A northwest Edmonton cement plant will be the first in North America to test whether carbon capture and storage can meaningfully reduce its greenhouse gas emissions. Environment Minister Jason Nixon, who is banking on technology being Alberta’s primary solution to…
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Notes from the Dome: Farm wages loophole and a $210-per-tonne carbon tax
The NDP on Wednesday accused the United Conservative Party government of returning Alberta workers’ rights to pre-industrial revolution days with its farm safety bill. Environment Minister Jason Nixon said a $210 per tonne carbon tax would be “ridiculous.” Greg Southam…
Letting ski resort sell mountain water from park is risky: environmentalists
Alberta’s decision to allow a ski hill in a provincial park to sell water it’s not using and have it trucked away sets a bad precedent that could restrict the province’s ability to react to climate change, environmentalists say. “If…
Elizabeth May calls out Jason Kenney: ‘There is no planet called Alberta’
Federal Green Party Leader Elizabeth May made her position on the western separation movement and Jason Kenney’s approach to climate change very clear while speaking in Ottawa on Friday. May was answering media questions following her meeting with Justin Trudeau,…
Most of Ottawa’s $1.6B bailout for Alberta oil and gas industry has been handed out
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted November 15, 2019 1:43 pm Updated November 15, 2019 1:44 pm Smaller font Descrease article font size –A Larger font Increase article font size A+ Canada’s $1.6-billion bailout package for Alberta’s battered oil industry…
Alberta increasing funding for fight against mountain pine beetle
October 31 2019 8:31pm The province is upping the amount it spends to fight back against the mountain pine beetle. The tiny insect is wreaking havoc on Alberta forests. As Julia Wong reports, there are calls for the federal government…
Alberta budget weakens environmental, climate monitoring: Opposition
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted October 28, 2019 2:10 pm Smaller font Descrease article font size –A Larger font Increase article font size A+ The Alberta budget tabled last week cuts funds for environmental monitoring and for managing greenhouse…
3 executives ‘no longer with’ Alberta Energy Regulator
Three executive vice presidents with the Alberta Energy Regulator — an agency that’s currently under review — are no longer with the AER. In a statement Wednesday, the regulator said “executive vice presidents Carol Crowfoot, Stacey Schorr and Mark Taylor…
Greta Thunberg’s Alberta visit igniting further discussion on climate change
“We are not doing this because we want to. We aren’t doing it because it’s fun.” Those series of words from 16-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg elicited thunderous applause and shouts from the crowd gathered at the Alberta legislature…
Alberta government announces its ‘energy war room’ will be launching soon
By The Canadian Press Posted October 9, 2019 4:58 pm Smaller font Descrease article font size –A Larger font Increase article font size A+ Alberta’s energy war room is now on a legal footing and will soon be up and…