Shannon Phillips

Will a price on carbon be a central issue in Alberta's 2019 election? With opinion polls that show Jason Kenney’s United Conservative Party has a wide lead over Premier Rachel Notley's NDP, and signs that oilpatch leaders are undermining the government's approach to pollution, the pressure is on for Notley's team to show their work on the economy, climate change and renewable energy issues.

The staggering estimate of $260 billion in financial liabilities for the oil and gas industry’s graveyard of spent facilities were spelled out by a high-ranking official of the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) in a February presentation to a private audience in Calgary.

Alberta Environment Minister Shannon Phillips is calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government to immediately reveal the types of resource development projects that would trigger environmental reviews under a proposed new assessment regime.

Shannon Phillips made the comments at a summit near Ottawa last week on women climate leaders, in response to questions over how her government plans to deal with recent surveys showing some public skepticism over the threat of climate change and the benefits of putting a price on carbon pollution.

The federal government is failing to protect Canadians from toxic refinery emissions pumped into the air at rates far above those in the United States, opposition politicians said Thursday in response to a Toronto Star/Global News/National Observer investigation. Federal MPs said they were shocked and troubled by the findings.

Alberta's environment minister says she's not responsible for a controversial tweet advising people to eat less meat. Shannon Phillips says the tweet was regrettable and that she has been assured it won't happen again.

Following the National Energy Board's projection that Canadians' fossil fuel use will peak in 2019, then decline, Alberta's environment minister says the province — known for its oil production — will have a big stake in an energy future that shifts to renewables.

Yes, there are "walking dead" in Canada — but they're caribou, not zombies.

The legal rubber has hit the road on Alberta’s promise to cap greenhouse gas emissions from the oilsands — the engine of the province’s economy.

Alberta Premier Rachel Notley received a resounding vote of confidence at her NDP convention in Calgary on Saturday, after promising to move ahead with a minimum wage hike to $15/hour

Alberta plans to continue the provincial wolf cull for the foreseeable future, but announced Wednesday that it intends to restore habitat to ease pressure on the endangered caribou

Alberta has declared a province-wide ban on open fires and is urging its residents to restrict recreational activities.

Dramatic accusations of “betrayal” spilled onto the floor of a political convention Saturday as Alberta New Democrats defended their environmental record and criticized an anti-oil sentiment.

Prominent scientists are warning Alberta's environment minister that disbanding an arm's-length body that monitors the environmental impact of the oilsands is a mistake.

A man has been charged after staff say someone phoned the legislature office of Alberta Environment Minister Shannon Phillips and threatened to shoot everyone over the carbon tax.