Energy

Albertans have a clear choice to make in next month's election between keeping with policy that is reducing its greenhouse gas emissions and scrapping many of them, writes James Glave.

The British government has proposed to weaken environmental oversight as part of its plan to leave the European Union, creating a situation that critics say will leave serious gaps, especially if the United Kingdom plunges into a no-deal scenario.

The Trudeau government is proposing to help subsidize the cost of buying an electric car by up to $5,000, but has declined to establish a more stringent sales mandate, opting instead for voluntary targets.

The Trudeau government needs to serve up more for fossil fuel industry workers who face an uncertain future if it wants to avoid a “major blowback,” says the co-chair of a federal advisory panel on the issue.

The number of abandoned oil wells in British Columbia almost doubled between 2007 and 2018 and funds collected from operators to cover cleanup costs for a growing number of orphaned wells are insufficient, the province's auditor general said in a report issued on Thursday.

Despite ongoing concerns raised by First Nations, the Trudeau government says it's "on track" to conclude its review and make a decision on the controversial Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project, Canadian Natural Resources Minister Amarjeet Sohi said on Wednesday at a major energy conference.

The Ford government’s policies, ostensibly made to save taxpayers money, have in fact opened the door to federal policies that would raise the cost of natural gas used to heat the province’s homes and business and cook its food.

One day last summer, aged 15, she skipped school, sat down outside the Swedish parliament – and inadvertently kicked off a global movement

A task force appointed by the federal government recommends that Ottawa invest “well into the hundreds of millions of dollars” on long list of new programs, training and other solutions for coal workers as their jobs are phased out.

Imperial Oil Ltd. will not be charged for a Feb. 23, 2017, incident that saw huge flames shooting from its Sarnia refinery, which residents described as being “absolutely anxiety-inducing.”

A surge in U.S. and Canadian oil production over the last decade has added the equivalent of “one Russia or one Saudi Arabia” to the markets — pushing the planet farther away from ever getting a grip on its pollution and limiting climate change.

Here's what you need to know to navigate the most challenging issue in your province’s history — the era of stranded assets in the oilsands.

A prominent chief is urging SNC-Lavalin lawyer Frank Iacobucci to resign his position as special envoy to First Nations for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on the Trans Mountain expansion project. Iacoubucci's name popped up a couple of times in bombshell testimony on Feb. 27 by former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould.

More than a month after a hydrogen sulfide emission left one teacher and several children at an elementary school in Montreal’s east-end feeling ill, government agencies have ceased their investigations despite not having definitively identified the source of the toxic gas.

Two federal ministers say they saw racist and anti-immigrant views on display at a convoy occupying Parliament Hill two weeks ago, and accused Conservative leader Andrew Scheer of failing to condemn those messages loud and clear when he had the chance.