Energy

The decision by the provincial utility comes as a prominent First Nations leader said Friday that she still has concerns about work camps for resource projects continuing to operate during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Companies must still notify the province of emergencies and record the information they would normally report, the order says.

Orphan wells with no financially viable owner have piled up in recent years due to lax cleanup rules and dampened crude prices. The Alberta government unveiled new rules aimed at helping fix the problem Tuesday.

Prime minister says he will have more information soon about the Trans Mountain pipeline, as fears are raised in B.C. of possible transmission of the coronavirus through resource project work camps.

"For some companies, unfortunately, it will be a death blow," said Warren Mabee, the director of the Institute for Energy and Environmental Policy at Queen’s University.

Environmental groups praised political parties for coming together to help struggling families, but also said the new law has insufficient oversight. 

With public health authorities urging all Canadians to stay home as much as they can and practice social distancing, everyone should be staying focused primarily on their health, rather than their bank accounts, said the prime minister.

Ontario’s energy ministry and the premier won’t say whether the government will push utilities to drop peak electricity rates for the next three weeks of extended school break, when daytime residential usage is expected to spike, despite holding a surplus of funds for rebates.

The rail and port disruptions dented the GDP by a diminutive 0.01 per cent, the federal government's budget watchdog said Friday.

Ontario’s opposition NDP challenged the top bureaucrats behind the Doug Ford government’s threadbare climate plan, but the civil servants — much like the political masters they serve — ducked and weaved and pointed mostly to policy actions yet to take effect when asked about Ford’s climate achievements.

Ottawa should end fossil fuel subsidies, strengthen carbon pricing, raise taxes on the wealthy and direct the windfall into retraining oil and gas workers for low-carbon-economy jobs, says a coalition of civil society leaders.

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney conceded that his province’s 2020 budget, unveiled less than two weeks ago, is “obviously going to be affected” by the pummelling taken by energy stocks on Monday.

Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs say the pattern of rule-breaking raises questions about whether the pipeline should have been allowed to continue.

Despite committing to the Paris climate agreement, Rainforest Action Network called the move by UBS an “absurdly weak policy.”

Olivier Adkin-Kaya of Youth Stop TMX told National Observer the group is “looking to fundraise to cover a lot of legal costs."