Energy

Environmental Defence, takes NEB to task - in letter asking why the regulator couldn't wait a few months for pipeline builder TransCanada to finish its work.

TransCanada says the 778-megawatt Ironwood power plant in Lebanon, Penn., is a natural extension of its power business in the U.S. Northeast.

Deal includes 51,000 acres of land (200 square kilometres) in northeastern Colorado in the Denver Julesburg Basin.

Insitute says that between the 2004-2005 and 2014-2015 fiscal years, provincial program spending ballooned by 98.3 per cent.

Environmental defence says there are major questions about how concerned parties can participate in the process before all the facts are known about multi-billion dollar pipeline project.

Victims of the disaster could start receiving their portion of the $450-million payout before the end of the year.

Energy giant's plan could include investments in terminals, import and export docks and regional pipelines.

Shareholder rights plan could be triggered if anyone buys 20 per cent or more of outstanding shares - at which point others can buy in at discount - making acquistion less attractive.

California expect to ramp up renewable energy use to 50 per cent by 2030 in ambitious push towards a greener future.

...but TransCanada could only succeed in creating another round of lengthy delays in an already drawn-out process

Edmonton Police Service released tables and charts that it said shows monthly crime statistics in Edmonton climbing over the past 12 months as oil prices drop.

Population growth and local unemployment also a factor in crime rates, police say.

Laforge has created a multimillion-dollar biogas facility that generates clean, renewable energy, while cutting greenhouse gas emissions and landfill waste.

Deep emissions cuts are coupled with massive forest expansion project to create 'carbon sink' and major expansion of clean energy generation.

Cabinet ministers from Liberal governments in Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick in Atlanta to press federal negotiators against opening dairy sector to foreign competition.