Amanda Stephenson
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Reporter with The Associated Press
Growing risk of soil erosion for Alberta farmers as drought lingers
In Lethbridge County, dry and windy conditions have been known to stir up dust clouds, obscuring the vision of drivers on local roads and filling irrigation canals to the brim with dirt.
Extreme weather poses growing risk to Canada's electricity grid: experts
A series of electricity grid alerts in Alberta during the deep freeze last week made headlines across the country, but experts say power systems all across North America are increasingly at risk of being overloaded during severe weather.
Alberta could turn to nuclear to help boost electrical grid
Edmonton's Capital Power Corp. and Ontario Power Generation are joining together to assess the feasibility of developing small modular nuclear reactors to help power Alberta's electricity grid.
Consumer energy prices expected to fall this year as oil prices drop
Analysts say 2024 will be a year of weaker oil prices, something that should bring some relief to weary consumers after two years of soaring energy costs.
Near-record oil output boosts Suncor's share price
Suncor's December production averaged more than 900,000 barrels per day, the company's best single month performance ever.
Geothermal is an overlooked climate solution that could be about to take off
It's clean, renewable, and right there below our feet, but geothermal energy has largely remained undeveloped in Canada.
Feds backstop carbon price in first-of-its-kind deal
A Calgary carbon capture company has signed a first-of-its-kind carbon offtake agreement with the federal government, a significant milestone that some say could help unlock future private-sector investments in decarbonization projects.
Trans Mountain project cost overruns were justifiable and reasonable, company insists
The company building the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion has submitted evidence to support its claim that oil companies must pay more in tolls in light of the pipeline project's mounting costs.
Canadian ranchers want payment to preserve threatened native grasslands
The beef industry is casting itself as one of the last lines of defence in protecting Canada's native grasslands — the rippling expanse of natural prairie that once covered a significant swath of the western provinces but which has been largely lost over the past century to crop farming and urban development.
Emissions cap could lead to drop in oil and gas production, industry warns
The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) says the federal government's plan to have the oil and gas sector cut its emissions by more than a third below 2019 levels by 2030 is problematic.