Danielle Smith says she's fighting the "just transition" in order to protect Alberta jobs. So why is she saying and doing things that could end up costing thousands of them?
The CEOs of some of the biggest oilsands companies in Alberta say transitioning their workforce for a net-zero emissions future isn't about cutting jobs, it's about creating them.
The federal government delivered nearly $10 million on Tuesday, January 17, 2023, to support Alberta's growing hydrogen industry as the province continues to accuse Ottawa of wanting to shut down jobs in its energy sector.
Is the federal government planning to phase out hundreds of thousands of jobs in Alberta (and millions across the country) through its "just transition" act? Of course not. But that's not what Alberta's premier and pundits would have us believe.
The new year has kicked off with Alberta’s premier and environment minister up in arms over the federal government’s yet-to-be-released Just Transition Act.
Premier Danielle Smith won’t commit to using Alberta's controversial sovereignty act to rebut looming federal “just transition” legislation, which she calls an existential threat to her province’s bedrock oil and gas industry.
Canada does have a particularly poor track record in meeting climate targets, and Liberal governments in Canada tend to wear the “missing targets” badge more than others.
Even in a hypothetical world where carbon capture and hydrogen can make production cleaner, writes Aliénor Rougeot with Environmental Defence, Canadian oil is so carbon-intensive, it would require huge amounts of money to make production net-zero.