Canada: Cleaning off a 'dirty' image 12/20/2009
Canadian, Alberta political, industry leaders defend record in oil sands, say they are ready to participate in any Copenhagen deal
Government and industry leaders are fighting back against a tidal wave of criticism and abuse flowing from the Copenhagen climate change summit that has Canada cast as a "corrupt petro-state" because...

Copenhagen summit shrinks 11/22/2009
Pacific Rim leaders give up on '09 climate-change treaty; 'rescue' effort under way; Canada insists on moving in lock-step with U.S.
The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation countries met in Singapore on Nov. 15 to seek common ground on a new climate change treaty. They found it. Leaders of the 21 Pacific Rim nations, including the...

Eyeing NAFTA carbon scheme 08/23/2009
The leaders of the United States, Canada and Mexico are taking North America down the path to a carbon market, gathering some reluctant support in the process. President Barack Obama, Prime Minister S...

Canada unveils carbon trading plans 06/21/2009
Market could start operations later this year; environment minister hopes domestic market will grow into North American version
The Canadian government has taken its long-delayed step towards carbon trading that it hopes will lead to a North American marketplace embracing the United States and Mexico. Environment Minister Jim...

Canada's government: After you, U.S.A. 06/07/2009
Environment Minister Prentice says regulations need to be harmonized; backs off having regs by fall with 2010 implementation date
Forget about "Made in Canada." Let's go with "Made in the U.S.A." That seems to be the thinking of Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Canadian government as it ponders delaying implementation of rules li...

Canada seeks common ground with US 05/31/2009
President Barack Obama's climate change strategy is forcing the Canadian government to step up its efforts to ensure that the Alberta oil sands remain viable. Prime Minister Stephen Harper told report...

Tiptoeing through a minefield 03/01/2009
Obama, Harper decide it's too early to walk the talk on climate-change measures, agree they need a joint approach for treaty talks
To bad Barack Obama didn't have an hour or two of free time during his Ottawa visit Feb. 19. He could have dropped in on the first Tar Sands Film Festival, which, no matter how long it lasts, is unli...

All about the climate 01/25/2009
Challenging future for permitting as climate change initiatives gain traction
The question of whether climate change will impact the regulatory situation in Alaska is now past, attorney Eric Fjelstad from Perkins Coie LLP told the Seminar Group's Permitting Strategies in Alaska...

Junior fights above its weight class 09/28/2008
Tenacious UTS Energy faces tough scrap as Fort Hills oil sands project development costs soar 50-60 percent in uncertain times
UTS Energy is a pint-sized company with no cash flow to feed its considerable ambitions and, now, not much support from the investment community to keep its dreams alive. But it has been down and coun...

Oil sands raise environmental issues 08/31/2008
Energy, water needed for oil sands development causes concerns in nearby towns, among scientists because of emissions levels
The largest dump truck in the world is parked under a massive mechanical shovel waiting to transport 400 tons of oily sand at an open pit mine in the northern reaches of Alberta. Each Caterpillar 797...

Canada striving to protect oil sands 07/13/2008
Environmental issues from development a concern; meeting GHG standards could make oil sands uncompetitive internationally
With the environmental noose tightening, the Canadian and Alberta governments - two of the most resolute opponents of Kyoto-style limits on greenhouse gas emissions - are being forced to act in other...

Canada divided on climate change 06/08/2008
In a show of muscle-flexing, the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec are embarking on a political form of schoolyard piling on. Backed by two-thirds of Canada's 33 million population, the two gov...

BP on firing line over sands re-entry 02/24/2008
Public image takes bruising as super major joins oil sands 'club; industry, governments turn attention to carbon capture, storage
Like it or not, the Alberta oil sands are front and center in a spreading environmental crusade against "dirty" fuel. And no one is better positioned than BP these days to describe the wrath of cr...

'Cool It: The Skeptical Environmentalist's Guide to Global Warming' 10/21/2007
Danish pragmatist Bjørn Lomborg has done it again. His first book, "The Skeptical Environmentalist" infuriated the Green lobby and propelled him to become "one of the world's 100 most influential peop...

Herrera: 'Cool It' hugely logical 10/21/2007
"Cool It: The Skeptical Environmentalist's Guide to Global Warming" by Bjorn Lomborg is PNA Book Club's third member selection. A "Cool It" book review by Roger Herrera appears on page 5 of this issu...

Alberta leader wants calm 10/14/2007
Stelmach: formal royalty, tax talks 'over,' but ministers meet privately with investors
Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach has urged all sides to "just calm down" as a parade of industry heavyweights has issued dire warnings about the consequences of implementing a proposed wholesale change in...

High-stakes clash looms 09/30/2007
Former Alberta premier's chilling prediction; test of wills could undermine key U.S. source
He doesn't always spread a welcome message these days among Canada's oil patch leaders, but ignoring him is not an option. Peter Lougheed led the beginnings of an Alberta political dynasty as the prov...

BP review reflects economic growth 09/23/2007
2001-06 economic growth strongest since mid-1960s; company's annual statistics show strong energy consumption in oil, gas, coal
Economic growth, energy consumption and energy prices have all been strong over the last five years, with global 2001-06 economic growth averaging just more than 4 percent. Economic growth during tho...

Mac critics 'inflate' numbers 09/09/2007
Environmental and social activists are seeking a replay of the late 1970s, by calling for a moratorium on pipelines out of the Canadian Arctic until the long-term impacts are known. They made their ca...

Quebec imposes continent's first carbon tax 06/17/2007
Quebec will lead the way as the first North American jurisdiction to impose a carbon tax on hydrocarbon producers, raising C$200 million a year to support measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. ...

Canada offers climate change strategy 06/10/2007
Canada will not meet its Kyoto targets to lower greenhouse gas emissions because of 10 years of inaction by the former Liberal government, but its new environmental legislation could serve as a templa...

Plea for visionary 06/10/2007
Canadian government urged to lead way in tackling greenhouse gas emissions
The Canadian government should take the lead role in crafting an energy vision that integrates the social, economic, environmental and energy goals shared by Canadians that promote energy development...

Green plan gets cautious support 05/13/2007
Canada's oil and gas sector doesn't feel discriminated against by federal greenhouse gas regulations; companies have various options to achieve their emissions target, which is 60 million metric tons of the planned national reduction of 150 by 2020
With the usual proviso that "the devil is in the details," leaders of Canada's petroleum industry appear satisfied that they will not be singled out for special punishment under federal government's c...

Assessment puts squeeze on oil sands 04/15/2007
Opposition-dominated committee calls for carbon neutral by 2020 through carbon capture, credits trading; wants water, gas limits
The political pressures on Canada's oil sands sector to "adequately" tackle the social, environmental and economic problems it poses have intensified with the release of a 92-page assessment by the Ho...

Alberta admits it can't keep pace 04/08/2007
Rapid growth in the Alberta oil sands is likely to outstrip government efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions, said the province's Environment Minister Rob Renner. The sheer volume of projects unde...