This article was published by The Energy Mix on Jan. 12, 2026. By Mitchell Beer Alberta is demanding even faster federal approval of a bitumen pipeline to British Columbia’s west coast, even as a former [Read more]
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says he would push ahead with the construction of a new oil pipeline from Alberta to the West Coast even if it faces objections from some First Nations. That position puts [Read more]
This article was published by The Conversation on Dec. 10, 2025. By Stewart Prest The recently struck memorandum of understanding (MOU) between Canada and Alberta is a high-stakes strategy that risks deepening already deep divides in Canadian [Read more]
This article was published by The Energy Mix on Dec. 2, 2025. By Jody MacPherson This story is part of The Energy Mix ongoing investigative series, Hidden Wonder Valley. Celebrity investor Kevin O’Leary’s proposed $70-billion data [Read more]
This article was published by Policy Options on Nov. 3, 2025. By Lennie Kaplan Alberta’s climate-change strategy, the emissions reduction and energy development plan (ERED), announced with fanfare by the Smith government in April 2023, seems to [Read more]
This article was published by The Energy Mix on Oct. 8, 2025. By Jody MacPherson Pushback is growing among Alberta municipalities, landowners, and concerned residents who say the province is pressing ahead with a regulatory [Read more]
This article was published by The Energy Mix on Oct. 2, 2025. By Mitchell Beer With a “flashing red warning light” heralding years of low oil prices, and a major Canadian fossil company joining its [Read more]
This article was published by The Energy Mix on Oct. 2, 2025. By Mitchell Beer Climate advocates and policy analysts are taking Alberta Premier Danielle Smith back to business school after she promised to pitch [Read more]
This article was published by The Energy Mix on Sept. 11, 2025. By Mitchell Beer The global oil industry is facing down a “flashing red warning light” and firing thousands of workers as analysts project [Read more]
This article was published by The Energy Mix on Aug. 24, 2025. By Mitchell Beer Alberta has lost 10.7 gigawatts of clean energy capacity in the two years since the province slapped a moratorium on [Read more]
This article was published by The Conversation on April 14, 2025. By Ian Urquhart “We heard you, Albertans.” With those words, Alberta Energy Minister Brian Jean put coal mining in Alberta’s Rocky Mountains back on the table last [Read more]
This article was published by the Pembina Institute on April 8, 2025 and was reprinted here with permission. By Jason Wang, senior electricity analyst at the Pembina Institute Last month, the Government of Alberta published [Read more]
This article was published by The Energy Mix on March 26, 2025. By Mitchell Beer Prime Minister Mark Carney’s position on the federal oil and gas emissions cap and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s take on [Read more]
This article was published by The Energy Mix on March 3, 2025. By Gaye Taylor The Alberta government is moving to pursue metallurgical coal extraction in the eastern reaches of the Rocky Mountains, even though [Read more]
This article was published by The Energy Mix on Feb. 27, 2025. By Christopher Bonasia Having secured approval to purchase an urban solar park designed to be North America’s largest, the City of Medicine Hat [Read more]
This article was published by The Energy Mix on Feb. 11, 2025. By Mitchell Beer New power purchase agreements (PPAs) for renewable energy in Canada flattened out from 1,030 megawatts in 2023 to just 52 [Read more]
This article was published by The Energy Mix on Feb. 6, 2025. By Christopher Bonasia Energy storage and renewables are expanding rapidly in Texas’s free-market system, building resilience, lowering costs, and drawing comparisons with Alberta, [Read more]
This article was published by The Energy Mix on Dec. 13, 2024. By Mitchell Beer Renewable energy projects could fail and their borrowing costs may rise after Alberta introduced plans to “rewire” its provincial electricity [Read more]
This article was published by The Energy Mix on Dec. 2, 2024. By Jody MacPherson Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has introduced a government motion under the Alberta Sovereignty Within A United Canada Act that legal experts say [Read more]
This article was published by The Energy Mix on Oct. 29, 2024. By Jody MacPherson Alberta’s $7-million advertising campaign against federal limits on greenhouse gas emissions is boosting claims by the oil and gas industry [Read more]
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