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U.S., Canadian Fossils to Lead $1.4 Trillion in New Oil and Gas Development Through 2024
Fossils in the United States and Canada are leading plans to invest another US$1.4 trillion in new oil and gas extraction projects over the ... -
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Ottawa Approves Alberta Tax on Industrial Carbon Emitters
The federal government has approved Alberta’s new C$30 per tonne tax on industrial carbon emitters, a move that “avoids escalating a fight between Ottawa ... -
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Wilkinson Vows Tougher 2030 Emissions Target as Throne Speech Promises Net-Zero by 2050
A 2050 deadline to achieve net-zero emissions, a price on carbon in every part of the country, and new initiatives on energy-efficient buildings, zero-emission ... -
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Alberta Fossils Aim to Push More Oil Through the Same Pipes
With the three new pipelines they’ve been counting on all delayed, Alberta fossils are looking to at least two new strategies to push more ... -
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BREAKING: Moody’s Downgrades Alberta’s Credit While Federal Regulator Predicts Continuing Over-Dependence on Oil
One of the world’s leading credit assessment agencies has downgraded its rating for Alberta, citing the province’s over-dependence on fossil fuels, lack of pipeline ... -
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McKenna Pledges Fast Action on Infrastructure Through a ‘Climate Lens’
Infrastructure and Communities Minister Catherine McKenna donned a hard hat for her first major speech in her new portfolio this week, telling the Federation ... -
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Corporate Connections Drive $4 Billion in Fossil Investment by Canadian Pension Board
With more than C$4 billion invested in the world’s top 200 publicly-traded fossils, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) is placing bets that ... -
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Fossil Production Plans, Subsidies Put Countries Far Beyond 1.5°C Paris Target
The world’s governments are on track to produce more than twice as much oil, gas, and coal as the amounts that would enable them ... -
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Secession Would Make Alberta the World’s Biggest Per Capita Carbon Polluter
If Alberta ever pursued some of its louder residents’ “Wexit” dreams and separated from the rest of Canada, it would instantly become the world’s ... -
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Ecojustice Challenges ‘Partisan Political Purposes’ Behind Alberta’s Foreign Funding Inquiry
Environmental law charity Ecojustice has filed a legal challenge against the Kenney government’s C$2.5-million commission on supposed “foreign-funded radicals” opposing the Alberta fossil industry, ... -
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Ottawa Offers Flexibility on Fossil Regulation as New Cabinet Gets to Work
Alberta’s energy minister declared herself “very encouraged” by her first meeting with her federal counterpart, Ottawa’s Western liaison opened the door to watering down ... -
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Federal Figures Show Alberta Carbon Emissions Continuing to Rise
Carbon pollution from Alberta’s oil and gas industry is continuing to rise, notwithstanding Premier Jason Kenney’s insistence that his province’s product is the cleanest, ... -
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Fossils Claim They Receive No Subsidies as Fossil Subsidy Review Bogs Down
Canada’s fossil lobby is setting out to redefine the lavish government handouts it receives as anything but a subsidy, even as the federal finance ...
