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Failure is not an option for Canada’s next generation of energy leaders
Deborah Yedlin
alberta
Alberta coal-exploration road approvals already exceed legal thresholds, data suggests
A conveyor belt transports coal near Hanna, Alta., on Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2016. An Alberta Environment Department spokesman says the government plans to restore some aspects of a coal policy it revoked last spring. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
investment ideas
Here’s what my value investing students picked as the top stock pick of 2021
A sign board in Toronto shows the closing number for the TSX on Thursdsay October 29, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
report on business
In oil-rich Iraq, some women buck norms to take gruelling rig site jobs
Ayat Rawthan, a petrochemical engineer, poses for a photo near an oil field outside Basra, Iraq, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2021. Rawthan is among just a handful of women who have eschewed the dreary office jobs typically handed to female petrochemical engineers in Iraq. Instead, they chose to become trailblazers in the country’s oil industry, taking up the grueling work of drilling. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jourani)
opinion
Farmers offer Ottawa an olive branch with plans to fight climate change
Adam Radwanski
opinion
What Canada should learn from the Texas power-grid disaster
Adam Radwanski
report on business
Vista coal mine lays off 300 workers, still awaiting tailing ponds approval
Demand for thermal coal, used in power generation, is ravenous in Asia.
energy and resources
Cenovus takes $100-million impairment charge on Keystone XL cancellation
FILE PHOTO: Rows of steam generators line a road at the Cenovus Energy Christina Lake Steam-Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD) project 120 km (74 miles) south of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, August 15, 2013. REUTERS/Todd Korol/File Photo
inside the market
Green cred or greenwash? Investors weigh companies’ carbon claims
The Suncor Refinery in Edmonton is seen on Tuesday, April 29, 2014. Suncor Energy Inc. is reported a second quarter net loss of $614 million as it cut back oil production to deal with lower demand and sharply reduced prices. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
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Suncor takes $425-million impairment charge on White Rose project in Newfoundland
The West White Rose project site in Argentia, N.L., is seen from the air in an undated handout photo. A Newfoundland and Labrador labour organization says Husky Energy laid off 75 workers from its stalled West White Rose offshore oil project a day after receiving $41.5 million in federal cash to maintain jobs at the site. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-TradesNL, *MANDATORY CREDIT*
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Teck Resources preparing for possible strike at B.C.’s Westshore coal terminal
Visitors pass a sign of sponsor Teck Resources at the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) annual conference in Toronto, Ontario, Canada March 1, 2020. REUTERS/Chris Helgren
opinion
For Albertans, Ottawa’s updated climate plan will be hard to accept
Kelly Cryderman
british columbia
BC Hydro’s Site C dam project on shaky ground
Construction has begun on the new section of Highway 29 at Farrell Creek at the Site C Clean Energy Project. (November 2020) Courtesy of Site C Clean Energy Project
canada
Ottawa confirms methane reduction deals with Alberta, Saskatchewan and B.C.
Environment and Climate Change Minister Jonathan Wilkinson speaks during a news conference announcing the ban of specific plastic rproducts Wednesday October 7, 2020 in Gatineau.
report on business
Alberta to expand geothermal as part of diversification push
A pumpjack works at a well head on an oil and gas installation near Cremona, Alta., Saturday, Oct. 29, 2016. A Calgary-based junior oil company is announcing government funding for an environmentally friendly geothermal electricity generating project at the same time that it is cleaning up a major spill of oil and water from a pipeline in northern Alberta. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
opinion
Why a new deal on carbon pricing is actually a setback
Adam Radwanski
report on business
Major Calfrac shareholder launches rival restructuring deal
Major Calfrac shareholder and lender makes competing restructuring offer to bolster oilfield service company
opinion
U.S. ruling on Dakota Access shows pipeline battles are never really over
Jeffrey Jones
alberta
Kenney says ‘bold’ plan for Alberta economy reboot is coming Monday
Jason Kenney says ambitious, long-term Alberta economy reboot plan coming Monday
international business
Iraq agrees with oil companies on deeper output cuts in June - sources
FILE PHOTO: A general view shows the West Qurna-2 oilfield in southern Basra, Iraq, April 17, 2017. REUTERS/Essam Al-Sudani/File Photo
energy and resources
IEA forecasts a 20% drop in global energy investment in 2020
FILE PHOTO: Fatih Birol, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency, speaks with the media during the International Energy Forum (IEF) in New Delhi, India, April 11, 2018. REUTERS/Altaf Hussain/File Photo
energy and resources
Enbridge makes deal to store Canadian crude in Mainline as oil glut grows
A high-angle view of Enbridge and Gibson Energy petroleum storage tanks and pipelines at the Canadian energy storage and pipeline transportation hub in Hardisty, Alberta on Tuesday, September 11, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS IMAGES/Bayne Stanley
opinion
Ottawa’s plan for oil and gas helps in this crisis – but a new energy future must be the bigger goal
Kevin Krausert
british columbia
Western Canadian cities face dire financial effects from coronavirus pandemic
Western cities facing dire financial effects from coronavirus pandemic
opinion
Pipeline protesters alienated the very people in B.C.'s legislature that might help them
Justine Hunter
analysis
Measuring consent: Could a referendum process determine Indigenous support for resource projects?
Measuring consent: Could a referendum process determine Indigenous support for resource projects?
opinion
Why protest matters for the Wet’suwet’en resistance
Jennifer Klinck and Madelaine Mackenzie
politics
Alberta offers to regulate oil sands emissions cap, pending Frontier mine approval
Alberta offers to regulate oil sands emissions cap, pending Frontier mine approval
canada
Trudeau changes tone, says rail barricades ‘must now come down’
Police surround protestors at a rail blockade in Saint-Lambert, Que. on Friday, February 21, 2020. The protesters are blocking the line in solidarity with the Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs opposed to the LNG pipeline in northern British Columbia. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson
report on business
Caisse-backed Eddyfi NDT becomes one of Canada’s largest private tech companies with Halfwave acquisition
Caisse-backed Eddyfi NDT becomes one of Canada’s largest tech companies with acquisition of Halfwave AS
opinion
Happy carbon-tax day: When Albertans ruefully ring in a new tax, don’t ignore the partisanship
Duane Bratt
alberta
Poll shows Canadians favour national response to climate change despite Alberta’s carbon tax objections
Poll shows Canadians favour national response to climate change despite Alberta’s carbon tax objections
canada
Hustle in the oil patch: Inside a looming financial and environmental crisis
A Sequoia well site near Ponoka, Alta.