Bitumen Bubble Finance & Divestment
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CanadaCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyFinance & InvestmentJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasTar Sands/Oil Sands
New York State Pension Fund Divests from Seven Tar Sands/Oil Sands Producers
New York State’s US$247.7-billion pension fund is dropping the more than $7 million it’s invested in seven Canadian tar sands/oil sands producers, citing the ... -
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Prepare to Lose 450,000 Fossil Jobs in Transition Off Carbon, TD Warns
As many as 450,000 of the 600,000 people now employed directly or indirectly by the Canadian fossil industry could be looking for new jobs ... -
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Canadian Fossils Predict Long Future for Oil and Gas, Look to Carbon Capture to Cut Emissions
Canada’s biggest fossils aren’t considering a sudden pivot to renewable energy, but pipeline companies have no major expansion plans in the offing, judging by ... -
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Canada Set to Lose $11.9 Billion on Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion
Canada is in line to lose C$11.9 billion on the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, as rising project costs collide with falling demand for oil, ... -
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Alberta Loses 35,000 Oil and Gas Jobs Since 2013
Alberta’s oil patch shed more than 35,000 jobs between December 2013 and February 2020. Now, analysts are urging anyone still banking on a strong ... -
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CP Rail Merger with U.S. Rival ‘Supports New Source of Bitumen’
A partner in a project designed to allow more tar sands/oil sands bitumen to be shipped by rail from Canada to Texas says the ... -
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U.S. Congress Aims to End Tax Exemption for Tar Sands/Oil Sands, Set Price on Methane
Congressional Democrats in the United States are considering reversing a long-standing excise tax exemption for tar sands/oil sands crude entering the country, a move ... -
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EXCLUSIVE: Blaming Campaigners for Rising Premiums Masks Trans Mountain’s Shoddy Safety Record, Ex-Insurance Exec Says
The federal Crown corporation responsible for the Trans Mountain pipeline is diverting attention from its own shoddy safety culture by blaming campaigners for its ... -
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Alberta Regulator Clamps Down after Deadbeat Fossil Falls $67 Million Short on Cleanup Funds
The Alberta Energy Regulator says it is suspending licences for thousands of wells and pipelines after an oil and gas producer failed to bring ... -
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‘Future Belongs to Renewables’ as Norwegian Wealth Fund Blacklists Four Alberta Fossils
Norway’s US$1.3-trillion sovereign wealth fund is following through on its threat to drop investments in Canadian tar sands/oil sands production, with four Alberta fossils ... -
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Exxon Dumps Tar Sands/Oil Sands Holdings, Slashes Estimate of Recoverable Reserves
Colossal fossil ExxonMobil has dropped virtually all its tar sands/oil sands holdings from its list of recoverable assets, and its Canadian subsidiary Imperial Oil ... -
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EXCLUSIVE: Study Shows Governments’ Oil and Gas Revenue Crashing as Decarbonization Takes Hold
Canadian governments stand to lose more than half of their revenue from oil and gas activities through 2040, and nearly nine-tenths of the taxes ... -
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Capital Markets ‘Shift Decisively’ Out of Oil and Gas as Investors Place Their Bets on Renewables
Investors are increasingly placing their bets with renewable energy and abandoning oil and gas, the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis reports, in ... -
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Alberta Fossil Cenovus Declares $100-Million Loss on Keystone XL Cancellation
The cancellation of the Keystone XL oil export pipeline has resulted in a second tar sands/oil sands company posting a multi-million-dollar impairment charge in ... -
CanadaClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationCoalEnergy PoliticsFinance & InvestmentHealth & SafetyJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasOpinion & AnalysisPipelines/Rail TransportShale & FrackingSub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil Sands
Jason Kenney vs. the Plimsoll Line
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney proved to be “all hat but no horse” when it came to roping and tying down the ill-fated Keystone XL ...
