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Alberta's Oil Boom Goes Bust
2015-10-14 15:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: At a camp for oil workers here, a collection of 16 three-story buildings that once housed 2,000 workers sits empty. A parking lot at a neighboring camp is now dotted with abandoned cars. With oil prices falling precipitously, capital-intensive projects rooted in the heavy crude mined from Albertas oil sands are losing money, contributing to the loss of about 35,000 energy industry jobs across the province. Yet Alberta Highway 63, the major artery connecting Northern Albertas oil sands with the...
Canada: No long-term future in tar sands, says Alberta's premier
2015-09-30 15:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The leader of Canadas biggest oil-producing province has declared she sees no long-term future in fossil fuels, predicting Alberta would wean itself off dirty energy within a century. In an early reveal of her forthcoming new energy policy, Albertas Rachel Notley said she would fight climate change by cleaning up the tar sands, shutting down coal-fired power plants, and converting to wind and solar power. Notley also forecast an eventual future beyond fossil fuels a dramatic change for...
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Total to sell interest in Albertas $11.3bn Fort Hills project to Suncor Energy
2015-09-22 01:00:00| Hydrocarbons Technology
Total E&P Canada has signed an agreement to sell a 10% interest in the C$15bn ($11.3bn) Fort Hills oil sand project in Alberta to Suncor Energy for C$310m ($230m).
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New taxes on gas or vehicles may be in Albertas climate-change plan
2015-09-15 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Calgary Herald: Alberta`s environment minister is not ruling out a carbon tax as the province grapples with the impact of vehicle emissions on climate change and air quality. Shannon Phillips says the province`s new climate change panel, headed by Andrew Leach, will be "taking a hard look" at initiatives in other jurisdictions to see whether "incentives and disincentives" should be used to help reduce the impact of vehicle emissions on the environment. Her ministry`s climate leadership discussion document...
LAST CHANCE: Albertas Under the Big Top conference tackles stewardship agenda
2015-09-11 16:14:31| Solid Waste & Recycling magazine Headlines
Set at Alberta's Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel, more than 500 delegates are expected to attend this years event that runs from Sept. 30 to Oct. 2 The post LAST CHANCE: Alberta’s ‘Under the Big Top’ conference tackles stewardship agenda appeared first on Solid Waste & Recycling Magazine.