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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.

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 Against Climate Change

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

Pollution from burning fossil fuels causes seven million premature deaths each year, according to the WHO. Photo by kris krüg / Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

World Health Organization backs Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty

The world’s leading health organizations are endorsing the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty in an effort to protect public health.

By John Woodside | News, Energy | September 15th 2022

Why Newfoundland and Labrador is going all-in on offshore oil

At a time when the world recognizes the need to end the reliance on fossil fuels, Newfoundland and Labrador is planning to double offshore oil production by 2030.

Off the deep end

By John Woodside | Analysis, Energy, Politics | September 12th 2022

Estonia's Minister for the Economy and Infrastructure Riina Sikkut speaks with the media as she arrives for a meeting of EU energy ministers at the European Council building in Brussels, on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)

EU nations seek to contain energy prices

The European Union on Friday, September 9, 2022, intensified its mission to shield the population from dramatically increasing energy prices that threaten to plunge millions into cold and poverty over the winter as tensions mount with Russia over the war in Ukraine.

By Raf Casert | News, Energy | September 9th 2022

University of Melbourne researchers say their new solar-powered device can convert moisture in the air into 99% pure hydrogen gas. Photo by Oregon Department of Transportation/Flickr (CC BY 2.0)

New solar-powered invention creates hydrogen fuel out of thin air

Researchers say their prototype produces hydrogen with greater than 99 per cent purity and works in air as dry as four per cent relative humidity.

Race Against Climate Change

By Donna Lu | News, Energy | September 9th 2022

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