Alberta

Canada is the only G7 nation still emitting far above 1990 levels — and we are still heading in the wrong direction, writes columnist Barry Saxifrage.

So far, at least, Rachel Notley's NDP doesn’t seem to sense the political danger associated with this tsunami of oil cash, writes columnist Max Fawcett.

Former Quebec premier Jean Charest launched his bid for the Conservative leadership on Thursday, March 10, 2022, by saying he wants to unite the party, which he believes has spent the past years "badly distracted" and "fractured."

The longer prices stay at these nosebleed levels, the more likely it is that consumers, businesses, industry and even entire countries will look to find alternatives, writes columnist Max Fawcett.

Oil and gas advocates have plumbed new depths of depravity with their willingness to treat the crisis in Ukraine as an opportunity to push, yet again, for projects like Keystone XL and Energy East, writes columnist Max Fawcett.

When we say net-zero, we should truly mean net-zero, writes Ross Belot.

The changes begin today, and include an end to capacity limits and most of the masking rules.

The oil and gas industry Alberta Premier Jason Kenney holds up as ethical has some very unethical Russian money in it, writes columnist Max Fawcett.

Same number of new cars. Five times more CO2 to drive them around.

It’s budget day in Alberta, and Premier Jason Kenney says there will be a massive infusion of money for the health−care system.

The agency that regulates Alberta’s energy industry to protect the environment has been keeping inaccurate data that dramatically downplay decades of spills of crude oil and saline water — reflecting profound dysfunction and pro-industry bias within the regulator.

Canada’s four main fossil fuel-producing provinces shelled out $4 billion in subsidies for the industry from April 2020 to the end of last year, a new report reveals.

One-third of the population seems to be driving the public discourse right now, making policy in provinces like Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Ontario, writes columnist Max Fawcett.

"Environment Canada got pushback," said Bill Donahue, an environmental scientific consultant and former head of monitoring for the Alberta government. "It dramatically reduced the proposed standards in terms of their stringency."