Energy

A plan unveiled Monday by New York City's mayor would run all city operations on 100 per cent “zero-emission Canadian hydropower” within five years. Negotiations would begin “right away” with the aim of signing a deal by the end of 2020.

The oilsands golden years lasted about a decade, and they will never come back. Blaming that on a lack of pipelines just perpetuates a myth. Columnist Ross Belot examines what stopped the boom and investment trends since then.

For Coastal Shellfish Corporation, a scallop aquaculture venture located on the rainy northwest coast of British Columbia, two things matter most: sustainable business in an area too familiar with the boom and bust of fishing industries, and that their activities cause as little harm to the natural environment as possible.

A report compiled by Environment Canada shows that four fossil fuel facilities in northern Alberta produced far more carbon dioxide and other pollutants than they are required to report under international guidelines.

While getting Big Oil to pivot to clean energy may seem far-fetched, some fossil fuel giants are starting to get serious about reducing their carbon footprint and diversifying towards clean technologies. Shell is one notable example of the widening fault lines among Big Oil.

The number of companies actively drilling in Canada has declined by 40 per cent since the oil price crash of late 2014, according to a research report by AltaCorp, which cited consolidation as the biggest reason companies have disappeared and insolvency of several smaller companies also a factor.

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The Trudeau government says it isn’t satisfied with First Nations consultations on the Trans Mountain oil pipeline expansion project, and is pushing back its deadline to make a decision to June 18.

Prominent Canadian environmental leaders say they hope to focus on priorities such as fighting climate change as they brace for the impact of government-led attacks and investigations promised on Tuesday night by the incoming premier of oil-rich Alberta.

It is the first provincial election for Jason Kenney, a former federal cabinet minister in Stephen Harper's government.

Canada's oilsands sector, the country's fastest growing source of greenhouse gases, now produces more pollution than the entire economies of B.C. or Quebec.

It was the Trudeau government's turn to be on the hot seat on Tuesday as justices from the Ontario Court of Appeal grilled a Crown attorney about whether it was making the country's most populous province pay more than their counterparts to fight climate change.

Buried in Ontario's budget bill are fines of up to $10,000 per day for gas station operators who don't display government-mandated stickers about the price of the carbon tax.

Ford's office declined to cite any evidence to back up its claim that the new climate change accountability institute was biased. 

A new toll is now being enforced on dirty cars entering central London in an effort to reduce the toxic levels of air pollution that kill thousands of people in the capital city each year.