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Category Archives: Oil and Gas
Fossil fuel demand has likely hit its peak, BP says – Globe and Mail
Pumpjacks draw oil out of the ground near Olds, Alta., Thursday, July 16, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh Emma Graney Energy reporter Published September 14, 2020 For Subscribers Options to listen to or read article The article gives two different … Continue reading
Posted in Automobiles, Canada, Financial, international, News and politics, Oil and Gas, Opinion, Science & Technology
Tagged Alberta, BP, Canada, demand, fossil fuel, gas, Oil Sands, peak oil, tar sands
Alberta flooded with applications for grants to clean up inactive oil and gas wells
Calgary’s Scott Darling, who owns two oil-well service companies – Performance Energy Services and Performance Production Services – is hoping to participate in Alberta’s Site Rehabilitation Program. Todd Korol/The Globe and Mail May 25 2020 Alberta flooded with applications for … Continue reading
Posted in Canada, Financial, News and politics, Oil and Gas, Sustainability
Tagged Alberta, cleanup, covid-19, economic relief, federal, inactive, Oil and Gas, orphaned, pandemic, Saskatchewan, well, Western Canada
Michael Moore film Planet of the Humans removed from YouTube
Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images — British environmental photographer’s copyright claim prompts website to remove film that has been condemned by climate scientists Jonathan Watts @jonathanwatts Mon 25 May 2020 20.33 EDT Michael Moore film Planet of the Humans removed from … Continue reading
Alberta’s Energy Regulator looks to be reining in its leniency
JEFFREY JONES THE GLOBE AND MAIL May 15 at 6:20 p.m. CDT The Alberta Energy Regulator has been burned badly by approving transfers of oil and gas assets it should have turned down. Its decision to reject an unusual application … Continue reading
Posted in justice, News and politics, Oil and Gas
Tagged Alberta, cleanup liabilities, fraud, Oil and Gas, orphaned wells, regulator, tax payers
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Alberta suspends environmental monitoring rules for oil sands during pandemic
Oil goes into a tailings pond at the Suncor oil sands operations near Fort McMurray, Alta., September 17, 2014. Todd Korol/Reuters Carol Scott The Canadian Press Published May 14, 2020 The Alberta Energy Regulator has suspended a wide array of … Continue reading
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Tagged AB, AER, Alberta, bc, BITUMEN, Canada, Canadian, cancer, concerns, Conservative, contamination, covid, directive 74, ercb, First Nations, fish, food sources, government, health, imperial oil, indigenous, migratory birds, mines, monitoring killing, natural resources, Oil Sands, pandemic, peoples, polluting, ponds, reclamation, regulation, spills, suncor, tailings, tar sands, toxic, waterways
Alberta to rewrite oil sands tailings ponds regulations
Oil goes into a tailings pond at the Suncor tar sands operations near Fort McMurray, Alberta, September 17, 2014. Alberta’s toxic tailings ponds have become an emblem of what critics view as the energy industry’s disregard for the environment. © … Continue reading
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Tagged AB, AER, Alberta, bc, BITUMEN, Canada, Canadian, cancer, Conservative, contamination, directive 74, ercb, First Nations, fish, food sources, government, imperial oil, indigenous, migratory birds, mines, monitoring killing, natural resources, Oil Sands, peoples, polluting, ponds, reclamation, regulation, spills, suncor, tailings, tar sands, toxic, waterways
Alberta asking Feds for more funds to deal with orphaned well cleanup
Old, unproductive oil and gas wells could cost up to $70B to clean up, says new report ‘The mess continues to grow,’ says landowner stuck with abandoned well Kyle Bakx – CBC News — Hustle in the oil patch: Inside … Continue reading
Posted in Canada, international, justice, News and politics, Oil and Gas, Sustainability
Tagged AER, Alberta, bankruptcies, BITUMEN, cleanup, corruption, Energy, environmental, fossil fuels, funds, gas, misuse, oil, Oil Sands, orphaned, reclamation, regulator, Sustainability, tar sands, tax payers, wells
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TC Energy to proceed with Keystone XL pipeline after US$1.1 billion investment from Alberta government | Financial Post
https://business.financialpost.com/commodities/energy/tc-energy-to-proceed-with-keystone-xl-pipeline-after-1-5b-investment-from-alberta-government — the Government of Alberta has agreed to invest US$1.1 billion as equity in the 830,000-barrels-per-day pipeline project. This going towards construction costs through the end of 2020. The remaining investment of US$6.9 billion is expected to be made … Continue reading
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TV’s ‘Diesel Brothers’ to pay US$850,000 fine for rolling coal | Driving
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Does the B.C. gas pipeline need approval from hereditary chiefs? – Macleans.ca
Protesters at a rally in Vancouver in support of pipeline protesters in northwestern B.C. (Darryl Dyck/CP) — This explains the two types of indigenous leadership, what role they each play and why they are often not in agreement. There is … Continue reading
Posted in Charter and Constitutional Rights, law, News and politics, Oil and Gas, Sustainability
Tagged aboriginal, bc, Canada, chiefs, elected, First Nations, gas, hereditary, indigenous, leaders, oil, protests, territory, Unist’ot’en, Wet’suwet’en
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