CALGARY - A northern B.C. First Nation and two liquefied natural gas companies have filed notice with regulators for a new LNG partnership in the province. A Calgary-based group of LNG companies called Rockies LNG and the Texas-based Western LNG say the project in the Nisga'a Nation would produce 12 million tons of LNG per year. The project, called Ksi Lisims LNG after the Nisga'a name for the Nass River, is being touted as a low-cost source of LNG, which will also serve to economically [Read more]
TransAlta completes second of three planned Alberta plant conversions to natural gas
CALGARY - TransAlta Corp. has taken another step in its goal of becoming carbon neutral by converting the second of three planned coal-to-gas conversions at its Alberta Thermal power generation facilities near Wabamun. The conversion of Keephills Unit 2 to natural gas is part of the Calgary company's plan to entirely generate clean energy in Alberta by the end of the year. TransAlta has said it wants to reduce its annual greenhouse gas emissions by 60 per cent, or 19.7 million tonnes by [Read more]
Michigan, Enbridge say Line 5 mediation efforts likely to wrap up by end of August
WASHINGTON - The two sides in the ongoing dispute over the Line 5 pipeline say they expect their mediation efforts to conclude before the end of August. A court-approved mediator says in court documents he will meet again Aug. 11 with officials from the state of Michigan and Enbridge Inc., the pipeline's Calgary-based owner. The documents, filed late last week in Federal Court in Michigan, offer no added clues as to the state of the dispute, which has been raging since November. That's [Read more]
Alberta businesses see glimmer of hope as oil price rises and sun shines on Stampede
CALGARY - As the lights dimmed and the music started pumping at Calgary's Home and Away sports bar last weekend, owner James Martin felt something he hadn't in a long time — hope. The bar was maybe 60 to 70 per cent full, nothing like the pre-pandemic days when a big game or a corporate Christmas party would result in a packed house. But since Alberta lifted all COVID-19 restrictions on July 1, Martin has seen a slow but steady increase in customers. The July 9 kickoff of the 10-day Calgary [Read more]
Regulator says Brookfield used ‘abusive’ tactics in hostile bid for Inter Pipeline
CALGARY - Alberta's securities regulator has said Brookfield Infrastructure Partners LP used "abusive" tactics in its attempt to acquire Calgary-based Inter Pipeline Ltd. An Alberta Securities Commission panel has sided with Inter Pipeline, which alleged that Brookfield failed to properly disclose details around a total return swap it says gave Brookfield a 9.9 per cent economic interest in its company. Brookfield already owned a 9.75 per cent stake in the company outright. Canadian [Read more]
Saskatchewan premier says Ottawa has rejected province’s carbon pricing plan
REGINA - Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says Ottawa has rejected the province's plan to replace the federal carbon price with one of its own. Moe announced that the province would submit a plan for approval after the Supreme Court of Canada in March ruled the Liberal government’s price on carbon was constitutional. People in Saskatchewan have been paying the federal carbon price on fuel, but Moe’s government had rejected that as being a punishing tax that made the province less competitive [Read more]
Atco to use organic waste to produce ‘renewable natural gas’
CALGARY - Atco Energy Solutions says it will build its first renewable natural gas facility in Alberta. The facility will be built north of Vegreville, Alta., and should be up and running by late 2022. It will capture methane emissions from manure and other organic waste to produce fuel. Atco says the facility will produce enough natural gas to heat 2,500 homes per year and reduce carbon emissions by 20,000 tonnes annually. Vegreville-based biofuels company Future Fuel Ltd. will partner [Read more]
Canada’s new net-zero advisory panel to explore ‘carbon budget’ as part of 2050 goal
OTTAWA - The co-chair of an expert panel designed to advise Canada on how to reach net-zero emissions says it is exploring the idea of creating budgets for greenhouse gas emissions. Dan Wicklum says the net-zero advisory body authored a report summarizing what other groups in Canada and beyond have said about ways to neutralize carbon-related emissions by 2050. The Liberal government recent passed legislation enshrining this target into law, meaning by that year, whatever greenhouse gas [Read more]
‘Replacing the money’: public funds didn’t increase oil well cleanups, study suggests
Much of the taxpayer money that has funded oil well cleanup in Alberta may have simply replaced money that energy companies would have spent anyway, according to a new analysis. That means the public is likely paying for private companies' pollution, says the report from the Parkland Institute, a research group headquartered at the University of Alberta. "It's hard to say because the data is so limited," said Megan Egler, author of the institute's report. "But what I did find is highly, [Read more]
Government of Alberta takes 50 per cent stake in Sturgeon Refinery
CALGARY - The Alberta government is taking 50 per cent ownership of the controversial Sturgeon Refinery northeast of Edmonton. The province has signed a restructuring deal that also extends the length of Alberta's processing contract with the refinery by 10 years, to 2058. The province says the deal means less taxpayer risk in the long-term. It says Alberta will benefit from being both a toll payer and a facility owner. The government says the restructuring deal won't cost the province [Read more]
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