I believe the answer to Net Zero is in the idea of a circular economy. We can use a lot of the same technologies to reduce emissions from production of the oilsands for the consumption side too. Already there is a circular economy building around emissions. With carbon as a feedstock we wouldn’t treat carbon as a waste disposal problem; it would become a valuable product to make things from. The Three Rs are the path to sustainability: reduce, reuse, return all of our emissions.
October 20, 2021, 6 AM MDT
The proposed NEBC Connector Project is currently in the early engagement phase, which occurs before a company submits an application for a proposed project.
October 20, 2021, 9:33 AM MDT
Pembina Pipeline Corporation aims to reduce the its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions intensity by 30 per cent by 2030, relative to baseline 2019 emissions.
October 20, 2021, 7:57 AM MDT
Governments across Western Canada must consider the broad implications of the recent decision concerning the Blueberry River First Nations and approvals for forestry and resource development, and also think about other situations where Indigenous ways of life have been limited by using land for agriculture and other purposes.
October 15, 2021, 6 AM MDT
The recent surge of focus on environmental, social and governance (ESG) matters by investors and other affected stakeholders has only been intensified by current public health, economic and societal crises.
October 13, 2021, 6 AM MDT
Reconciliation Energy Transition Inc. (RETI), an affiliate company of Project Reconciliation (PRI), has executed memorandum of understanding with Shell Canada Products to collaborate on Shell’s proposed Polaris carbon capture and storage project.
October 13, 2021, 10:41 AM MDT
The president of the Explorers and Producers Association of Canada (EPAC) says yesterday’s announcement that Blueberry River First Nations and the B.C. government have reached an initial agreement is a positive step forward for all involved.
October 7, 2021, 4:15 PM MDT
Enbridge Inc. says its efforts on the ‘S’ in the company’s environmental, social and governance (ESG) practices is bearing fruit and continues to evolve and that its business “must be supported by relationships built on mutual respect and trust and established at the community level.”
October 5, 2021, 6 AM MDT
Quality Indigenous partnerships are instrumental to the success of projects and strategies throughout Canada. As one of the fastest growing labour forces in the country, Indigenous peoples are becoming industry drivers in several business capacities including management, production, commercial enterprise and more.
October 5, 2021, 6 AM MDT
Quality Indigenous partnerships are instrumental to the success of projects and strategies throughout Canada. As one of the fastest growing labour forces in the country, Indigenous peoples are becoming industry drivers in several business capacities including management, production, commercial enterprise and more.
October 4, 2021, 6 AM MDT
As the complex negotiations between the Blueberry River First Nations, other Treaty 8 nations, and the British Columbia provincial government continue to play out, industry in the region — which includes virtually all players in the Montney — continue to await resolution in the hope of determining the go-forward playing field.
September 29, 2021, 6 AM MDT
The Cedar LNG and Ksi Lisims LNG projects are breaking new ground in allowing Indigenous people to participate in developments that could have a huge impact on their communities, while also serving as a counterpoint to LNG developments in the U.S., says a doctoral student at the University of Calgary.
September 29, 2021, 10:19 AM MDT
The DOB will not be publishing Thursday, Sept. 30 due to the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Regular publishing will resume on Friday.
September 29, 2021, 6:22 AM MDT
Enbridge Inc.’s Line 3 replacement has reached “substantial completion” and the company has set an in-service date of Oct. 1.
September 29, 2021, 6:16 AM MDT
Changing the past is something Mark Little, president and chief executive officer of Suncor Energy Inc., cannot do. But when it comes to Canada’s relationship with its Indigenous peoples, he knows how to impact the future.
September 23, 2021, 8:42 AM MDT
Make available a single point of contact within your organization for navigating the procurement process — that is an important step governments and corporations can take in supporting Indigenous businesses and entrepreneurs, says Jordan Jolicoeur, president and chief executive officer of Carvel Electric Ltd.
September 23, 2021, 10:26 AM MDT
The boreal forests that stretch along the border between Alberta and Saskatchewan north of Lloydminster are dotted with hundreds of oil batteries drawing heavy crude from the vast Cold Lake deposit that sits below.
September 20, 2021, 8:57 AM MDT
Western Canada has the potential to be a world leader in the export of LNG through the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and collaborative partnerships with its Indigenous people, say the authors of a paper highlighted Wednesday at the virtual GeoConvention.
September 16, 2021, 10:15 AM MDT
Suncor Energy Inc. signed agreements with eight Indigenous communities in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo (RMWB) to acquire all of TC Energy Corporation’s 15 per cent equity interest in the Northern Courier Pipeline Limited Partnership.
September 16, 2021, 4:59 AM MDT
The Blueberry River First Nations (BRFN) filed a letter with the Canada Energy Regulator (CER) seeking to suspend the approval process for the NEBC Connector project.
September 16, 2021, 1:15 PM MDT
No new wells were approved in British Columbia in August, as the province continues to work with the Blueberry River First Nations (BRFN) on a way to improve and modernize provincial processes that recognize and respect their treaty rights.
September 15, 2021, 9:56 AM MDT
Happy as he is to see progress, had the oil and gas sector started aggressively recruiting from within local Indigenous communities a decade prior, then some companies perhaps could have avoided skilled-labour gaps as industry activity began picking up, says Eugene Horseman, director of business development, Status Energy Ltd.
September 15, 2021, 12 AM MDT
September 15, 2021, 12 AM MDT
Alberta’s Indigenous Relations department and Fort McKay Métis Nation Association have signed a memorandum of understanding that outlines a commitment to work together in collaboration to advance long-term sustainability of Fort McKay Métis Nation’s social, economic and cultural objectives.
September 15, 2021, 3:42 PM MDT
North American Construction Group Ltd. announced a contract award to Mikisew North American Limited Partnership (MNALP) by a major oilsands producer.
September 14, 2021, 6:21 AM MDT
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