Category: fossil fuels

Feds Release Framework to Phase Out Fossil Fuel Subsidies

The federal government has released its framework to phase out fossil fuel subsidies, saying it will make Canada the first G20 country to follow through on a 2009 pledge to phase out government support for the sector. “By eliminating inefficient fossil fuel subsidies, we are encouraging smart and efficient government investment decisions that can increase…


Alberta and Federal Environment Ministers Have First Face-to-Face Meeting

Alberta’s new Minister of Environment and Protected Areas Rebecca Schulz had an in-person meeting Wednesday with her federal counterpart, Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault, and discussed Ottawa’s pending electricity regulations and emissions, but it wasn’t clear how much consensus, if any, the two jurisdictions reached on the issues. “I informed Minister Guilbeault that our government remains…


Alberta, Saskatchewan Premiers Accuse Ottawa of Wanting to Shut Down Energy Sector

The premiers of Alberta and Saskatchewan have accused the Liberal government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of wanting to shut down the energy sector in their respective provinces and have made it clear they are going to push back. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe were responding to comments made by federal…


Oregon County Sues Oil and Gas Firms Over Weather Event

Oregon’s most populous county is suing more than a dozen fossil fuel and coal-producing companies for nearly $52 billion. The county is seeking to hold defendants accountable for damages related to an extreme weather event that it attributes to climate change. Multnomah County, home to Portland, joins more than two dozen other cities and counties…


Debunking Another Misleading Green Energy Study

Commentary A popular talking point among green energy evangelists is that gas, oil, and coal are, in large part, successful because they are highly subsidized. Wind and solar, so the argument goes, would win in a fair fight, but, alas, the playing field is far from fair. But the supposed data they are drawing on to come…


Is the Tide Turning Against Climate Agenda Fanatics?

No one is against clean air and clean water—certainly not here in America, where we have a long history of conservationism. But the climate agenda isn’t about protecting the environment, never mind humans and animals. It’s a dystopian movement led by elected officials from the White House to Congress who are pushing irrational ideas that…


PREMIERING at 9:15PM: Is the Tide Turning Against Climate Agenda Fanatics?

No one is against clean air and clean water—certainly not here in America, where we have a long history of conservationism. But the climate agenda isn’t about protecting the environment, never mind humans and animals. It’s a dystopian movement led by elected officials from the White House to Congress who are pushing irrational ideas that…


PREMIERING NOW: Is the Tide Turning Against Climate Agenda Fanatics?

No one is against clean air and clean water—certainly not here in America, where we have a long history of conservationism. But the climate agenda isn’t about protecting the environment, never mind humans and animals. It’s a dystopian movement led by elected officials from the White House to Congress who are pushing irrational ideas that…


Climate Envoy John Kerry’s Jet-Set Spending Is Getting Plenty of Cloud Cover

News analysis John Kerry leads an international jet-set life that might exhaust a runway model. If President Biden’s special envoy for climate was not in Washington or relaxing at his mansion near Nantucket Harbor, he could be found in Brazil, Panama, the Bahamas, or Germany. And that’s just in February and March. While Kerry trumpets…


LIVE 10 AM ET: Senate Budget Committee’s Hearing on ‘Real Cost of Fossil Fuels’

U.S. Senate Budget Committee holds a hearing on Who Pays the Price: The Real Cost of Fossil Fuels at 10:00 a.m. ET on May 3. Dr. Ted Gayer, President of Niskanen Center; Dr. Nicole Deziel, Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Yale School of Public Health; and Diana Furchtgott-Roth, Director of the Center For Energy, Climate, And Environment, The Heritage Foundation, will testify. …