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CanadaCarbon-Free TransitionCitiesClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionEnergy PoliticsEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsJobs & TrainingJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasSub-National Governments
Crashing Demand, Kenney’s ‘Denial’ Put Alberta at Risk as Energy Transition Accelerates
The Alberta government’s inability to begin charting a shift off fossil fuels can only leave the province at risk of further economic mayhem, according ... -
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Pension Plan’s Fossil Investments Undercut Canada’s Climate Commitments, Report Concludes
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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BP Says Oil Demand Will Never Recover as OPEC, IEA Predict Continuing Losses Due to COVID
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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Fossils Troll for Relief as Throne Speech Focus Veers Toward Housing, Income Support
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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Fossils Keep Paying Shareholders Despite Epic Financial Losses, Declining Business Prospects
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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Alberta Dials Down Expectations with Softer Mandate for ‘Foreign-Funded Radicals’ Inquiry
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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‘Unlikely Allies’ Create Renewable Energy Opportunities in Alberta
What do oil executives and climate activists have in common? Not much, if you listen to popular media narratives pitting environmental protection against economic ... -
CanadaCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyEncoreEnergy PoliticsEuropeFinance & InvestmentJobs & TrainingJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergySub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil Sands
Beer: Alberta Should Treat Total’s $9.3-Billion Write-Off as a Wake-Up Call, Not a Cheap Shot
After French petroleum giant Total wrote off C$9.3 billion in stranded assets in the tar sands/oil sands, the Jason Kenney government had the option ... -
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Global Oil Demand, CO2 Emissions Likely Peaked in 2019 as Fossil Analysts Predict More Stranded Assets
A small parade of analysts stepped out in late June and early July with projections that global oil demand and carbon dioxide emissions likely ... -
CanadaCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyEncoreFinance & InvestmentJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasShale & FrackingSub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil Sands
Exxon Rips Up $30-Billion Rebuilding Plan, Could Declare Stranded Assets at Kearl Lake
ExxonMobil’s massive Kearl Lake mine north of Fort McMurray may be the latest tar sands/oil sands to be devalued as one of the world’s ... -
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Canadian Climate Groups Urge ‘Green Strings’ on COVID Recovery Funding
As Finance Minister Bill Morneau prepared to release a fiscal update in early July, Canada’s leading environmental organizations called for “green strings” on Ottawa’s ... -
Carbon Levels & MeasurementCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsEncoreEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentInternational Agencies & StudiesNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasShale & FrackingTar Sands/Oil Sands
Action on Climate, $40/Barrel Oil Could Mean Trillions in Stranded Fossil Assets
With colossal fossils Total and Shell downgrading the value of their oil and gas assets, BP pledging to cut oil and gas production 40% ... -
Arctic & AntarcticaCanadaCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsCoalDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEncoreEuropeFinance & InvestmentJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasShale & FrackingTar Sands/Oil Sands
Deutsche Bank Dumps Tar Sands/Oil Sands, Arctic Oil and Gas, Falls Short on Coal Divestment
Frankfurt-based banking giant Deutsche Bank is immediately cutting off financing for new tar sands/oil sands and Arctic oil and gas projects and will end ... -
Carbon Levels & MeasurementCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentInternational Agencies & StudiesNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasShale & FrackingTar Sands/Oil Sands
Action on Climate, $40/Barrel Oil Could Mean Trillions in Stranded Fossil Assets
With colossal fossils Total and Shell downgrading the value of their oil and gas assets, BP pledging to cut oil and gas production 40% ... -
CanadaCulture, Curiosities, & HumourFinance & InvestmentJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasSub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil Sands
Alberta Mismanages Heritage Fund, Misses Out on $575B in Revenue Over 44 Years
Successive Alberta governments over the last 44 years have mismanaged their way out of C$575 billion in revenue that should have been available to ...
