Questions remain about why the Alberta government was unable to use all of $1-billion in federal funding aimed at cleaning up aging oil and natural gas wells, considering there are tens of thousands of inactive wells throughout the province.
Alberta’s orphan well woes are about to swell following the end of a controversial court case involving some of the biggest names in the Canadian oilpatch.
The Alberta government is making it tougher for foreign companies to invest in energy infrastructure, which legal experts say is having an impact on the amount of investment in the province.
Tensions are rising and the divide is growing in the Crowsnest Pass before a plebiscite vote next month with arguments centred around the community’s economic future and environmental impacts of open pit mines.
Eight months after the Alberta government lifted its moratorium on the development of new, large wind and solar electricity projects, investment has yet to return as companies choose instead to invest in other provinces.
Total greenhouse gas emissions from Alberta's oilsands have remained relatively flat for the last few years but could climb yet again in 2024 as the industry ratchets up oil production, according to a new report released Thursday.
Bearspaw First Nation in southern Alberta is suing the federal government for $1 billion in a proposed class-action lawsuit, the latest in a series of lawsuits arguing that annual payments promised in treaties should have been adjusted for inflation.