Ottawa's approval of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion pleased business leaders on Tuesday, June 18, 2019, but they say they will hold off on popping champagne corks until construction begins on new pipe from Edmonton to the West Coast.
Several of Canada's leading environment groups say election demands from Canada's oil industry earlier this week are a direct attack on the future health and prosperity of Canadians.
Global energy giant Royal Dutch Shell is urging Canada's largest oil and gas organization to get off the fence and support both the Paris climate accord and the pricing of carbon to encourage greenhouse gas emission reductions.
The federal government's promised overhaul of environmental evaluations for energy projects is poised for a major Senate surgery, but the upper chamber must race to pass the bill before an election guillotine sends it to the shredder.
As the Trudeau government moves forward with its plans to price carbon pollution, a new report from the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers argues the Liberals should be focusing their efforts on getting fossil fuels to emerging economies.
"So we need to really look in the mirror say, like the U.S. does, ‘Gee, what’s in our best interests today?’” said Canadian Energy Pipeline Association president Chris Bloomer in Ottawa on Monday.
The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers wants Alberta to make it faster and easier for new oil and gas projects to get off the ground. Some experts believe this is a bad idea.
Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers president said Trump's comments are troubling for Canadians concerned about the future of the integrated North American oil and gas industry.
Rachel Notley took a more traditional Alberta swipe at the government when she urged Ottawa to pick a pipeline- any pipeline- and do it sooner than later. But it seems the liberals aren't convinced.