Alberta Energy

• Alberta, coal lobbyists talked for years about more open-pit mining in the Rockies: documents

  Documents released via freedom of information laws show Alberta bureaucrats were working as early as October 2019 on ways to remedy what they called 'underinvestment' in the area.

  Politics

  Apr 16
  
• Judge orders Alberta government to produce massive trove of coal documents

  The ruling comes in response to an attempt by the United Conservative government to block the release of the documents to a group of southern Alberta ranchers.

  Politics

  Apr 15
  
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• Capital Power and Ontario Power Generation to assess use of small modular nuclear reactors in Alberta

  Capital Power Corp. and Ontario Power Generation have signed a deal to assess the development of small modular nuclear reactors in Alberta.

  Canada

  Jan 15
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• Trans Mountain pipeline project clears another major hurdle toward completion

  Canada's energy regulator green-lit a last-minute change to the Trans Mountain pipeline methodology, paving the way for the $35-billion project to finally get fully built.

  Environment

  Jan 12
• Power producer TransAlta reports Q3 profit up from year ago

  TransAlta Corp. reported its third-quarter profit rose compared with a year ago as its power production and revenue also came in higher.

  Canada

  Nov 7, 2023
• How Alberta became a green energy leader then squandered it

  Canada’s oil and gas province quietly became a wind and solar powerhouse, then hit the brakes. What happens now?

  Features

  Nov 4, 2023
• Alberta’s renewable energy windfall should benefit consumers, industry: Opposition

  Alberta's NDP is calling for the province to use a nearly $300-million windfall from renewable energy contracts to help ease high consumer power bills and expand the industry.

  Environment

  Oct 24, 2023
• Ottawa says clean electricity regs can be tweaked, but no special deal for Alberta

  The federal environment minister is consulting on draft regulations to compel all electricity to be from renewable sources or equipped with carbon capture technology by 2035.

  Environment

  Sep 29, 2023
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• Alberta NDP asks minister to quash application for Rocky Mountain coal mine

  In a letter to Brian Jean, environment critic Jodi Calahoo Stonehouse says he should tell the Alberta Energy Regulator to reject applications from Northback Holdings.

  Environment

  Sep 26, 2023
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• Oil companies can only decarbonize as fast as the rest of the economy: Shell Canada

  While Shell has its own net-zero ambitions, Susannah Pierce said the speed of global decarbonization is dependent on the entire economy transitioning, not just the energy sector.

  Environment

  Sep 15, 2023