Natural Resources

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Since taking office, Alberta Premier Rachel Notley has been very aggressive on the climate file. Attempting to remedy what she portrayed as a history of environmental negligence by her predecessors , the premier swiftly increased and expanded Alberta’s carbon tax, placed a hard cap on carbon dioxide emissions, set stiff targets for reducing methane emissions, declared an accelerated phase-out of coal power generation, and promised to replace much of that power with costlier wind or solar power generation.


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In 2013, 30 per cent of households earning $27,000 or less had to devote 10 per cent or more of their expenditures to energy.


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From 2010 to 2014, Canada’s resource-intensive provinces' per person GDP growth more than doubled growth in non-resource intensive provinces.

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More than 25 First Nation communities in the province have signed LNG development agreements with project proponents.


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New climate tests are unnecessary since the effects of pipelines and LNG terminals on climate change are negligible at worst and positive at best.


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The Halalt First Nations recently filed a $2 billion civil case against a private pulp and paper company in B.C.


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The provincial government created a new five-bracket tax system with a top tax rate increasing by 50 per cent.

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Policies that are uncompetitive and increase the time, costs, and risks associated with exploration could discourage investment in exploration.


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Recent report sheds light on Canada’s LNG export potential.


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The National Energy Board’s recent report helps answer some key 'oil to market' questions.


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