Alberta

B.C. Premier Eby says he's not opposed to privately backed oil pipeline to north coast

27/06/25

Author:

Lauren Vanderdeen

Link:

CBC News

Premier David Eby says he would consider a pipeline to B.C.'s north coast if it didn't rely on public subsidies. (Ben Nelms/CBC)

June 22, 2025

Eby says his position is more nuanced than a hard no, but opposes public funding for project

As Alberta Premier Danielle Smith pushes for a crude oil pipeline to British Columbia's north coast, B.C. Premier David Eby says he's not simply saying no.

Instead, Eby said he's against the public funding of such a pipeline.

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Alberta's Deadly Half-Truths About Oilsands Emissions

26/06/25

Author:

Ian Urquhart

Link:

The Tyee

The actual number of tonnes of GHGs sent into the atmosphere by the oilsands keeps going up. Photo of Alberta’s oilsands by Kris Krug, Creative Commons licensed.

June 26, 2025

How Alberta Fudges Its Climbing Oilsands Emissions

The province crows about a drop in ‘intensity’ while rising GHGs fuel the climate crisis.

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Trans Mountain’s financial nightmare offers lessons in the reality of pipelines

13/06/25

Author:

Arno Kopecky

Link:

National Observer

David Huntley on his home patio overlooking Burrard Inlet, where Aframax tankers pass by almost every day to load up on bitumen from the Trans Mountain pipeline's terminus at Westridge Marine Terminal, just out of sight below the treeline. Photo by Arno Kopecky/Canada's National Observer

Jun. 10, 2025

Every morning, David Huntley checks on the oil tanker traffic outside his home. He can see them cruise up Burrard Inlet from his living room window a few hundred metres above Westridge Marine Terminal, where the Trans Mountain pipeline ends. When I popped by for a visit on June 3, an Aframax called the Tyrrhenian Sea had just docked and was partly visible through a thicket of trees. Last time Huntley saw it here was April 20; since then, it has been to China and back.

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AI Demands to Be Fed. We’re All Servers Now

10/06/25

Author:

Andrew Nikiforuk

Link:

The Tyee

The server mills that run AI need vast amounts of energy and water. You can expect higher monthly utility bills. Photo via Shutterstock.

Jun. 10, 2025

The energy appetite of data centres is boundless and ruinous. But Alberta and BC are eager to cater.

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Decarbonized doublespeak

08/06/25

Author:

Chris Hatch

Link:

National Observer

This photo provided by the Manitoba government shows wildfires in Sherridon, Man., on Tuesday, May 27, 2025. (Government of Manitoba)

Jun. 8, 2025

It takes a lot to make Simon Donner lose his cool. The co-chair of the feds’ advisory group on climate policy has a daily practice of swimming in the Pacific and braves the frigid water all winter long. But he couldn’t bear the blather about “decarbonized oil” spilling from the first ministers’ meeting this week.

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Will Carney learn from Trudeau’s mistakes?

02/05/25

Author:

John Woodside

Link:

National Observer

May 2, 2025

If Prime Minister Mark Carney intends to transition the country’s economy off fossil fuels to respond to the climate crisis, he will have to navigate complex political terrain and avoid the pitfalls of his predecessor, experts say.

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Climate Expert Who Studied WW2 Shares How Canada Can Win Trump’s Trade War

12/04/25

Author:

Mitch Anderson

Link:

DeSmog

Author Seth Klein (right) outlines opportunities to build economic self-sufficiency in his book 'The Good War.' Credit: Gage Skidmore and Josh Berson

Apr. 8, 2025

‘When we need to urgently build big things we have to do it ourselves,’ Vancouver-based author Seth Klein tells DeSmog.

U.S. President Donald Trump continues to upend global financial markets, with his chaotic tariff announcements last week plunging the Dow almost 4,000 points in two days and wiping out more than $4.8 trillion in value on the S&P 500.

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

More Than 300,000 Alberta Workers Form a United Front

28/03/25

Author:

Charles Rusnell

Link:

The Tyee

Alberta Federation of Labour leader Gil McGowan stands amidst leaders of many of the unions who have joined the ‘Solidarity Pact’ announced Wednesday. Photo via Alberta Federation of Labour.

Mar. 27, 2025

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Alberta

Labour - Unions

Social

Wilkinson says Canada should not scrap climate policies to appease oil and gas executives

24/03/25

Author:

John Woodside

Link:

National Observer

March 19, 2024: Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Jonathan Wilkinson pictured during an interview in his office on Parliament Hill in Ottawa. Photo by Dave Chan/Canada's National Observer

Mar. 21, 2025

The fossil fuel industry’s call to roll back environmental policy at a time of economic crisis will hurt Canadians in the long run, Energy and Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson told the executives of Canada’s largest oil and gas companies Thursday.

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

Why Canada should heed its Energy Minister’s call to calm down about oil pipelines

16/03/25

Author:

Adam Radwanski

Link:

The Globe and Mail

Building pipelines - Trade war a ‘great opportunity’ to talk about pipelines, says CNRL president

Mar. 8, 2025

Despite the security dangers posed by U.S. President Donald Trump, there is no way a new – or resurrected – pipeline project would be completed in less than five years

Jonathan Wilkinson would like everyone to take a deep breath, when it comes to one of the biggest, costliest and riskiest ways that Canada could try to assert its energy independence in the face of Donald Trump’s threats.

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

Alberta

Eby says his position is more nuanced than a hard no, but opposes public funding for project

How Alberta Fudges Its Climbing Oilsands Emissions

The province crows about a drop in ‘intensity’ while rising GHGs fuel the climate crisis.

The energy appetite of data centres is boundless and ruinous. But Alberta and BC are eager to cater.

‘When we need to urgently build big things we have to do it ourselves,’ Vancouver-based author Seth Klein tells DeSmog.

Despite the security dangers posed by U.S. President Donald Trump, there is no way a new – or resurrected – pipeline project would be completed in less than five years

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