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Imperial Oil launches Canada’s largest renewable diesel production facility near Edmonton
A man walks in frigid weather at Rundle Park as emissions rise from the Imperial Oil Strathcona Refinery, in Edmonton, Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2019. Imperial Oil Ltd. says it posted its highest first-quarter profit in over 30 years as it earned $1.17 billion, boosted by higher oil prices. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Britain opens nuclear fuel fund with aim to cut reliance on Russia
FILE PHOTO: A view shows the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, including its Unit No. 6, in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict outside the city of Enerhodar in the Zaporizhzhia region, Russian-controlled Ukraine, November 24, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko/File Photo
international business
Ford recalls more than 634,000 SUVs worldwide due to fuel leaks and fire risk
FILE - In this Oct. 20, 2019 file photograph, the company logo shines off the grille of an unsold vehicle at a Ford dealership in Littleton, Colo. Ford is recalling over 634,000 SUVs worldwide, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2022, because a cracked fuel injector can spill fuel or leak vapors onto a hot engine and cause fires. The recall covers Bronco Sport and Escape SUVs from the 2020 through 2023 model years with 1.5-liter, three-cylinder engines. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)
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Ottawa rolls out $800-million in clean fuel funding
Minister of Natural Resources Jonathan Wilkinson rises during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
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‘Bubble barrier’ among finalists for Prince William’s Earthshot Prize
FILE - Britain's Prince William smiles as he attends a Tusk Conservation symposium at St James's Palace in London, Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2022. A bubble barrier that prevents plastic waste from reaching the ocean is one of 15 initiatives named as finalists for the year’s Earthshot Prize, a global competition aimed at finding new ways to protect the planet and tackle climate change. Prince William, the heir to the British throne, unveiled the finalists on Friday, Nov. 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, Pool, File)
energy and resources
Germany hails first delivery of ‘green’ hydrogen from UAE
UAE Industry Minister Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber speaks during an official ceremony to mark the first arrival of an ammonia delivery from the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company in the harbor in Hamburg, Germany October 21, 2022. REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer
world
UN vote delayed on sanctions to curb violence, crime in Haiti
FILE - The United Nations Security Council meets on the situation in Ukraine, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022 at United Nations headquarters. The United Nations Security Council is expected to vote Wednesday afternoon, Oct. 19, 2022, on a resolution that would demand an immediate end to violence and criminal activity in Haiti and impose sanctions on influential gang leader Jimmy Cherizier, nicknamed “Barbecue.” (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)
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Haiti calls for help at the UN as world mulls assistance
A woman carries plantains for sale at the Petion-Ville street market in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, October 18, 2022. REUTERS/Ricardo Arduengo
canada
Canada sends military equipment to Haiti as power-struggle continues
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speak during a meeting of the Ad Hoc Advisory Group and Caribbean partners on the situation in Haiti at the United Nations in New York on Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
world
Haiti gang makes demands in test of power with government
Community workers clean up a street after vendors leave, in the Petion-Ville area of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
international business
Zaporizhzhia plant does not need Russian fuel, Ukrainian nuclear chief says
FILE PHOTO: A Russian all-terrain armoured vehicle is parked outside the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant during the visit of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) expert mission in the course of Ukraine-Russia conflict outside Enerhodar in the Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, September 1, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko/File Photo
energy and resources
French government orders some fuel staff back to work as it seeks to tackle refineries strike
People gather during a TotalEnergies and Esso ExxonMobil workers' protest outside TotalEnergies refinery in La Mede, France October 11, 2022. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard
energy and resources
French union denounces TotalEnergies’ offer for early wage talks as ‘blackmail’ as refinery strikes drag on
CGT Trade unionists and employees gather beside the Total Energy raffinery site, in Gonfreville-l'Orcher, near Le Havre, northwestern France, on October 10, 2022. - A hundred employees voted on October 6, to continue the strike for wages at the TotalEnergies platform in Normandy, Gonfreville-L'Orcher, while tension is increasing in the service stations. (Photo by Lou BENOIST / AFP) (Photo by LOU BENOIST/AFP via Getty Images)
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Haiti at breaking point as economy tanks and violence soars
A man runs past a burning street barricade during a protest against the government and rising fuel prices, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti October 3, 2022. REUTERS/Ralph Tedy Erol TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
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Loop Energy says new hydrogen fuel cell more efficient than diesel engine
A hydrogen fuel cell range extender is seen at Loop Energy Inc., in Burnaby, B.C., on Monday, February 8, 2021. Darryl Dyck/The Globe and Mail
energy and resources
Calgary company hopes unique biofuel technology can help decarbonize Canada’s airline industry
SixRing manufacturing plant which produces green energy fuels in Calgary, Alberta September 14, 2022. Todd Korol/The Globe and Mail
energy and resources
Imperial Oil signs deal with U.S.-based Air Products to supply low-carbon hydrogen
Imperial Oil logo at the company's annual meeting in Calgary on April 28, 2017. Imperial Oil says it has reached a deal with a U.S.-based industrial gas company to supply low-carbon hydrogen for Imperial’s proposed renewable diesel complex near Edmonton. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Alimentation Couche-Tard sees profits, revenue grow in first quarter of fiscal 2023
Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc., which has signed a deal to buy the Wilsons chain of gas stations in Atlantic Canada, has reached an agreement with Competition Bureau to resolve its concerns over the acquisition. A Couche-Tard store is seen, Tuesday, September 20, 2016 in Deux-Montagnes, Quebec. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
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Monday’s analyst upgrades and downgrades
A Dollarama store is seen Tuesday, June 11, 2013 in Montreal.
