renewable energy projects

"Assuming all renewable development locates on (some of Alberta's best) land, the percentage of (such) agricultural land loss is estimated to be less than one per cent by 2041," says a report released Wednesday.

Based on the projects that were lined up before the Alberta government’s moratorium on renewals, an additional $170 million to $250 million in revenues could bolster municipal budgets in just a few years. 

One of Joe Biden’s great strengths when it comes to climate communications is that he always makes climate action, first and foremost, about jobs.

A poll released on Thursday suggests nearly two-thirds of Albertans oppose the provincial government's moratorium on approvals for new renewable energy projects.

"They pulled the rug out from under us," said John Rimmer, mayor of Caroline, where the United Conservative government's move has stranded a solar project that would have contributed at least 15 per cent of the community's municipal budget.

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke acknowledges there is "a lot of opposition" to President Donald Trump's plan to open most of the nation's coastline to oil and gas drilling.