Alberta

Wall Street analysts are advising their clients to invest in Canadian tar sands companies on the expectation that the highly controversial Line 3 and Trans Mountain Expansion pipelines overcome Indigenous-led public opposition and reach completion.

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Alberta

Alberta Oil Output Pushes Past Pre-Pandemic High, Grows 86.2% Since 2010

22/08/21

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The Energy Mix

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The Energy Mix

August 17, 2021

Alberta oil production now exceeds its pre-pandemic high, and has increased 86.2% since 2010, according to new data from the Alberta Energy Regulator and ATB Economics.

The lion’s share of the output—86% —comes from the tar sands/oil sands, CBC reports.

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Canadian Enbridge Company Pays Minnesota Cops $2 Million to Defend Its Line 3 Pipeline From Protests

15/08/21

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Audrey Carleton

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vice.com

DEMONSTRATORS PROTEST LINE 3 PIPELINE. IMAGE: NICOLE NERI/BLOOMBERG VIA GETTY IMAGE

Aug. 9. 2021

Enbridge is funding police who have violently responded to protests of its Line 3 pipeline.

A Canadian Oil company has given Minnesota law enforcement $2 million to fund the policing of protests against construction of its pipeline, Motherboard has learned.

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Canada’s oil and gas sector filled up on federal COVID emergency cash

13/08/21

Author:

John Woodside

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National Observer

August 13th 2021

At a time when climate science demands a rapid transition off fossil fuels, Ottawa approved more than $1.3 billion for oil and gas companies through the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS).

According to a January 2021 meeting note Canada’s National Observer received through a federal access-to-information request, “over $1.3B has been approved for the petroleum sector companies” as of Oct. 29, 2020 through CEWS.

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Alberta Blue Ammonia Production Plan to Ship Hydrogen to Asia

12/08/21

Author:

Emma Graney

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The Globe and Mail

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

Clear their names, Jason Kenney

30/07/21

Author:

Sandy Garossino

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National Observer

Premier Jason Kenney's anti-Alberta energy inquiry has impacted environmentalists (clockwise from top left: Ed Whittingham, Tzeporah Berman, Greg Knox and Shannon Phillips). Photos by Alex Tétreault, SkeenaWild, Twitter, submitted

It’s time to apologize to the innocent Canadian environmentalists that you and your allies have hounded, vilified and intimidated for almost a decade. Steve Allan’s anti-Alberta energy inquiry has found the accusations against them to be a complete sham.

Clear their names, once and for all.

Tell the truth, at long last, and admit you were wrong.

Take it back. Take it all back.

I have read the draft Allan report in full.

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Quebec nixes LNG plant that would have carried Western Canadian natural gas to markets overseas

21/07/21

Author:

Jonathan Montpetit

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CBC News

[Editor: Saguenay, where this terminal is/was planned to be located, is 460 km NNE of Montreal and about 100 km west of the St. Lawrence Seaway. The federal review may still take place because the approach for this project is actually federal jurisdiction but it is unlikely any federal government would go against the province of QC.]

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Alberta

Politicians are ignoring the threat, especially to our children. Citizens have to step up and do what our leaders won’t.

New pipelines could help Canada export more tar sands, boosting the bottom lines of Alberta’s oil producers. But experts warn that Canada is charting a ‘path to climate crisis.’

Alberta oil production now exceeds its pre-pandemic high, and has increased 86.2% since 2010, according to new data from the Alberta Energy Regulator and ATB Economics.

Enbridge is funding police who have violently responded to protests of its Line 3 pipeline.

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