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Resources for Good: $75,000 Donated to Support Canadian Communities
Canada’s natural resources sector provides support to communities through donations and other contributions that make a huge difference in the lives of many Canadian families. These acts of generosity often go without the recognition they deserve. In part four of our Resources...
3 Important Lessons Learned from the Keystone XL Pipeline
Keystone XL Under Construction Keystone XL (KXL) is now officially dead, and that's just too bad. After more than 15 years since first being proposed – a time over which global oil demand has risen by more than 10 million barrels per day (bpd) – TC Energy, the pipeline’s owne...
A Majority of Indigenous Peoples in Canada Support Resource Development: POLL
Courtesy of IRN A poll conducted on behalf of the Indigenous Resource Network (IRN) has found that a majority of First Nations, Métis and Inuit Peoples living in rural areas or on reserves across Canada support natural resource development. According to the poll, 65% of the 5...
Global Oil Demand to Return Sooner Than Thought: IEA
Fatih Birol, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (IEA), says that his organization expects oil and gas demand to return to “pre-crisis” levels sooner than first anticipated. The IEA’s revelations come not even a month after it said that no new investment is n...
Canada’s Largest Oil Sands Producers Commit to Net-Zero Emissions by 2050
SAGD Project - Cenovus Energy Five companies which together account for about 90 per cent of Canada’s oil sands production have announced an unprecedented alliance to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050. The Oil Sands Pathways to Net Zero initiative aims ...
A Closer Look at the IEA's Pathway to Net-Zero by 2050
Key Points • The IEA's Net-Zero to 2050 scenario requires massive changes to the global energy infrastructure system and record-setting deployments of renewables and EVs • Current actions by governments in parts of the world will make it extremely difficult for the IEA's scen...
Supporter Spotlight: Eric Nuttall - June 2021
“Supporter Spotlight” features Canadians with a passion for Canada’s Natural Resource sector. Our spotlight this month is Eric Nuttall, Partner & Senior Portfolio Manager with Ninepoint Partners. Eric talks to us about the importance of the oil & gas sector for the Ca...
Have You Heard of Bill C-15, UNDRIP?
United Nations Building in Geneva, Switzerland What is the United Nations Declaration on Rights of Indigenous People (UNDRIP), and how does it relate to Bill C-15? Not many Canadians have heard of this legislation or understand what it entails, but you should know that Bill C...
Global Oil & Gas Pipeline Projects in 2021 & Beyond
Key Points • tens of thousands of kilometres of new oil and gas pipelines are proposed or under construction around the world • planned oil and gas pipeline construction decreased by 17 per cent due to COVID-19, projects that were almost entirely located in Western democratic ...
Experts Warn of Looming Oil & Gas Supply Shortages Post 2021
Key Points • The world runs the risk of massive oil and gas supply shortages if actions are not taken in the short term to increase investment and exploration • Trillions of dollars of new investment are needed to prevent the destabilization of oil and gas markets • Oil and ga...