Alberta to create standards for releasing oilsands tailings into environment
The Alberta government is planning to create standards for releasing treated oilsands tailings into the environment.
Jim Warren: Saskatchewan’s bold move to keep the coal-fired power plants operating past 2030
Dealing with challenges like Ottawa’s ten-year war on conventional energy and the Liberals’ economically ruinous, one-size-fits-all climate change policies does get tiresome. The effort becomes especially wearing when there is so little good news mixed in with the...
Brian Zinchuk on Evan Bray Show: Multilaterals, coal revival, major projects and more
On Sept. 3, Evan Bray and Brian Zinchuk go over the growing impact of large multilateral wells, LNG, the new major projects office, Alberta electrical grid updates, coal revival and more.
Enbridge gives go ahead for two natural gas transmission projects
CALGARY — Enbridge Inc. says it is going ahead with a pair of natural gas transmission projects.
Alberta wind power generation took a holiday on Labour Day
Alberta’s wind laboured little on Labour Day.
Throughout the day, wind output from the 1722 wind turbines (at last count) totalling 5,688 megawatts of total generation capacity hovered around the 1 per cent output mark, ranging from 1.9 to 0.8 per cent.
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A “Dialectic on Energy Policy” with a former pipeline CEO vs. sustainable development exec
On July 27, the Midwest Legislators Conference in Saskatoon held a “Dialectic on Energy Policy,” essentially a debate on energy choices in a world focused on climate change. Hal Kvisle, former CEO of TransCanada Pipeline/TC Energy was on the right side of the debate and Louise Miltich came from the left.
Former Trans Mountain CEO to head major projects office
Ottawa’s one-stop shop for businesses to pitch plans for large industrial construction projects will be headquartered in Calgary and managed by former Trans Mountain CEO Dawn Farrell, the Prime Minister’s Office said Friday.
Alberta, citing oil prices and U.S. trade woes, says budget deficit rising to $6.5B
Every dollar drop in the per-barrel price for the benchmark West Texas Intermediate slashes $750 million from Alberta’s bottom line. Alberta has lowered its forecast by more than USD $4 a barrel since introducing the 2025 budget in February. It’s now expected to average almost USD $64 a barrel for the year.
Oregon could join Hawaii in mandating pay-per-mile fees for EV owners as gas tax projections fall
The usage charge would phase in starting in 2027 for certain EVs and expand to include hybrids in 2028. Should the gas tax increase be approved, EV drivers either would pay about 2.3 cents per mile, or choose an annual flat fee of $340.
Pipeline Online Podcast Ep. 16: Dr. Chris Keefer, nuclear power advocate
Dr. Chris Keefer is a leading nuclear power generation advocate in Ontario and President Canadians for Nuclear Energy. He’s also a Toronto Emergency Room physician. As Saskatchewan is looking seriously at nuclear power, Ontario has long led the way.
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Brian Crossman: Making choices
The reason we use electric lights instead of candles is because they WORK BETTER. They were not mandated or forced upon the public by the government, nor was the sale candles banned. The statement that conservatives oppose technology is ludicrous. It would no different than saying a member of the liberal party was against computers or the internet.
Canada eyes deeper energy ties with Germany through critical minerals partnership
Canada signed a critical minerals partnership with Germany on Tuesday that encourages the joint public financing of natural resources projects as Ottawa works to boost development and exports to Europe.
Hodgson: Major projects office to launch this week
OTTAWA — Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson says the federal government’s new major projects office will launch this week, a key element in the Ottawa’s push to spur companies into building new large-scale infrastructure.
No rush on new crude oil pipelines, Trans Mountain chief executive says
The chief executive at Trans Mountain Corp. says there should be ample pipeline space to get Canadian crude oil to market until at least 2030 without the need for a whole new project being built from scratch.
Coal Revival: “What a reason to celebrate,” Moe says at IBEW barbecue for rejuvenating coal
There’s much reason to celebrate, for as long as the Saskatchewan Party government carries through with that plan, in defiance of federal coal regulations and the Clean Electricity Regulations, it means they get to keep those jobs. Most of those jobs pay over $100,000 per year. It means they won’t be forced to leave their homes, selling them for pennies on the dollar in towns that would soon look like ghost towns.
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Fireside chat about the coal injunction
The people behind the injunction are against the expansion of natural gas-fired power generation, against the continuation of coal-fired power generation, and also against nuclear power. So what’s left?
Wind in Alberta bottoms out three times over the last week
As climate crusaders take the Government to Saskatchewan to court over its plan to rejuvenate its coal-fired power fleet, wind output in Alberta has fallen to 0.1 per 1 per cent cent, and 1.3 per cent on three different days over the course of the last week.
Jim Warren: Dazed and confused—the Saskatchewan NDP’s approach to our tariff war with Trump
It’s a Liberal tradition, keep the voters in Ontario and Quebec as happy as possible. So what if the West gets annoyed, they have no power in parliament. That’s why Liberal elections strategy is based on the maxim “Screw the West we’ll take the rest.”
Hodgson ‘hopeful’ first batch of major projects announcements to start in fall
By Kyle Duggan Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson said he is "hopeful" that the government will start announcing major infrastructure project approvals in the fall. In an interview with The Canadian Press, Hodgson said the federal government has been busy...
Strathcona blasts MEG Energy’s ‘weak board’ as company chooses $7.9B Cenovus deal
MEG Energy Inc. has accepted a friendly cash-and-stock takeover offer from oilsands neighbour Cenovus Energy Inc. worth $7.9 billion, including debt, but Strathcona Resources, the hostile bidder MEG has spurned, is not ready to give up its pursuit.
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Michael Zwaagstra: Winnipeg Humane Society deserved to be kicked out
If this column by Michael Zwaagstra reminds you of anything from this past week, recall that one of the participants in the coal injunction case is also a farmer from southeast Manitoba. Now, there’s no implication that farmer is related to this incident. But the actions do seem to ring a bell, don’t they?
The Coal Injunction, Part 5: Saskatchewan Environmental Society and Citizens for Public Justice
In Part 5, the two environmental organizations’ affidavits that are party to this injunction application to stop coal-fired power generation from continuing are outlined. This is the conclusion of the series, but there will be more on this file to come from Pipeline Online and its columnists.
The Coal Injunction, Part 4: Affidavits of a Manitoba activist farmer and a Saskatoon environmental podcaster
In Part 4, the affidavits of the Manitoba activist farmer, who neither lives in Saskatchewan nor is a SaskPower customer, and the Saskatoon environmental podcaster who’s taking a political science degree are examined. These are two of the three individuals who are taking legal action to stop Saskatchewan from rebuilding its coal-fired generation fleet, as laid out in Part 1, here.
The Coal Injunction, Part 3: Why is a 12 year old filing affidavits against coal usage instead of playing with Lego?
In Part 3, Pipeline Online begins examining the affidavits of 12-year-old child, podcaster and Manitoba farmer as well as Saskatchewan Environmental Society and Citizens for Public Justice who have filed for an injunction to stop Saskatchewan’s recently announced plants to rebuild its coal fleet in its tracks. Part 3 focuses on the child activist’s affidavit.
The Coal Injunction, Part 2: Arguments against continued coal use made in injunction filings
A 12-year-old child, a podcaster and a Manitoban as well as Saskatchewan Environmental Society and Citizens for Public Justice have filed for an injunction to stop Saskatchewan’s recently announced plants to rebuild its coal fleet in its tracks. In Part 1, the stage is set. In Part 2, Pipeline Online digs into the legal filing, known as the “orginating application,” itself, laying out their arguments to end coal-fired power generation for good.