By Richard Bowers This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on Feb. 26, 2020. In 2019, U.S. annual wind generation exceeded hydroelectric generation for the first time, according to the U.S. Energy [Read more]
Pembina Institute is calling on the Alberta and Canadian governments to create a climate policy that will position the oil industry to compete in a low-carbon economy after Teck Resources withdrew its application for the [Read more]
By Jose Villar This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on Feb. 24, 2020. In the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) February Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO), EIA forecasts that the Lower 48 [Read more]
When will the Premier admit his mistake and restore robust climate and energy policies to Alberta? How many more oil and gas mega-projects have to flee the province citing poor climate policy before he gets [Read more]
As junior oil sector collapses, dragging down services industry and other suppliers, leaders like Buffalo Project retreat into Trumpian populism instead of confronting challenges Have you read the Buffalo Declaration? You should. There is no [Read more]
A report issued by the Pembina Institute shows that rising GHG emissions from Alberta’s oil sands conflict with Canada’s 2030 and 2050 climate commitments. The oil sands in a carbon-constrained Canada: The collision course between [Read more]
By Andrew Lyle This article was published by Folio on Feb. 14, 2020. A new algorithm by computing scientists at the University of Alberta could be the first step in reducing the massive amounts of [Read more]
In Canada’s Energy Future 2019 (EF2019) the Canada Energy Regulator projectsFootnote1 western Canadian conventional, tight, and shale oil productionFootnote2 will steadily increase through 2040. In 2019 53 per cent of the conventional, tight, and shale oil produced in western [Read more]
By David Manowitz, Christopher Peterson This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on Feb. 14, 2020. This winter, natural gas prices have been at their lowest levels in decades. On Monday, February [Read more]
Whose rule of law? Indigenous law also part of Canadian legal system, say lawyers How should Canadians understand indigenous pipeline protests and rail blockades in the supposed era of reconciliation and the existential threat to [Read more]
On Thursday, TC Energy announced it will invest $1.3 billion in two new expansion projects on its wholly-owned natural gas pipeline systems. “Our natural gas pipeline systems require expansion as customers continue to contract for [Read more]
By Simon Dyer This article was published by the Globe and Mail on Feb. 12, 2020. Canada is facing a decision on the biggest oil sands mine proposal in almost a decade. Alberta’s Frontier oil [Read more]
Research and consultancy group Wood Mackenzie says a Bernie Sanders presidency could have a significant impact on the oil industry in the United States. The firm’s comments were issued after Sanders, a self-proclaimed socialist, eked [Read more]
On Tuesday, Backwoods Energy Services announced it will work alongside the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation to provide financial support to its Indigenous employees looking to purchase their first home. According to the company, its [Read more]
The BC Civil Liberties Association and Union of BC Indian Chiefs say they are highly alarmed at the at the expansion of the RCMP exclusion zone in Wet’suwet’en territory. They say the enlargement grants the [Read more]
The Alberta government has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Tri-Municipal Industrial Partnership, or TMIP, to coordinate the development of a new eco-industrial area in Greenview, south of Grande Prairie. According to a press [Read more]
Calgary-based Seven Generations Energy Ltd. has entered into a responsible natural gas supply agreement with Quebec’s main natural gas distributor, Énergir. The deal is governed by Equitable Origin’s EO100™ Standard for Responsible Energy Development, and [Read more]
By Andri Rizhakov This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on Feb. 10, 2020. In the US Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) Annual Energy Outlook 2020 (AEO2020) Reference case, which assumes no new laws [Read more]
By Katherine Antonio, David Fritsch, Michael Scott This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on Feb. 7, 2020. Despite projected growth in natural gas and renewable energy use to generate electricity through [Read more]
By Mason Hamilton This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on Feb. 6, 2020. Updated February 6, 2020 at 5:00 p.m. to correct Rocky Mountain petroleum net trade in the first figure. [Read more]
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