Oil & Gas

The federal government is extending the suspension of federal fuel excise taxes until the new year to help Canadians feeling the pressure from higher energy costs caused by instability in the Middle East.

More than 26 million Canadians in more than 930 communities, more than 60% of the population, have personally faced the impacts of climate change so far this year, the #ElbowsUp for Climate campaign reports in an analysis released this week.

Prime Minister Mark Carney may be the smartest politician in Ottawa (and not just in his own mind) after suspending the Canada-U.S. trade talks on August 21, then winning three byelections big-time on August 31.

Even as she insists Meta’s massive new artificial intelligence data centre north of Edmonton won’t raise electricity prices, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is advising concerned Albertans to “lock in a price” on their power bills before the U.S.-based tech behemoth connects to the provincial grid.

U.S.-based ProEnergy must meet 45 conditions to build and operate the plant, which will primarily use U.S.-supplied gas but can switch to diesel. Environmental groups warn of ecological damage and deeper fossil-fuel dependence, including potential pressure to lift New Brunswick’s fracking ban.

Under our feet, the Earth is generating a constant supply of clean heat that has been building for four billion years: geothermal energy. We now have the technology to tap it at scale. Geothermal is being used worldwide to generate electricity and warm buildings around the clock, with no fuel...

Donald Trump’s expanding trade war could be a catalyst for Canada to speed up its energy transition, diversify its trade, and reinforce its economic sovereignty—as long as federal and provincial governments embrace a “crossroads” moment and double down on the clean technologies that are already dominating global energy investments, a...

A new map of data centres in Alberta shows proposed AI facilities demanding more than 100 times the electricity used by existing ones in the province, a spike that comes with significant emissions impact.

South Africa's top court has blocked Shell's offshore oil and gas exploration permit in the Eastern Cape, ending a five-year legal battle in a ruling that rejected the argument that belated community consultation could fix the permit's unlawful origins and cited climate change as part of a “global reckoning” in...

Alberta's technology minister faced a firing line of community fury Thursday at a government town hall on its plan for artificial intelligence data centres. "I'm sorry to hear that you have such a jaded view of the government," Nate Glubish responded, to boos from the crowd.

A billion-dollar power plant meant for an artificial intelligence (AI) data centre proposed in Olds, Alberta, is “not in the public interest,” the provincial utility regulator ruled Monday.

Alberta’s oil sands facilities on average will pay less than $2 per barrel under an updated carbon pricing schedule, effectively making the much-maligned “carbon tax” a marginal cost for producers, finds a new report.

“Today’s decision means O’Leary’s group lost on every ground,” said Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation Chief Sheldon Sunshine, as Alberta judge allows judicial review to proceed.

The Greenland government has issued a “strong warning” after a U.S. oil company with ties to Donald Trump moved drilling equipment into position for a project that hasn’t received official approval, in what is being interpreted as a possible new front in Trump’s attempts to annex the autonomous and self-governing...

The Alberta county council that granted permits for Meta’s new $13-billion, climate-polluting, gas-powered artificial intelligence (AI) data centre has declared an agricultural disaster due to record-setting extreme weather attributed largely to climate change.