It appears Alberta’s coal era has come to an end. Capital Power’s Genesee 2 facility — the last dedicated coal plant in the province — went offline at 10:57 p.m. Sunday. And, according to the latest forecast from the Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO), it’s not expected to come back online. FULL ARTICLE HERE
A Calgary energy company has been ordered to abandon close to 2,000 wells, pipeline sections and other facilities over concerns about care and maintenance of the sites. FULL ARTICLE HERE
Alberta’s government is using a controversial report forecasting a decline in oil and gas production in Canada to rally against the federal government’s proposed greenhouse gas emissions caps. FULL ARTICLE HERE
Opinion: Given its scale, its impact and the danger of its diluted bitumen content, the pipeline’s inauguration on April 30 was announced awfully quietly — and somewhat inaccurately. FULL ARTICLE HERE
Residents of Fort McMurray and the nearby community of Saprae Creek remain on an evacuation alert as an out-of-control wildfire burns south of the city. FULL ARTICLE HERE
Alberta is bracing for another challenging fire season and with fire officials urging communities to prepare for conditions to grow more volatile as a summer drought settles in. With many communities across the province already parched because of a lack of winter snow cover, officials Thursday urged Albertans to be vigilant in the weeks ahead.…
The Alberta government is reconsidering whether the province should have conventional nuclear power plants, Affordability and Utilities Minister Nathan Neudorf says. “We’re also very interested in looking at conventional nuclear and what that could possibly provide for Alberta in … the longer term,” Neudorf told reporters when asked about small modular reactors on his way…
Here’s where they all came from. The province’s population surged to just over 4.8 million as of Jan. 1, according to new estimates released Wednesday by Statistics Canada. FULL ARTICLE HERE
A cold front will sweep south on Tuesday, and there will be evening snow for parts of western and southern Alberta, intensifying Wednesday and continuing until early Friday morning. FULL ARTICLE HERE
Ottawa’s carbon tax is set to climb from around 14 cents to more than 17 cents per litre of gasoline on April 1. FULL ARTICLE HERE