Energy

A leading contender in Quebec's election campaign has come under fire from dozens of scientists for openly musing about ending a province-wide ban on shale fracking for oil and gas.

Alberta Premier Rachel Notley says her government will be watching the new Trans Mountain pipeline review process very carefully, and will continue to campaign to win the hearts and minds of Canadians in a fight she believes she is already winning.

Last month, the Federal Court of Appeal overturned the Trudeau government's approval of the Trans Mountain expansion. National Observer's Mike Ruffolo explains the primary justifications for that decision.

The Trudeau government is asking the National Energy Board to reconsider its recommendations for the Trans Mountain oil pipeline expansion project that was struck down by the courts this summer.

The Ontario government tabled legislation to repeal the province's Green Energy Act on Thursday, claiming the nine-year-old law has allowed the province to "trample" municipal rights to choose local energy projects for too long.

The Saskatchewan government approved a large-scale wind energy project Thursday for the province's southwest as a way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

How did a government so adamant that Trans Mountain was a matter of "national interest" that they bought it outright, fail to meet its constitutional duties?

An international consortium of scientists is calling for more countries to get on board with restricting certain pesticides after two regions have taken strong action.

As climate change warms the oceans and melts polar ice, rising the seas and provoking extreme storms, G7 members have found themselves unable to share basic facts about their promise to kill off government handouts to carbon-polluting industries.

The warning was meant to help North Carolina prepare its long, wide, low-lying coast for the kinds of severe occurrences that are becoming increasingly common as climate change ramps up. But developers and others complained the forecasts could hurt property values and increase insurance costs.

If the government really wants to develop Canada’s energy sector and get resources to market "they will invite Energy East back to the table," said Conservative Party Leader Andrew Scheer.

Green Party Leader Mike Schreiner ridiculed the claim as “a complete farce,” saying price declines now are seasonal.

Équiterre has accused Quebec's elections watchdog of trying to "muzzle environmental groups" and is defying the watchdog's demand to remove an election campaign survey from its website.

Less than a month after saying it wouldn’t increase its offer to buy the equity it doesn’t own in three North American subsidiaries, Calgary−based Enbridge Inc. is doing just that.

Too many investors are still seeing climate action as a restraint on profit, the president of one of Canada’s biggest pension plans told a room full of foreign government officials and private sector leaders Tuesday.