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High Hopes, Few Details as Major Projects Office Hits Six-Month Mark

March 27, 2026 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on March 27, 2026. By Bob Weber Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Major Projects Office is now six months old, just a baby in government years. But those [Read more]

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As war raises oil prices, households pay while energy companies profit

March 17, 2026 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Conversation on March 17, 2026. By Philippe Le Billon War is costly. The ongoing American-Israeli war on Iran is already reverberating through the global economy. For most people, including American citizens, [Read more]

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Fast-tracking without foresight: Canada’s risky approach to major projects

December 12, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Conversation on Dec. 11, 2025. By Justina C. Ray and Dave Poulton Over the summer, the Canadian government announced that it’s setting up a Major Projects Office to identify and [Read more]

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Building Canada Act Gives Cabinet ‘Radical’ New Powers, Expert Warns

December 12, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Dec. 3, 2025. by Bob Weber The year 1539 was a good one to be King of England. Henry VIII, the reigning monarch, had a free [Read more]

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‘Say vs. Do Chasm’ Shows Fossil Industry Facing Rapid Decline, Crumbling Demand

December 3, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Dec. 1, 2025. By Mitchell Beer With fossil fuel publicists touting decades of future demand, and those expectations baked into last week’s pipeline deal between Canada [Read more]

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How low oil prices turned Trump’s call to ‘drill, baby, drill’ into a pipe dream

September 16, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by Grist on Sept. 16, 2025. By Naveena Sadasivam When President Donald Trump took office, he promised to “unleash American energy” — and quickly left no doubt that he meant fossil fuel [Read more]

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Opinion: Only targeted industrial policy will fulfil Canada’s value-adding potential

September 12, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by Policy Options on Sept. 8, 2025. By Jim Stanford Canada has long striven to be more than a mere supplier of raw resources to more developed trading partners. From the [Read more]

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Why lower global oil prices are supporting demand in advanced economies more than elsewhere

September 8, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by the International Energy Agency on Sept. 4, 2025. By Alexander Bressers, Senior Oil Market Analyst Global oil prices are down sharply – but the impact on demand varies Oil prices [Read more]

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Oil prices and refinery margins fell slightly in first quarter of 2025

May 1, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on May 1, 2025. By the Petroleum and Liquid Fuels Markets Team During the first quarter of 2025 (1Q25), crude oil prices generally decreased while [Read more]

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Opinion: The world will move on from Trump tariffs. How should a new trading bloc show up on energy and climate?

April 7, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on April 6, 2025. By Mitchell Beer The astonishing thing about the last week is not that Donald Trump went ahead with his threat to blow up [Read more]

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Hype for new pipelines runs into community opposition, industry indifference

February 20, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Feb. 20, 2025. By Jody MacPherson and Christopher Bonasia with files from Mitchell Beer A growing chorus of voices is beginning to push back on claims [Read more]

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Global green energy trade will continue without Trump, bypass the US: Analysts

January 29, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Jan. 28, 2025. By Mitchell Beer By pulling the United States out of the Paris climate agreement, shredding his predecessor’s energy transition and climate initiatives, and [Read more]

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U.S. retail gasoline prices to decrease in 2025 and 2026 with lower crude oil price

January 22, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on Jan. 22, 2024. By Kevin Hack In our January Short-Term Energy Outlook, we now forecast U.S. retail gasoline prices through the end of 2026. We [Read more]

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IEA 1, Alberta/Saudi Arabia 0 as OPEC cuts oil demand forecast

January 7, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Jan. 7, 2025. By Mitchell Beer After deriding the last 3½ years of net-zero scenarios from the International Energy Agency, the Organization for Petroleum Exporting Countries [Read more]

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Powering tomorrow in Ontario

December 2, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by the Pembina Institute on Nov. 5, 2024. By Scott MacDougall, Gurprasad Gurumuthy, Lia Codrington The world is in a race to build a new energy economy on a foundation of [Read more]

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China gains climate investment edge as Trump undercuts U.S. influence

November 26, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Nov. 26, 2024. By Christopher Bonasia China, already a global leader in renewable energy, is poised to fill the gap if Donald Trump follows through on [Read more]

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Europe’s electricity demand growth may fall short of projections: Study

November 8, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Nov. 8, 2024. By Christopher Bonasia New analysis suggests that Europe’s electricity demand may not grow as expected, with significant implications for the region’s energy transition [Read more]

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Increasing U.S. gasoline inventories are reducing gasoline prices

July 2, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on July 2, 2024. By Matthew French Weekly U.S. average gasoline prices have declined 19 cents per gallon (gal) since the 2024 high on April [Read more]

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Opinion: The die is cast on the clean economy. Canada needs to stay in the game.

May 8, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by the Canadian Climate Institute on Feb. 15, 2024 and was originally published in the Toronto Star. By Rick Smith This may not be what you expect to hear from someone [Read more]

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Opinion: Industrial policy may have part of the answer to Canada’s productivity problem

April 24, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by Policy Options on April 24, 2024. By Steve Lafleur The Trudeau government’s latest budget contained a number of splashy items, ranging from housing policy to national defence. In the midst of a [Read more]

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Trump Sought Canadian Submission, Not Just a Trade Deal

by Markham Hislop in Markham on Energy

The collapse of Canada-US trade negotiations was about more than tariffs. Washington’s last-minute demands sought influence over Canada’s trade, resources, industries and domestic laws—and closely matched the Trump administration’s blueprint for dominance in the Western Hemisphere. [Read more]

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