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Signage is seen on Manulife Financial Corp.'s office tower in Toronto, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston

Broken promises: Insurance giants Sun Life and Manulife are deep into coal, oil and gas

Sun Life and Manulife have made net-zero promises but continue investing billions of dollars in fossil fuels, new data obtained by Canada's National Observer reveals.

Financing disaster

By John Woodside | Investigations, Business, Energy | October 5th 2022

pipes sit in front of a construction site

Scores of new pipelines around the world 'dramatically at odds' with climate goals

More than 24,000 kilometres of pipelines are planned around world, showing "an almost deliberate failure to meet climate goals."

By Damian Carrington | News, Energy | September 28th 2022

Canada wants hydrogen to heat our buildings. Dozens of studies disagree

The federal government is banking on hydrogen to help heat buildings in Canada’s energy transition, but an analysis of dozens of studies across the world says this isn’t a realistic role for the potentially low-carbon fuel.

By Natasha Bulowski | News, Energy, Ottawa Insider | September 27th 2022

Public health advocates are calling on a federal regulator to investigate gas industry claims that natural gas is clean. Illustration by Ata Ojani

Canadian health workers file complaint against natural gas lobby group over 'false and misleading' claims

A powerful lobby group representing the Canadian natural gas industry is accused of greenwashing its products in a complaint filed with Competition Bureau Canada.

The Influencers

By John Woodside | News, Energy | September 27th 2022

Alberta oilsands, photo by Andrew S. Wright

Canada's oil companies won't do what they promise — instead, they bide their time, awaiting Poilievre

If money talks, then Canada’s oil and gas companies ought to have a lot to say right now, writes columnist Max Fawcett.

Opinion

By Max Fawcett | Opinion, Energy, Politics | September 27th 2022

Vanuatu the first country calling for treaty to restrict fossil fuels at UN assembly

Vanuatu is calling for a fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty, signaling a major turning point in the international fight against the industry most responsible for climate change.

By John Woodside | News, Energy, Politics | September 23rd 2022

A ‘grassroots’ group ran Facebook ads against the oil and gas emissions cap. Canada’s most powerful oil lobby paid for them

Canada’s most powerful oil lobby group is paying for Facebook ads urging Canadians to oppose greenhouse gas emissions limits on the oil and gas industry. Only the ads aren't coming from the lobby group — they're posted by a self-described “grassroots” oil and gas advocacy group.

The Influencers

By Natasha Bulowski | News, Energy, Ottawa Insider | September 19th 2022

N.L. offers to give ExxonMobil $80M back if it invests in offshore oil

Greenpeace Canada senior energy strategist Keith Stewart told Canada’s National Observer that Newfoundland and Labrador’s plan is “like giving money to Bill Gates to buy a computer.”

Off the deep end

By John Woodside | News, Energy, Politics | September 19th 2022

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Shell CEO to resign as oil giant shifts away from fossil fuels

Shell CEO Ben van Beurden is stepping down at the end of 2022 after nine years in charge, the energy giant said on Thursday, September 15, 2022, a change that comes as oil and natural gas companies are under pressure to shift away from fossil fuels even as they see soaring profits from energy price s driven up by Russia's war in Ukraine.

By Associated Press | News, Energy | September 15th 2022

Power companies are pretty good at climate denial, study finds

The research adds utility companies and their affiliated groups to the growing list of actors that spent years misleading the public about the threat of climate change.

Race to a Safer World

By Zoya Teirstein | News, Energy | September 15th 2022

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