EnergyNow News and Press Releases

December 7, 2017

CALGARY — The National Energy Board has allowed Kinder Morgan Canada to bypass some bylaws in Burnaby, B.C. that stand in the way of its Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project. The decision released on Thursday was met with outrage with those oppos… Read More ➝

December 7, 2017

EDMONTON — A union that represents 3,000 oilsands workers at Suncor Energy sites in northeastern Alberta has won a court injunction against random drug testing. Unifor Local 707-A had argued that random testing would be a violation of workers’ rights … Read More ➝

December 7, 2017

TORONTO — Ontario’s opposition parties are calling on the province’s Independent Electricity System Operator to release the names of power generators that billed millions in ineligible expenses and for it to recoup all of that money. The IESO said Thu… Read More ➝

December 6, 2017

EDMONTON — Alberta’s energy regulator wants to keep bad operators out of the oilpatch to reduce the ballooning number of bankrupt companies who have walked away from unprofitable wells. “We will be requiring more information at the time a person or a … Read More ➝

December 6, 2017

CALGARY — Alberta has set out its competition-based plan to reduce carbon emissions from the province’s big industries, but it’s raising concerns from some about jobs and costs. The regulations will give companies credits if their facilities produce l… Read More ➝

December 6, 2017

CALGARY — A moratorium on loans for energy pipeline projects has been lifted, Desjardins Group said Wednesday, as it vowed to consider environmental, social and governance practices of clients in all future lending decisions. The decision in July to t… Read More ➝

December 5, 2017

CALGARY — Alberta is setting aside close to $1.4 billion from climate levies to help industry reduce carbon emissions. The government said the funding, spread over seven years, will make it easier for industries to invest in new technologies, stay com… Read More ➝

December 4, 2017

CALGARY — Kinder Morgan Canada (TSX:KML) says it is still not in a position to start significant construction on the Trans Mountain expansion project and expects spending on the project for at least part of next year to focus mostly on permitting. In … Read More ➝

December 4, 2017

CALGARY — Suncor Energy (TSX:SU) says it has started the regulatory process on replacing aging boilers at its oilsands Base Plant with two cogeneration units to lower costs and carbon output. The company says the cogeneration units, which allows indus… Read More ➝

December 4, 2017

REGINA — The Saskatchewan government has introduced a climate-change strategy that inches toward a price on carbon emissions, but leaves large parts of its economy untouched. And it doesn’t include a carbon tax, which Environment Minister Dustin Dunca… Read More ➝