Pembina Institute

Ottawa plans to impose the federal carbon tax on Alberta starting Jan. 1 and federal Environment Minister Catherine McKenna says she has written the province about the decision.

Ed Whittingham has resigned as a board member from the Alberta Energy Regulator, citing concerns over the policies of the province's incoming United Conservative Party government, led by premier-designate Jason Kenney.

Research suggests Canadian oil is among the world's most carbon-heavy, but Canada's industry also has rules that if adopted worldwide could make a big dent in global greenhouse gas emissions.

Alvaro Pinto wants Alberta's energy regulator to follow its own oilsands rules.

"Plants that grow in extreme environments very seldom do it by themselves," says University of Saskatchewan biologist Susan Kaminskyj.

Canada's environment minister hopes a gathering this weekend of the world's biggest economies and polluters will provide a show of strength for continuing with the Paris climate change agreement.

A national think tank recommends the Canadian government try to replicate the research in a new U.S. report leaked this week that bluntly says climate change is real and is already having an impact.

"I'm thrilled, a little bit surprised, a bit overwhelmed, excited and anxious all at the same time," said Glen Murray, who resigned as Ontario's environment minister on Monday morning.

John Horgan has been B.C.'s premier for less than a day and already the requests are flooding in, as various groups compete to get their respective wish lists into the new government.

Despite a global plunge in liquefied natural gas prices, it’s not too late for Canada to break into the LNG export market, the country’s federal energy regulator has found.

The BC NDP's plan was leaked by the BC Liberals in advance, but environmentalists say it's a good one nevertheless.

Oil Change International crunched the numbers, and claims that the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers is inflating the need for new pipeline infrastructure.

The C.D. Howe institute found that increasing LNG exports would likely increase emissions in most potential markets, sullying the environmental arguments made in favour of expanding LNG market.

Two leading environmental groups say the B.C. plan won’t reduce emissions for more than a decade.

The Pembina Institute has released a series of FAQs dispelling myths and misinformation about Alberta's carbon tax, what some say are being used to "attack the carbon tax for being a carbon tax."