The Alberta Carbon Trunk Line, a major carbon capture project, is now full operational, according to the North West Redwater Partnership.

The federal and Saskatchewan environment ministers both say they are looking for areas to collaborate following a few years of carbon-tax related tensions.

The Alberta government said Thursday that Lehigh Cement "will be the first cement facility in North America" to explore the possibility of using carbon capture and storage technology.

In Alberta, the oil and gas sector is making efforts to reduce its environmental impact, however the industry still faces rising greenhouse-gas emissions.

Five organizations in Saskatchewan are receiving federal funding to help with the phase out of coal after an announcement made on Friday.

Estevan, Sask., is looking at ways to diversify its economy ahead of a wind down in coal mining and power production over the next five years.

Emily Eaton, an associate professor at the University of Regina, will meet the institution in court over energy sector research funding details.

Shell Canada says the Quest carbon capture project near Edmonton has reached the milestone of four million tonnes of stored carbon dioxide, equivalent to the annual emissions of about one million cars.

Carbon storage means storing CO2 somewhere other than our atmosphere, such as deep underground.

SaskPower reported the facility captured about 626,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide last year and about 507,000 tonnes in 2017.