 Few domestic policy issues have prompted more controversy recently than whether to build the Keystone XL pipeline Macleans The untold story of the Keystone pipeline war  Two thousand miles west of Washington, D.C., on the vast prairie, you can drive for hours on roads that were once wagon trails, and rarely pass another car or truck Institut de la Statistique du Quebec Apres neuf annees de croissance, baisse des investisements miniers en 2013 L’incertitude qui affecte l’économie mondiale, le flé- chissement dans les prix de plusieurs substances minérales et la difficulté d’avoir accès au capital, notamment pour les petites sociétés d’exploration minière, ont marqué l’année 2013  Mexican gold miner, Argonaut Gold (TSE:AR), reached a friendly $341-million deal to acquire Prodigy Gold (CVE:PDG), an exploration company that focuses on Eastern Canada  It's no surprise that safety managers spend a great deal of time staying current on safety legislation. With Canada and the U.S. set to toughen fuel-economy standards for light-duty passenger vehicles, will the energy sector be left in the dust? Alberta Oil Magazine Alberta's New Abandoned-Well program Makes Compliance Impossible for some  The vertical oil well located near Red Earth Creek in northern Alberta, identified by the number 2-27, is by most accounts a good asset. The Crimson Oil & Gas-owned well typically produces about 20 barrels of oil equivalent per day, and has been valued at $650,000 by third-party engineers.  When a CNOOC-Nexen pipeline spilled 1,500 barrels of oil, water and sand into the muskeg 36 kilometers southeast of Fort McMurray, it was a blow for virtually everyone associated with the business of building and maintaining pipelines. | Global News Alberta Offers Rebates to Municipalities and Farms that set up solar power  The Alberta Municipal Solar Program will provide rebates of up to 75 cents per watt, to a maximum of $300,000 per project. It opens for applications on March 1. A similar program is to be offered to farmers. On-Farm solar Management will provide $500,000 in provincial and federal funding towards solar energy systems on Alberta farms. The application window for this program starts Feb. 8 Green Tech Media Is SolarCity's New PV Module The World's Most Efficient Rooftop Solar Panel  SolarCity has gone from its June 2014 acquisition of solar module startup Silevo to today's announcement of what the company claims is production of "the world’s most efficient rooftop solar panel, with a module efficiency exceeding 22 percent. Green Energy Futures Green Acres Solar Farm, the Largest in Western Canada
MacLeans Here is What We Know and Don't know about Alberta Carbon Tax  Months of speculation ended Sunday when Premier Rachel Notley and Environment Minister Shannon Phillips announced a carbon tax is coming to Alberta. Pricing carbon is one of the most sensible policy prescriptions to address greenhouse gas emissions, so this is good news. David Suzuki Strengthening Alberta's Carbon regulations |
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