Energy

A new forecast says Canada is on track for a significant reduction in fossil fuel use by 2050, even as electricity demand grows and demand for crude oil continues.

President Joe Biden on Wednesday, December 8, 2021, signed an executive order to make the federal government carbon-neutral by 2050, aiming for a 65% reduction in planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 and an all-electric fleet of car and trucks five years later.

He says there has been a sharp turnaround from the early days of the pandemic when unemployment hit 25 per cent and for close to 10 weeks the province was unable to sell an Alberta government bond.

The global energy transition could create 170,000 jobs in Alberta and contribute $61 billion to the province's GDP by 2050, according to a new study released on Tuesday, December 7, 2021, by provincial economic development groups.

Land defenders say they were subjected to dehumanizing treatment at the hands of RCMP following their arrests on unceded Wet’suwet’en land last month.

With the phaseout of coal set to take effect in 2030, Ottawa has plans to create an Atlantic Loop, linking power grids in the East to make them more resilient.

Hundreds of academics have signed an open letter calling for government intervention in the wake of RCMP enforcement of an injunction granted to Coastal GasLink to build a pipeline through unceded Wet’suwet’en territory.

This is the second article in three-part series on "Electrify Everything" in Canada. It covers our least electrified sector: transportation. (Spoiler alert: Fossil burning is rising hundreds of times faster than electricity use).

A new report from Clean Energy Canada is calling on the federal government to swiftly ramp up clean electricity production to both prepare for and build a climate-safe world.

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer will concentrate the government's efforts on a long-standing state court action against pipeline owner Enbridge Inc. that was originally filed in 2019.

We’ve heard these claims before. But the mounting scale of the climate and energy conundrum is fuelling more money and favourable policies into atomic power.

Alberta's finance minister says the recent bullish run on energy prices is part of a stronger economic story on the province's bottom line that will be revealed in the upcoming second-quarter budget update.

Solar farms are proliferating on undeveloped land, often harming ecosystems. But placing solar canopies on large parking lots offers a host of advantages — making use of land that is already cleared, producing electricity close to those who need it, and even shading cars.

Canadians should experience the fastest drop in gasoline prices in nearly 13 years on Sunday, November 28, 2021, as fears about a virulent new COVID-19 variant are expected to provide a break of 11 cents per litre at the pumps.

Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson said on Friday, November 26, 2021, a pandemic aid program to help oil and gas companies cut their methane emissions will be revisited now that the industry is back on its feet.