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‘Natural attrition’ can absorb most jobs in fossil fuel industry in managed phase-out, says economist

Most of the job losses would be concentrated in 18 communities in Western Canada, according to the report, with Wood Buffalo, Alta., where Fort McMurray is located, and Estevan, Sask., expected to be hit hardest.

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The world’s energy transition is failing, and we’re just all standing by watching

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The world’s energy transition is failing, and we’re just all standing by watching

OpinionBY BILL HENDERSON

In our lifetimes, we will come to know that we failed to effectively mitigate. We will be losing everything we care about, know and love. There will be regret that we didn’t act to stop the evil when it was still possible. Wake up.

The world’s energy transition is failing, and we’re just all standing by watching

OpinionBY BILL HENDERSON

In our lifetimes, we will come to know that we failed to effectively mitigate. We will be losing everything we care about, know and love. There will be regret that we didn’t act to stop the evil when it was still possible. Wake up.

After 30 years of failed mitigation, we need to cut emissions by half globally by 2030; this is almost impossible, but must be done

OpinionBY BILL HENDERSON

After 30 years of failed mitigation, we need to cut emissions by half globally by 2030; this is almost impossible, but must be done

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No matter who forms government, oil and gas has won the Alberta election

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Few Canadian political leaders are willing to challenge the still-profitable, immensely powerful oil and gas industry, which is at the heart of our climate challenge.

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Few Canadian political leaders are willing to challenge the still-profitable, immensely powerful oil and gas industry, which is at the heart of our climate challenge.

Fossil fuel industry still selling ‘a pig in a poke’ while continuing to reap absurd riches: McElroy

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While fake scandals roil Ottawa politics, the real ones continue

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A tailings pond full of toxic effluent has been leaking out of Imperial Oil’s Kearl project since last May and the company never bothered to tell the Indigenous people whose land, fishing, and livelihood were imperilled.

While fake scandals roil Ottawa politics, the real ones continue

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A tailings pond full of toxic effluent has been leaking out of Imperial Oil’s Kearl project since last May and the company never bothered to tell the Indigenous people whose land, fishing, and livelihood were imperilled.

‘Natural attrition’ can absorb most jobs in fossil fuel industry in managed phase-out, says economist

Most of the job losses would be concentrated in 18 communities in Western Canada, according to the report, with Wood Buffalo, Alta., where Fort McMurray is located, and Estevan, Sask., expected to be hit hardest.

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