ClimateWire: Stunning provincial election results Tuesday in Alberta -- home to Canada's vast oil sands region and fossil energy reserves -- upended the nation's political landscape, rattling the stock market and establishing a leader who is lukewarm on pipeline projects.
The surprising victory of Rachel Notley, the premier-elect and leader of Alberta's left-of-center New Democratic Party (NDP), raises numerous energy questions critical for the country's emissions trajectory: Will there be any slowdown with...