Some wondered whether a recent town hall meeting to plan the next moves to fight Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's renewables freeze would be a success. The answer was a resounding yes.
New documents suggest the Crown corporation behind the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion is facing an uphill battle to finish the project on schedule in spite of mounting internal and external pressure to do so.
Alberta's seven-month moratorium on renewable energy development has stalled 118 projects representing $33 billion in investments, a new analysis shows.
Officials in the Northwest Territories are urging thousands of residents remaining in its capital to leave by noon today before a nearby wildfire could cut off access.
New Democrats in two Western provinces are split over the Liberal government's goal of a net-zero electricity grid by 2035, with the federal party now saying it supports that timeline.
Her United Conservative Party government has faced criticism for announcing the moratorium with no advance notice and without consulting stakeholders, jeopardizing billions of dollars in potential investment in renewables.
Alberta’s six-month moratorium on approvals for renewable energy projects is an example of foolish thinking rooted in political ideology and stoked by misinformation campaigns and political lobbyists sponsored by Big Oil.
"You're asking people to put a pause on their lives," said Luisa Da Silva, director of Iron & Earth, a group that assists fossil fuel employees transition to the renewables industry. "You're asking people not to work."
Alberta and Saskatchewan’s longstanding opposition to a national climate policy could be tested if the federal government forces provinces to fall in line to access funding aimed at ushering Canada into a low-carbon economy.
