Most of this past week, Premier Scott Moe has focused on the future of power generation in Saskatchewan. It started with a press conference in Regina on Tuesday, a debate in the Legislature on Wednesday, more comments on Thursday and finally a meeting with Estevan and...
ESTEVAN  – There’s been a tremendous amount of uncertainty in Estevan, home of coal mines feeding two coal-fired power plants. The federal government wants to see all the above eradicated by 2030. But it also wants to see natural gas power generation eliminated...
REGINA – An irresistible force – federal greenhouse gas reduction initiatives – is meeting an immovable object – the Saskatchewan government under Premier Scott Moe. The growing dust-up had the federal environment minister threaten Criminal Code sanctions for...
REGINA – Saskatchewan’s New Democratic Party may have voted unanimously with the Saskatchewan Party on supporting its plan to continue using fossil fuels for power generation, phasing them out much more slowly than the federal government is calling for. Saskatchewan...
REGINA – Saskatchewan will run its coal and natural gas power plants until their expected end of life, and not shut them down due to the proposed federal Clean Electricity Standard which says they must be retired by 2035. That’s according to Premier Scott Moe, on May...
