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Analysts See Oil Industry’s Twilight, But Not Soon Enough to Hit Climate Targets
Two different analyst reports this week show the oil industry moving into its twilight, but the projected rate of decline is still far too ... -
CanadaFinance & InvestmentLegal & RegulatoryOil & GasPipelines/Rail TransportShale & FrackingTar Sands/Oil Sands
Supreme Court’s Redwater Decision Could Make Credit More Costly, Less Available for Canadian Fossils
Lenders are paying attention to the recent Supreme Court decision holding bankrupt fossils responsible for cleaning up the production sites they abandon. The result ... -
Alberta Oil Curtailment Drives Down Crude By Rail
Alberta’s plan to boost the price Canadian heavy crude by eliminating a glut via mandatory production curtailments has created an unintended consequence that has ... -
Bitumen BubbleCanadaCanada's Pipeline-Climate Policy ParadoxEnergy PoliticsEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsInternational Agencies & StudiesPipelines/Rail TransportShale & FrackingTar Sands/Oil Sands
Stewart: CAPP is Asking Albertans to ‘Vote for Climate Destruction’
Albertans this spring and Canadians this fall should not be fooled into voting for climate destruction just because Big Oil wants them to, Greenpeace ... -
Bitumen BubbleCanadaCollateral DamageFinance & InvestmentLegal & RegulatoryOil & GasPipelines/Rail TransportShale & FrackingSub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil Sands
Supreme Court Holds Bankrupt Fossils Responsible for Cleaning Abandoned Sites
A Supreme Court of Canada ruling that holds bankrupt fossils responsible for cleaning up their abandoned oil and gas wells will produce lasting impacts ... -
CanadaCarbon Levels & MeasurementClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrive to 1.5Energy PoliticsForests & DeforestationNational Plans & ResponsesOil & GasPost-Carbon TransitionSub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil SandsUnited States
Canada Falls Farther Behind Its Paris Emissions Target, with Fossils the Primary Driver
Carbon pollution from Canada’s fossil industry and some questionable assumptions about carbon credits are driving projected greenhouse gas emissions more than 100 million tonnes ... -
Fort McMurray Adopts 75-Kilometre Ban on Fly-In/Fly-Out Work Camps
Staring down fierce opposition from tar sands/oil sands companies, councilors from Fort McMurray and the surrounding region have voted to impose a moratorium on ... -
Carbon Levels & MeasurementCoalDrive to 1.5Forests & DeforestationHeat & TemperatureInternational Agencies & StudiesIPCC ReportOil & GasShale & FrackingSoil & Natural SequestrationTar Sands/Oil Sands
2019 Set to Deliver Big Jump in Atmospheric CO2
Scientists are looking ahead to a “worrying” jump in atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations this year, right on the heels of a report declaring 2018 ... -
Bitumen BubbleCanadaEnergy PoliticsEnergy SubsidiesFinance & InvestmentHot SpotsLegal & RegulatoryMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionOil & GasPipelines/Rail TransportShale & FrackingSub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil Sands
Six Pipelines, Assorted Tax Breaks Lead Fossil Wish List as Alberta Election Approaches
Government support for six new tar sands/oil sands pipelines and four major liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects, along with assorted tax cuts and regulatory ... -
CanadaClimate Impacts & AdaptationFinance & InvestmentLegal & RegulatoryOil & GasPipelines/Rail TransportPost-Carbon TransitionShale & FrackingTar Sands/Oil Sands
Lack of Climate Disclosure Puts Canadian Pensioners, Investment Funds at Risk
Canada needs a three-year plan to mandate better disclosure of climate-related risks in corporations’ annual reports, Ottawa-based cleantech analyst Céline Bak concludes in a ...
