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If you haven’t noticed, oil prices have been cratering in recent days
If you haven’t been paying attention over the last week or two, oil prices have been tanking, and tanking hard.
Conservative Natural Resources Critic on carbon tax, Part 1
The whirlwind around the federal carbon tax, which Prime Minister Justin Trudeau paused for home heating oil for three years, but no other forms of home heating…
All parties unify behind NDP carbon tax motion
Members from all parties in the Saskatchewan Legislature unanimously approved a motion, brought forward by the NDP, to “scrap the carbon tax on everything for everyone.”
Can solar power essentially flatline for a whole day? It did in Alberta on Monday
Just because the sun comes up in the morning, it does not mean its going to produce much in the way of usable solar power.
Trudeau just blinked on his premier climate change initiative, the carbon tax
Late in the afternoon of Oct. 26, the staunch federal Liberal policy of climate change priorities conquers all just cracked.
Convoy leaders react to No More Pipelines Act ruling
Long before the “truckers convoy” protested COVID-19 pandemic measures in Ottawa, a series of convoys in and from Saskatchewan and Alberta paved the way, as it were.
West central Saskatchewan brings in over half of Crown land sale dollars
The Government of Saskatchewan’s Crown petroleum and natural gas public offering, held on Tuesday, October 3, 2023, has raised $11,049,883 for the province.
How many nuclear reactors is Saskatchewan going to build?
Pandya told Estevan City Council the Crown corporation was looking at two small modular reactors near Estevan, and four near Elbow.
How Saskatchewan goes big into nuclear
As the premier, minister and SaskPower officials have clearly indicated, if the federal Clean Electricity Regulations come to pass, this province has essentially no choice but to go big into nuclear.
How significant is Crescent Point’s attention turning from Saskatchewan to Alberta?
Earlier this week, I posted a significant story entitled, “Once Saskatchewan’s largest oil company, Crescent Point plans to spend 70% of its capex in Alberta.”
Lower oil and potash prices and sales impact provincial revenues, but surplus still intact
Lower potash and oil prices have put a half-billion dent into Saskatchewan’s budget forecast, but the province is still forecasting a $485.5 million surplus at first quarter…
Only 33 drilling rigs are working in province
With oil prices the highest they’ve been since November, 2022, drilling activity in Saskatchewan is not exactly flourishing.
Whitecap to buy CO2 from SaskPower until 2035, providing market for SaskPower’s BD3
What’s the future of coal-fired power generation in Saskatchewan? At least another 11 years.
Moe mid-summer cabinet shuffle
The mid-summer cabinet shuffle has become something of a tradition with the Saskatchewan Party government, and there were substantial changes in many of the key ministries…
How many small modular reactors in Sask?
Small modular reactors (SMRs) could cost Saskatchewan up to $3 to $5 billion a piece, and SaskPower is planning on four of them…
Are the federal Clean Electricity Standards impossible to meet? We asked SaskPower
Premier Scott Moe said Saskatchewan will not attempt the impossible when it comes to power production, in anticipation of impending federal regulations that would all but eliminate…
CAPP, Clean Energy Canada react to Clean Electricity Regulations
Reaction was coming in fast and furious to the long-awaited announcement of federal Clean Electricity Regulations on Aug. 10.
Abandoned Greenland Ice Base calls CO2 concerns into question
Wired.com had another story with a climate change hook on July 20 called, “An Abandoned Arctic Military Base Just Spilled a Scientific Secret.”
Two days after Alberta taps the brakes on wind development, wind power bottoms out again
On Thursday, the Alberta government announced a six-month pause on approvals for wind and solar projects, and by Saturday, wind generation in that province yet again bottomed out for much of the day.
Strathcona Resources acquires Pipestone Energy in all-stock deal
Strathcona Resources Ltd., which has major operations in northwest Saskatchewan, announced that it would be acquiring Pipestone Energy Corp. in an all-share transaction.