Alberta

Carney Flips on Tax Breaks for Phony Carbon Capture

04/12/25

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Nick Murray - The Canadian Press with files from The Energy Mix

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The Energy Mix

Shell Quest CCS plant, photo by @EarthAccounting

Dec. 3, 2025

Carney ‘Will Have To Answer’ Questions About Flip-Flop on Tax Credit, Liberal MP Says

A British Columbia Liberal MP said Wednesday Prime Minister Mark Carney “will have to answer” questions on why he reversed a budget commitment on tax credits for a controversial and self-defeating form of carbon capture and storage when he signed the Alberta energy deal.

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Did the climate world misread Carney?

01/12/25

Author:

John Woodside

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National Observer

Dec. 1, 2025

Mark Carney, the central banker, was the thought leader the climate movement needed: someone who could translate the reality of climate change into the language of finance. As prime minister, he is torching the country’s climate policies, while pouring government time and resources into new fossil fuel infrastructure. To state the obvious, these are not the decisions of a climate champion.

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A New Oilsands Pipeline? What Politicians Won’t Admit

01/12/25

Author:

Andrew Nikiforuk

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The Tyee

The plan to daily pump 1.4 million more barrels of bitumen includes expanding the Trans Mountain pipeline, shown here being buried in Abbotsford, BC, in 2023. Photo by Darryl Dyck, the Canadian Press.

Dec. 1, 2025

An energy expert lays out the risks and fallacies as Canada and the world fail to face the climate crisis.

Lo and behold, Prime Minister Mark Carney, a global banker, and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, a petro-populist à la Donald Trump, have big energy plans for Canadians.

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The method to Mark Carney’s madness

29/11/25

Author:

Max Fawcett

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National Observer

Mark Carney's "grand bargain" with Alberta represents a big swing on an important issue for the prime minister. Photo by Natasha Bulowski

"Gripping Article/Discussion on Carney Pipeline Deal "- Gene McGuckin

Nov. 27, 2025

Liberal prime ministers aren’t supposed to get standing ovations in Calgary, much less from a room packed full of mostly-Conservative business leaders and provincial cabinet ministers who spent the better part of a decade honing their hatred of the Trudeau government. But Mark Carney, for better or worse — more on that in a moment — is clearly not your average Liberal prime minister. After all, he got two standing ovations.

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UBCIC Strongly Rejects Canada–Alberta Pipeline MOU that Ignores First Nations Rights and Threatens Environment

28/11/25

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Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs - UBCIC

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UBCIC

News Release
November 27, 2025

UBCIC Strongly Rejects Canada–Alberta Pipeline MOU that Ignores First Nations Rights and Threatens Environment

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Carney's latest pipedream (fraud) explained

26/11/25

Author:

John Woodside

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National Observer

Nov. 26, 2025

A forthcoming deal between the federal government and Alberta for a new oil pipeline, reportedly set to be announced Thursday, promises to ignite a political firestorm.

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Will BC Electrify Its Economy? BC Hydro Doubts It

24/11/25

Author:

Zoë Yunker

Link:

The Tyee

BC Hydro has curbed its expectations on the rollout of commercial and industrial electric vehicles, focusing instead on light-duty and personal vehicles. Photo by Tyler Olsen.

Nov. 24, 2025

The Crown corporation’s new long-term plan for BC’s energy future is a missed opportunity to commit to electrification, experts say.

Premier David Eby recently described British Columbia as Canada’s future “economic engine,” one that, in a nod to climate change, would be powered “by clean, reliable, affordable power.” Lots of it.

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With Pipeline Deal Coming Soon, New Analysis Shows Big Risks for Investors, Crushing Losses for Provinces

21/11/25

Author:

Mitchell Beerwith files from The Canadian Press

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The Energy Mix

Nov. 20, 2025

With the federal and Alberta governments touting an imminent deal on a new oil pipeline to British Columbia’s northwest coast, analysis released Thursday morning concludes that investors in Canadian oil and gas will face serious financial risk—and provincial revenues from the industry could fall 82%—as the global energy transition unfolds through the 2030s.

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