REGINA - A report from a tribunal appointed by the Saskatchewan Party government says a proposed federal emissions cap and methane regulations would cause severe economic damage. The tribunal report, struck by Justice Minister Bronwyn Eyre, says the mandates would reduce oil and gas production and cause government revenue losses of $43 billion by 2050. It also says up to 34,000 people would lose their jobs by that year. The federal draft regulations have proposed a ceiling on oil and [Read more]

WINNIPEG - Manitoba's government says it will encourage the development of renewable energy in the province while acknowledging fossil fuels aren't going away any time soon. Premier Wab Kinew says his government will provide loan guarantees to help First Nations build up to 600 megawatts of new wind-powered electricity generation. He says there will also be continued incentives to buy zero-emission vehicles. Kinew says his New Democrat government will ensure growth of the charging [Read more]

CALGARY - Canadian drivers are enjoying cheaper gas prices heading into fall. The average gasoline price in Canada was 152.1 cents per litre Friday morning, according to price tracking website GasBuddy.com. That's down more than 10 cents from the average price in August, and more than 14 cents from one year ago. Gasoline prices rise and fall with the global price of crude oil, which has fallen more than US$7 per barrel this week. That's the biggest weekly slump in crude prices since [Read more]

KING CITY, Calif. - Ontario is looking to add some 5,000 megawatts of energy to the grid as new Energy Minister Stephen Lecce lays out his plan to meet demand in the coming decades. Lecce says the government is "energy agnostic" and the new procurement will be a mix of natural gas, hydroelectric, renewables, nuclear and biomass. He says energy companies must get municipal support in order to proceed. Lecce also says there will be protections to prime agricultural [Read more]

WASHINGTON - Ontario is selling itself as the nuclear North Star to guide the direction of American power as the United States looks to de-carbonize amid ever-increasing demand for energy. "It really underscores both Canada and the U.S.'s national and economic interests — that we work together to harness this capability to produce clean energy," said Stephen Lecce, Ontario's minister of energy and electrification. He was in Washington, D.C., early in his new mandate to speak at the Nuclear [Read more]