international business
In Poland, where coal is king, homeowners queue for days to buy fuel
Cars and trucks queue in an over 1 km line, awaiting to pick up coal in front of the Bogdanka mine in Bogdanka, Poland August 26, 2022. REUTERS/Kuba Stezycki TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
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Canadian North says fuel shortages affecting flights at airports in High Arctic
A Canadian North plane taxis to a runway prior to takeoff on June 26, 2019 in Ottawa. Canadian North says fuel shortages at several airports in the High Arctic are affecting the amount of passengers and cargo it can carry on some flights. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
british columbia
Sunken fishing boat off B.C. shifts into deeper water, leaks fuel in key orca habitat
Response vessels with a vacuum trucks on board are shown off San Juan Island, Washington, in this recent handout photo. The United States Coast Guard says commercial divers are assessing a sunken fishing boat that went down Saturday in waters on the U.S. side of Haro Strait and is leaking fuel not far from southern Vancouver Island. The Aleutian Isle is under about 30 metres of water off San Juan Island, roughly 25 kilometres east of Victoria. A statement from the U.S. Coast Guard's Pacific Northwest district says a Good Samaritan rescued the five crew members from the nearly 15-metre vessel, but it went down with nearly 10,000 litres of fuel aboard. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO - U.S. Coast Guard
british columbia
Spill from sunken U.S. fishing boat off Victoria raises concern for endangered orcas
The Saturday, Aug. 13, 2022, aerial photo released by the U.S. Coast Guard shows a diesel spill off the west coast of Washington state's San Juan Island after a 49-foot (15-meter) fishing vessel sank with an estimated 2,600 gallons (9,854 liters) of fuel on board. A Good Samaritan rescued all five crew members on the Aleutian Isle as the vessel was sinking near Sunset Point, the Coast Guard's 13th District Pacific Northwest district in Seattle and KIRO-TV reported. (U.S. Coast Guard via AP)
energy and resources
Pipeline break spills 45,000 gallons of diesel in Wyoming
Black oil barrels standing on a blue financial graph to demonstrate global financial trends in oil prices. Horizontal composition with copy space. Top view. Global oil price concept.
world
Cuba gets help from Mexico, Venezuela to fight oil fire
View of the massive fire at a fuel depot in Matanzas, Cuba, on August 7, 2022. - Planes with products, firefighters and specialists from Mexico and Venezuela arrived in Cuba to help put out this Sunday the fire of two oil tanks, which enters its third day with one dead, 17 missing and 36 hospitalized. (Photo by YAMIL LAGE / AFP) (Photo by YAMIL LAGE/AFP via Getty Images)
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Sri Lanka to restrict fuel imports for next 12 months due to shortage of foreign exchange
A man participates in a protest outside a police station demanding petrol in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, May 14, 2022. Sri Lankans have been forced to wait in long lines to purchase scarce imported essentials such as medicines, fuel, cooking gas and food because of a severe foreign currency shortage. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
opinion
Long-awaited Clean Fuel Regulation could be worse, but could also do more
Grant Bishop
international business
E.U. to propose 15% cut in natural gas use
Model of natural gas pipeline and EU flag, July 18, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
international business
Chinese-made GPS trackers are highly vulnerable, researchers say
FILE - The U.S. Homeland Security Department headquarters in northwest Washington is pictured on Feb. 25, 2015. A popular Chinese-made automotive GPS tracker used by individuals, government agencies and companies in 169 countries has severe software vulnerabilities, posing a potential danger to life and limb, national security and supply chains, cybersecurity researchers said in a report released Tuesday, July 19, 2022, to coincide with an advisory from the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency listing six vulnerabilities. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)
analysis
Tax & Spend: Ottawa stands aside as provinces neuter the carbon tax
Patrick Brethour
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Ottawa leaves door open for provinces to cut fuel taxes
A yellow Chevrolet Corvette leaves a gas station on Hurontario St. in Collingwood, Ont., on Thursday, June 30, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Lahodynskyj
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African relief operations hit by fuel shortages and soaring food prices as result of Ukraine war
FILE PHOTO: A general view shows a part of the capital Bangui, Central African Republic, February 16, 2016. REUTERS/Siegfried Modola//File Photo