GridEuropeFinance & DivestmentFinance & InvestmentOil & GasTar Sands/Oil Sands
Queen Elizabeth’s Wealth Manager Dumps Tar Sands/Oil Sands, Arctic Oil and Gas, Coal
Coutts, the private banker to Queen Elizabeth II and the rest of the British royal family, has promised to drop its investments in the ... -
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Indigenous Leaders Warn They May Be Left Out of Abandoned Well Cleanup Fund
Indigenous leaders are concerned their communities may be left out as Alberta, Saskatchewan, and British Columbia begin spending C$1.5 billion in federal funds to ... -
Bitumen BubbleCanadaClimate Action/"Blockadia"Energy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & DivestmentFinance & InvestmentPipelines/Rail TransportSub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil Sands
Analysts See No More Need for New Pipelines as Tar Sands/Oil Sands Production Slides
After years of complaints that Canada lacked space in its crowded export pipelines to serve tar sands/oil sands producers in the Alberta oilpatch, analysts ... -
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Federal Pandemic Relief Still Hasn’t Arrived, Fossils Say
The Canadian fossil industry is up in arms that not a single oil and gas company has been approved for a federal bridge loan ... -
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Tar Sands/Oil Sands Firms Drop $1.8B in Environmental Projects in COVID Cost Cuts
Three of Canada’s top tar sands/oil sands companies have dropped C$1.8 billion in environmental projects as part of their cost-cutting during the pandemic, prompting ... -
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Alberta Shuts Energy Efficiency Agency, Eliminates Cabinet Approval for New Tar Sands/Oil Sands Projects
Alberta is moving to phase out its energy efficiency agency and allow future tar sands/oil sands projects to proceed without cabinet approval under a ... -
CanadaClimate Action/"Blockadia"Climate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsEnergy PoliticsEnergy SubsidiesEuropeInternational Agencies & StudiesOil & GasPipelines/Rail TransportTar Sands/Oil Sands
Tie Canada’s UN Security Council Bid to Climate Action, Thunberg Urges Island States
With Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pushing hard for a long-coveted seat on the United Nations Security Council, #FridaysforFuture founder Greta Thunberg is urging small ... -
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Big Canadian Banks Try to Rein in Fossil Borrowing as Vulnerability, Loan Losses Rise
Canadian banks’ vulnerability to oil and gas loans has hit a record high, as fossils struggling with collapsing oil and gas prices draw heavily ... -
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Analysis: Fossil Lobby Keeps Pitching as Federal Green Recovery Discussions Get Complicated
The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) showed a previously unsuspected sense of humour last week, pitching the federal government for another round of ... -
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Resist Fossil Lobbying, End Oil and Gas Subsidies, International Agencies Urge Canada
Two leading international agencies, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the International Energy Agency, are urging the federal and provincial governments ... -
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Alberta Under Pressure to Restart Environmental Monitoring for Oil and Gas Operations
A group of seven environmental groups and Indigenous communities in Alberta is pressing the Jason Kenney government to restart environmental monitoring for oil and ... -
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Minnesota Regulator Delays Line 3 Construction to 2021
Calgary-based Enbridge Inc. will have to postpone a large chunk of the work on its controversial Line 3 pipeline to 2021, after a Minnesota ... -
Bitumen BubbleCanadaCarbon-Free TransitionEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & DivestmentFinance & InvestmentOil & GasSub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil Sands
Suncor CEO’s ‘Stark Prediction’ Has Off-Carbon Transition Driving Down Oil Demand
The CEO of Suncor Energy is admitting that the transition off carbon could hit crude oil demand as hard as the pandemic did, in ...
