Alberta

Oilsands disinformation is worse than you think

17/04/24

Author:

Chris Russill, Patrick McCurdy & Jenny Kliever

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We need to get to the bottom of fossil fuel greenwashing people encounter when conducting searches on Google. Photo by fotdmike/Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 DEED)

Apr, 12, 2024

When we are confused about carbon taxes or other climate policies, we often turn to Google for help. Some of us Google Search for information on “climate payment” or “climate action incentive payment” or "carbon tax rebate." Others seek government sources by searching “Environment and Climate Change Canada” or “net zero.” A few use special operators for searches, like “filetype:pdf climate change,” to filter for climate reports in PDF format.

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Canada’s far costlier carbon tax? Fossil fuel subsidies.

11/04/24

Author:

Steve Lorteau

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The Tyee

The federal government has spent $35 billion on the Trans Mountain pipeline alone. Photo via Trans Mountain.

Apr. 11, 2024

Worried about Taxpayer Dollars? Focus on Fossil Fuel Subsidies. They cost Canadians a lot more money than the carbon tax.

The federal carbon tax increase is now in effect, and will raise gas prices by three cents per litre in most Canadian provinces.

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Feds tweak energy regulations for provincial flexibility

20/02/24

Author:

Natasha Bulowski

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National Observer

Alberta's Environment and Protected Areas Minister Rebecca Schulz at a news conference on Nov. 28, 2023. Photo by Chris Schwarz/Government of Alberta

Feb. 16, 2024

The federal government’s ideas to make major electricity regulations more flexible and responsive to provincial and industry concerns did not win over Alberta.

“This report makes no meaningful corrections to the most destructive piece of Canadian electricity regulation in decades,” said Environment Minister Rebecca Schulz in an emailed statement to Canada’s National Observer.

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Alberta’s Brutal Water Reckoning

19/02/24

Author:

Andrew Nikiforuk

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The Tyee

St. Mary Reservoir, near Lethbridge, just 11 per cent full. Climate change is only part of the reason Alberta is reeling for lack of water. Photo via Alberta government.

Feb. 19, 2024

Scientists who studied the region’s arid past warned this drought was coming. Thirst for growth won out. A Tyee special report.

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‘Quality Cannot Be Compromised Due to Trans Mountain’s Urgency’

16/02/24

Author:

Zoë Yunker

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The Tyee

Trans Mountain’s expansion project is stuck at a section of hard rock containing pressurized aquifers running alongside the Fraser River. Photo via Trans Mountain Pipeline ULC.

Feb. 15, 2024

Or can it? Canada’s energy regulator has reversed its decision to quash a last-minute pipeline variance.

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A New Report Maps Canada’s ‘Daunting’ Path to Net-Zero Carbon

11/02/24

Author:

Andrew Nikiforuk

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The Tyee

‘Canada faces daunting challenges in meeting its net-zero commitments,’ writes David Hughes. ‘These are not insurmountable but must be clearly understood and faced head-on.’ Photo by Adrian Wyld, the Canadian Press.

Feb. 8, 2024

A leading energy analyst crunches and questions the numbers that national goals are built upon.

Canada’s road to net zero by 2050 will be bumpy, winding and “daunting.”

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

How effective a climate solution is removing CO2 from the atmosphere?

05/02/24

Author:

Molly Segal - What On Earth

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What On Earth Newsletter - CBC

Feb. 1, 2024

When Alex Tavasoli came across a patent filed in Wisconsin that used carbon dioxide to cure cement — essentially capturing and storing CO2 — she was surprised to learn that it was from 1874.

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Heat to soar, pipelines to roar in 2024

05/02/24

Author:

Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood

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National Observer

The longer we fail to address climate change, the more urgent the problem becomes. Photo by Markus Spiske/Pexels

The year 2024 is shaping up to be the most important ever for climate action — just like 2023 before it and 2022 before that, and so on back through at least the 1980s.

It may be a tired refrain. But in this era of accelerating and compounding crises, the longer we fail to address climate change, the more urgent the problem becomes.

So what trends, events and opportunities should concerned citizens be paying attention to in 2024?

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Climate 'Not Mentioned' in Alberta Water-Sharing Talks

01/02/24

Author:

Bob Weber

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National Observer

Environment Minister Rebecca Schulz says negotiations between water licence holders in three southern Alberta river basins will open this week. Schulz shakes hands with Premier Danielle Smith in Edmonton on Oct. 24, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson

Jan. 31, 2024

Drought-weary Alberta opens water-sharing talks with large users

EDMONTON — Lance Colby saw what was coming.

The Alberta government said Wednesday it would open talks on water-sharing between large users as the province's drought situation worsens. But Colby, chair of the Mountain View Regional Water Services Commission in central Alberta, had already begun such discussions.

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Are the provinces trying to break Canada?

01/02/24

Author:

Max Fawcett

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National Observer

Ontario Premier Doug Ford participates in a discussion with future Alberta Premier Danielle Smith at the 2019 Manning Networking Conference in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

Feb. 1, 2024

Of all Pierre Poilievre’s familiar slogans, there’s one that stands above the rest: Canada is broken. There’s no shortage of irony there, not least because what little we know of his proposed plans and policies revolve almost exclusively around breaking things, whether it’s the CBC or Canada’s climate change policies. But the most ironic thing of all is that while Poilievre pretends Justin Trudeau’s Liberals are breaking the country, its conservative premiers are busy doing exactly that.

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Alberta

Worried about Taxpayer Dollars? Focus on Fossil Fuel Subsidies. They cost Canadians a lot more money than the carbon tax.

Scientists who studied the region’s arid past warned this drought was coming. Thirst for growth won out. A Tyee special report.

Or can it? Canada’s energy regulator has reversed its decision to quash a last-minute pipeline variance.

A leading energy analyst crunches and questions the numbers that national goals are built upon.

Drought-weary Alberta opens water-sharing talks with large users

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