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Tar Sands/Oil Sands

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  • CanadaClimate & SocietyEnergy PoliticsEnergy SubsidiesFinance & InvestmentJurisdictionsOil & GasTar Sands/Oil Sands

    $100M Federal Grant Pays Fossils for R&D They Should Fund Themselves, Climate Hawks Contend

    October 23, 2020
     
    Primary Author The Energy Mix staff
    October 23, 2020
    The Trudeau government faced immediate criticism yesterday after re-announcing a four-year, C$100-million budget promise from March 2019 to help the fossil industry commercialize emerging ...
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  • CanadaCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasTar Sands/Oil Sands

    Fossil Investors Bail as Pandemic and Oil Politics Hold Prices Down, Renewables Stocks Surge

    October 23, 2020
     
    Primary Author Compiled by The Energy Mix staff
    October 23, 2020
    In Canada and around the world, a growing number of investors are rushing for the exits in their haste to abandon a crashing fossil ...
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  • CanadaCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyEnergy PoliticsFinance & InvestmentJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergySub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil Sands

    New Fossil Investment in Alberta Depends on Environmental Action, Kenney Proclaims

    October 19, 2020
     
    October 19, 2020
    In what CBC is calling “a major shift in tone for the Alberta premier”, Jason Kenney is saying Alberta fossils’ access to new project ...
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  • CanadaCarbon Levels & MeasurementCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyCoalDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentHydropowerInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasPipelines/Rail TransportRenewable EnergySolarTar Sands/Oil Sands

    Solar the ‘New King of Electricity’, Trans Mountain at Risk as IEA Analysis Sinks In

    October 15, 2020
     
    Primary Author Compiled by Mitchell Beer @mitchellbeer
    October 15, 2020
    An acknowledgement that solar now delivers the “cheapest electricity in history” and a new source of uncertainty for Canada’s Trans Mountain pipeline expansion are ...
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  • Arctic & AntarcticaCanadaCarbon Levels & MeasurementCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyCoalEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasPipelines/Rail TransportTar Sands/Oil Sands

    IEA’s ‘Gold Standard’ Energy Modelling Still Gives Short Shrift to 1.5°C Pathways, Trout Says

    October 15, 2020
     
    Primary Author Mitchell Beer @mitchellbeer
    October 15, 2020
    Kelly Trout is a senior research analyst with Oil Change International. In this feature interview, she talks about the International Energy Agency’s World Energy ...
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  • CanadaClimate & SocietyEnergy SubsidiesEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasSub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil Sands

    Small, Mid-Sized Fossils May Face Cash Crunch as Bankers Get Jittery

    October 13, 2020
     
    October 13, 2020
    November may be emerging as a crunch month for Canada’s small and mid-sized fossil producers, as banks go through a semi-annual review of whether ...
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  • Arctic & AntarcticaBiodiversity & HabitatCanadaClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationCoalFinance & InvestmentFirst PeoplesJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasSub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil SandsUnited States

    EXCLUSIVE: Royal Bank’s ‘Baby Step’ on Fossil Divestment the ‘Least They Could Do’, Climate Analysts Say

    October 5, 2020
     
    Primary Author Mitchell Beer @mitchellbeer
    October 5, 2020
    The Royal Bank of Canada’s announcement late last week that it will restrict investments in some fossil fuel projects was a “baby step” and ...
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  • CanadaCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyEnergy PoliticsEuropeFinance & InvestmentJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryNon-Renewable EnergyShale & FrackingTar Sands/Oil SandsUnited States

    Pension Plan’s Fossil Investments Undercut Canada’s Climate Commitments, Report Concludes

    September 17, 2020
     
    September 17, 2020
    The Canada Pension Plan’s “substantial private equity investments” in the fossil industry over the last few years have undercut the country’s climate commitments and ...
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  • Carbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentHealth & SafetyHydropowerInternational Agencies & StudiesNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasRenewable EnergySolarTar Sands/Oil SandsWind

    BP Says Oil Demand Will Never Recover as OPEC, IEA Predict Continuing Losses Due to COVID

    September 15, 2020
     
    Primary Author Compiled by The Energy Mix staff
    September 15, 2020
    The global fossil industry is facing a parade of bad news this week, with colossal fossil BP concluding that global oil demand has already ...
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  • Justin Trudeau
    BuildingsCanadaClimate & SocietyClimate Action/"Blockadia"Climate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionDemand & EfficiencyEnergy PoliticsHealth & SafetyHuman Rights & MigrationJobs & TrainingJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasRenewable EnergyTar Sands/Oil Sands

    Fossils Troll for Relief as Throne Speech Focus Veers Toward Housing, Income Support

    September 13, 2020
     
    Primary Author Compiled by Mitchell Beer @mitchellbeer
    September 13, 2020
    With the latest news and commentary out of Ottawa pointing to housing, employment insurance reform, and long-term care as main focal points for the ...
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  • AfricaBrazilCarbon-Free TransitionChinaClimate & SocietyEuropeFinance & InvestmentInternational Agencies & StudiesJobs & TrainingJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasOpinion & AnalysisShale & FrackingSouth & Central AmericaSub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil SandsUnited States

    Fossils Keep Paying Shareholders Despite Epic Financial Losses, Declining Business Prospects

