Beyond the tight-knit world of Calgary’s oil patch executives and a redoubt of Ottawa-based conservative activists, few Canadians had heard of the
With files from Toby Heaps and Aleena Naseem The urgent need to transition into a low-carbon economy is becoming increasingly clear. Abnormally
Alison Thompson is a renewable energy warrior. After starting her career working for coal utilities and oil sands companies, the Calgary-based mother
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In a packed conference hall in Red Deer, Alberta, this past spring, Jason Kenney, a veteran federal politician aspiring to become premier
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Alberta’s economy is extremely vulnerable. There’s no other way to read the latest report from the Carbon Tracker Initiative, which analyzes the “carbon cost
Canada’s oil sands are a microcosm of all the challenges the carbon sector faces today. And it’s one that investors around the