Alberta

13/05/23
Author: 
David Thurton
Workers lay pipe during construction of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion on farmland in Abbotsford, B.C. on May 3, 2023. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press)

May 13, 2023

Pipeline watchers say Ottawa may need to take a haircut if it wants to find a buyer

The overbudget Trans Mountain expansion project owes its lenders at least $23 billion and is looking to take on more private debt as the federal government shuts its wallet and construction costs skyrocket.

01/05/23
Author: 
Bob Weber - The Canadian Press
An oilsands extraction facility is reflected in a tailings pond near the city of Fort McMurray, Alta., in this file photo. (Jason Franson/The Canadian Press)

Apr. 24, 2023

Pathways Alliance questions research, says industry calculations are world standard

New federal research suggests greenhouse gas emissions from the Alberta oilsands may be significantly underestimated, adding to a growing pile of studies that say our understanding of what is going into the atmosphere is incomplete.

13/04/23
Author: 
John Woodside
Canadian banks are overwhelmingly financing the oilsands as foreign banks divest from the region. Photo by Andrew S. Wright

Apr. 13, 2023

Despite pledging to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions, Canada’s Big 5 banks have invested over $1 trillion in coal, oil and gas companies since 2016, upping the risk to the Canadian economy as the energy transition unfolds.

13/04/23
Author: 
John Woodside
RBC CEO David McKay is broadcast on a laptop screen at the Royal Bank of Canada annual general meeting in Toronto on April 7, 2022. Photo by Christopher Katsarov/National Observer

Apr. 13, 2023

Canada’s largest bank provided more money to the fossil fuel sector last year than any other bank in the world, new financial data reveals.

06/04/23
Author: 
Bob Weber
Discoloured water, later found to be groundwater contaminated with oilsands tailings

Apr. 5, 2023

The Alberta government waited a month before calling an emergency response to one of the biggest releases of oilsands tailings in the province's history, a leaked document shows.

28/03/23
Author: 
Andrew Nikiforuk
The town of Peace River lies 45 kilometres from the epicentre of the largest recorded earthquake in Alberta history, caused by Calgary’s Obsidian Energy Ltd. Photo by awmcphee, Creative Commons licensed.

Mar. 27, 2023

After saying Peace River temblors were natural, AER blames Obsidian Energy, raising big questions.

20/03/23
Author: 
The Breach
Still - Canada’s plan to “clean up” the oil sands

Mar. 15, 2023

Watch here: https://youtu.be/kEEcYzRIDhw

Transcript:

Hello, I’m from the Canadian government with an important update about one of our most cherished traditions: turning pristine waterways into rancid waste ways.

For years, the Alberta oil sands have been dealing with a PR problem—I mean, environmental crisis.

Slimy mining leftovers that from outer space look like planetary shit stains.

20/03/23
Author: 
Andrew Nikiforuk
Vancouverites protesting in 2018 after Trudeau pledged $4.5 billion to buy Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. The public cost has leapt to $30.9 billion. Photo by Darryl Dyck via The Canadian Press.

Mar. 20, 2023

Shameless spin can’t excuse the burgeoning boondoggle and ‘global warming machine’ called TMX.

19/03/23
Author: 
The Editorial Board
Burnaby Now: Construction on the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project.Trans Mountain

Canada's big-business newspaper considers squandering $31 billion (which doesn't include lots of large related expenses like policing services) as necessary, "given Canadian political realities." The big-talk-no-action BC NDP could have changed those realities.      - Gene McGuckin

16/03/23
Author: 
Andrew MacLeod
LNG Canada’s Kitimat project will reduce global emissions, say proponents. Critics say it will bring a big increase in its first few decades. Photo from LNG Canada.

Mar. 16, 2023

BC Liberal Leader Kevin Falcon says exporting more liquefied natural gas from British Columbia will help reduce greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change.

But is he right?

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