Alberta

A Canadian company that has received a US$40-million grant from Bill Gates' climate solutions venture firm says its Alberta test site will be removing carbon directly from the atmosphere as early as this spring.

On Dec. 6, the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (IAAC) decided Coalspur’s Vista Coal mine expansion in west-central Alberta will not be subject to a federal impact assessment.

Revised “agriculture first” regulations end seven-month clean energy project halt but will only be tested with first Alberta Utility Commission hearings, says advocacy body

Alberta's oil and gas producers spent $769 million cleaning up old wells in 2023, a $73 million increase from the prior year, according to a new report.

Alberta is taking the federal government to court, saying Ottawa has failed to follow through on what Premier Danielle Smith calls necessary changes to a law governing resource development.

It's been more than 40 years since coal was king in the scenic Crowsnest Pass of southwestern Alberta, but a referendum vote on Monday could sway a contentious debate on bringing it back.

Donald Trump has Canada over a barrel of oil and he knows it. He might not be a deep thinker when it comes to, say, foreign policy, but Trump is a genius at sniffing out weakness on the part of others and then exploiting it without fear or favour.

Near-$24 million pilot project at Kruger Wayagamack plant in Trois-Rivières to pioneer industrial-scale version of system using high-temperature molten salts to capture and reuse CO2 emissions.

Friendship centres, which serve the needs of urban Indigenous people, are increasingly important in responding to climate disasters

A recent resolution by Alberta's ruling United Conservative Party (UCP) to recognize carbon as "a foundational nutrient for all life on Earth" is rooted in fossil fuel disinformation that dates back to the 1990s.

Moments after the legislation was introduced in the legislature, LGBTQ+ organizations Egale and Skipping Stone Foundation announced they will be taking legal action, calling it discriminatory.

Saulnier and other climate survivors delivered a petition calling for more support for wildland firefighters to legislators on Parliament Hill Wednesday.

Premier Danielle Smith said Tuesday it's a de facto production cap that will stifle the economy.

I’ve pinpointed the exact moment I lost faith in the Alberta government’s ability to govern for all Albertans, selflessly put the public ahead of its own agenda, interests and petty feuds, and genuinely care about the health and safety of those it represents. It was May 29, 2023, the day Danielle Smith was elected premier.

Perpetual Energy's stock is down more than 99 per cent since it first went public and it played a key role in another company's 2018 bankruptcy — one that left the public on the hook for more than $200 million in reclamation liabilities. So why is its CEO getting feted as a leader?