In 2018, Husky Energy asked Stephen Mason, who has years of experience developing oil and gas projects on the African continent, to get First Nations together to put in a bid to buy the Trans Mountain Expansion (TMX) Pipeline. Husky, which has since been bought by Cenovus, had already booked space on the yet-to-be-built pipeline to get its oil from Alberta to the Pacific coast, where it could sell at higher prices.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
