Amanda Stephenson
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Government set unrealistic emissions targets for fertilizer use, industry insists
A new industry-led report suggests Canada’s farmers can likely only achieve half of the federal government’s targeted 30 per cent reduction in fertilizer emissions by 2030.
Long weekend road trips cheaper as gas, crude oil prices tumble
The final long weekend of summer will also be the cheapest for Canadian drivers, with gasoline prices heading into the Labour Day holiday the lowest they’ve been since late February.
Canada's oilsands look to small modular nuclear reactors to reach 'net zero'
The pressing global need to slash emissions in the face of a growing climate crisis is driving renewed interest in nuclear power — and few places more so than in Canada's oilsands.
Suncor Energy CEO resigns in wake of death in the oilsands
Suncor Energy Inc. chief executive Mark Little has stepped down as president and chief executive officer and resigned from its board of directors just one day after the company announced its oilsands operations have suffered another workplace fatality.
'Corporate Calgary is back,' Stampede organizers claim, as 2022 event kicks off
To outsiders, it’s a rodeo — a 10−day party featuring cowboy hats, country music and an abundance of pancakes.
First test production of plastic is a milestone for Heartland Petrochemical Complex
The $4.3−billion Heartland Petrochemical Complex, which has been under construction northeast of Edmonton since 2018, has produced its first plastic pellets.
TMX pipeline a net money loser for feds: financial watchdog reports
The latest analysis by the Parliamentary Budget Officer, released Wednesday, shows the net present value of the pipeline is negative $600 million, leaving it worth about $1.2 billion less than the PBO's estimate in December 2020.
Gas prices are sky high but people are still buying. 'Demand destruction' hasn't hit yet
The reason that pump prices in this country aren’t yet reflecting a reduction in demand, Muralidharan said, is that U.S. driver demand is still so high. Because North American fuel refiners have the option to sell into either the Canadian or U.S. markets, as long as demand remains high south of the border, fuel prices in this country will remain elevated.
BP leaves oilsands to focus on offshore in Newfoundland
British energy giant BP is exiting the Alberta oilsands to focus on offshore oil development instead.
Natural gas prices broke 14-year record and could go even higher
The rising price of oil may grab most of the headlines, but another commodity — natural gas — is on an even wilder ride and expected to hit fresh heights this summer.