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The Ontario government is in the “early stages” of developing a strategy to deal with old oil and gas wells in the wake of recent disasters, including an explosion last summer that decimated downtown Wheatley and injured 20 people.

Experts call on U.K. officials to prepare for periods of extreme heat or risk thousands of excess deaths.

More than one-third of Canadians — 38 per cent — call money their biggest stressor, according to the FP Canada 2022 Financial Stress Index.

Analysis says countries can save money by switching from coal straight to renewable energies

As of April 11, the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board will be no more and the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Energy Board will take its place.

“Come for a coffee, we’ll have it inside,” Norfolk County resident Paula Jongerden says with a laugh. But she’s not joking. She lives about 300 metres from an old oil well that routinely belches foul-smelling odours.

Premier Doug Ford’s government announced last week it would temporarily cut the province’s gas tax by 5.7 cents per litre and its fuel tax by 5.3 cents per litre, but not until July 1 — about a month after the provincial election slated for June 2.

The parent company of City National Bank, sometimes referred to as the “Bank to the Stars,” is facing pressure from high-profile Hollywood actors over its financing of the Coastal GasLink pipeline in northern B.C.

Ditching fossil fuels is a key part of tackling climate change and keeping our planet fit for human life, but Bay Street and Big Oil are standing in the way. Here's everything you need to know.

Natural gas has been the choice in many North American homes since the 1940s. But as cities try to lower their carbon footprints, some are fighting to get rid of the fossil fuel in homes and businesses.

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The pledge to provide new buildings with 100 per cent renewable gas is a fiction, an imaginary and arbitrary assignment, writes columnist Seth Klein.

In terms of where Equinor missed the mark, the review said many of the company’s conclusions on effects from the project were taken from areas away from the site.

Environmental groups opposing fossil fuel expansion off the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador are appealing after a request for a judicial review on exploratory oil and gas drilling legislation was dismissed. 

The Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance, which Quebec joined last week, was led by Costa Rica and Denmark, and now also includes France, Greenland, Ireland, Sweden, Wales and Quebec as “core” members.