Posts Tagged ‘alberta’
Alberta Oil Operations Leak Billions of Litres of Toxic Waste Per Year, Study Finds
This article was written by Gaye Taylor and originally published in The Energy Mix on May 27, 2022. Forty years of largely unregulated growth have left 1.4 trillion litres of toxic tar sands/oil sands tailings sloshing around in “ponds” on the shores of the Athabasca River, devastating ecosystems and First Nations communities with neither plan…
Read MoreAlberta Fossils Face Credit Crunch as Worried Investors Focus on Climate Risk
This article was written by Bob Ascah and published in The Energy Mix on February 9, 2022. New battle lines are being drawn between Canada’s financial regulators and Alberta’s oilpatch over the country’s climate change policies. The Bank of Canada and Canada’s Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) recently released a pilot study that looked…
Read MoreAlberta’s ‘Quiet’ Transition to Renewables Moves Faster than Planned
This article was originally published in The Energy Mix on January 3, 2022. Alberta’s quiet transition to renewable energy from coal is moving faster than planned—fast enough that the province could hit its target of generating 30% of its electricity from renewables seven years ahead of its 2030 target. “Renewables have gone from being a…
Read MoreGlobal energy transition could be a $61B opportunity for Alberta, new study finds
This article was written by staff at The Canadian Press and originally published on December 7, 2021 in CBC News. The global energy transition could create 170,000 jobs in Alberta and contribute $61 billion to the province’s GDP by 2050, according to a new study released Tuesday by provincial economic development groups. The report —…
Read MoreOil and gas industry must pay for abandoned well cleanup, new Alberta rules say
This article was written by The Canadian Press and originally published by CBC on December 1, 2021. Alberta’s oil and gas regulator has rolled out new rules aimed at addressing the growing problem of inactive and abandoned wells in the province, but critics say the industry should be forced to do even more to clean…
Read MoreCanada’s Next Climate Plan Must Finally Address its Blind Spot: Oil and Gas Emissions
This article was written by Eddy Perez and originally appeared in Climate Home News on June 28, 2021. Canadian politicians, including prime minister Justin Trudeau, often imply that Canada’s environmental policies give our country social license to extract fossil fuels. But you can’t be a climate leader while championing a high-carbon industry. With Canada expected…
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