    September 10, 2020
     
    Primary Author Compiled by Mitchell Beer @mitchellbeer
    September 10, 2020
    Some of the world’s most colossal fossils posted epic financial losses between April and June this year, all in the interest of preserving their ...
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  • CanadaCarbon Levels & MeasurementCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsCulture, Curiosities, & HumourDemand & DistributionEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentFirst PeoplesHuman Rights & MigrationJobs & TrainingJurisdictionsMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasPipelines/Rail TransportSub-National GovernmentsSupply Chains & ConsumptionTar Sands/Oil Sands

    The Battle Plan: Key Lessons from the Second World War for the Climate Mobilization (Part 2)

    September 10, 2020
     
    September 10, 2020
    This is the second of two excerpts from Seth Klein’s A Good War: Mobilizing Canada for the Climate Emergency, published in early September and ...
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  • CanadaClimate & SocietyClimate Action/"Blockadia"Energy PoliticsJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryNon-Renewable EnergyPipelines/Rail TransportSub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil Sands

    Alberta Dials Down Expectations with Softer Mandate for ‘Foreign-Funded Radicals’ Inquiry

    September 10, 2020
     
    September 10, 2020
    The Alberta government may be losing momentum in its crusade against supposed “foreign-funded special interests” working against the province’s oilpatch, with the deadline for ...
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  • Biodiversity & HabitatCanadaClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationFirst PeoplesHealth & SafetyJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergySub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil Sands

    ‘Scientifically Valid Evidence’ Shows Tar Sands/Oil Sands Tailings Ponds Contaminating Northern Alberta Groundwater

    September 4, 2020
     
    September 4, 2020
    There is “scientifically valid evidence” that toxic pollution seeping from tar sands/oil sands tailings ponds in northern Alberta is contaminating groundwater in the Athabasca ...
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  • Biodiversity & HabitatClimate Impacts & AdaptationJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyPipelines/Rail TransportSub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil Sands

    Pipeline Spill Forces Temporary Shutdown at Kearl Lake Tar Sands/Oil Sands Mine

    September 4, 2020
     
    September 4, 2020
    Imperial Oil’s Kearl Lake mine has gone into temporary shutdown, following a spill Saturday in a diluent pipeline that supplies the giant tar sands/oil ...
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ICYMI

  • CanadaICYMIOil & GasSub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil Sands

    Alberta Plans New Refinery to Ease Oil Supply Glut

    January 13, 2019
     
    January 13, 2019
  • CanadaICYMILegal & RegulatoryOil & GasSub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil Sands

    CEO Resigns After Alberta Energy Regulator Apology

    November 4, 2018
     
    November 4, 2018
  • CanadaFinance & InvestmentICYMIOil & GasSub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil Sands

    Analyst Urges Alberta to Freeze Fossil Royalties

    November 1, 2018
     
    November 1, 2018
  • CanadaFinance & InvestmentICYMIOil & GasResearch & DevelopmentTar Sands/Oil Sands

    Alberta Looks for ‘Radically Different Products’ from Raw Bitumen

    October 28, 2018
     
    October 28, 2018
  • CanadaFinance & InvestmentICYMIOil & GasTar Sands/Oil Sands

    Calgary Credit Union Drops Shell Name After Company Departs the Tar Sands/Oil Sands

    October 28, 2018
     
    October 28, 2018
  • CanadaEnergy PoliticsICYMIOil & GasPipelines/Rail TransportTar Sands/Oil SandsUnited States

    Notley Demands Ottawa Buy Rail Cars to Haul Alberta Crude

    October 23, 2018
     
    October 23, 2018
  • CanadaChinaICYMIOil & GasTar Sands/Oil Sands

    Infrastructure Boom Could Boost China’s Demand for Canadian Bitumen

    October 14, 2018
     
    October 14, 2018
  • CanadaCarbon Levels & MeasurementICYMIOil & GasTar Sands/Oil Sands

    Tar Sands/Oil Sands Claim 16-23% Drop in Emissions Intensity…by 2030

    October 2, 2018
     
    October 2, 2018
  • CanadaForests & DeforestationHealth & SafetyICYMILegal & RegulatorySub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil SandsWater

    Environmental Commission Seeks ‘Factual Record’ on Alberta Tailing Ponds

    September 1, 2018
     
    September 1, 2018
  • CanadaICYMIMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionOil & GasTar Sands/Oil SandsUnited States

    New Curriculum Won’t Cast Fossils in Harsh Light, Alberta Assures Oilpatch

    August 28, 2018
     
    August 28, 2018
  • CanadaFinance & InvestmentICYMITar Sands/Oil Sands

    CNRL Speeds Up Completion of New Tar Sands/Oil Sands Project

    August 26, 2018
     
    August 26, 2018
  • Biodiversity & HabitatCanadaForests & DeforestationICYMITar Sands/Oil Sands

    New Exploration Technique Leaves Habitat Intact…Until Tar Sands/Oil Sands Development Starts

    August 9, 2018
     
    August 9, 2018
  • CanadaICYMILegal & RegulatorySub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil Sands

    Alberta Regulator Ignores Its Own Rules on Tar Sands/Oil Sands tailings

    July 3, 2018
     
    July 3, 2018
  • CanadaFinance & InvestmentICYMITar Sands/Oil Sands

    Nexen Unveils $400-Million Long Lake Expansion

    June 24, 2018
     
    June 24, 2018
  • CanadaICYMILegal & RegulatorySub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil Sands

    Alberta Regulator Okays Another Deficient Tailings Plan

    June 22, 2018
     
    June 22, 2018
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