Flooding impact in downtown Calgary is so dire that some parts of the core may take weeks or months to return to normalcy, Mayor Naheed Nenshi said Saturday.
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Oilsands needed: speaker
Alberta’s oilsands are not the environmental threat that many critics claim, says a proponent of the northern resource.
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Dark clouds starting to lift from Alberta’s economic outlook
Fatter paycheques, a swooning loonie and strong energy prices have suddenly helped brighten a bleak financial picture for the Alberta government, with several positive economic trends bolstering the province’s volatile revenues.
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Can Thorium Solve All Of Our Energy Problems?
TWO IRISH FILMMAKERS want to know if thorium could be the answer to the world’s energy woes – and they have launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise enough money to finish a documentary on the topic.
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US Energy Infrastructure Fails to Keep Pace with Boom
America’s energy infrastructure is in dire straits and the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) has given it a D+ in a “report card” that measures everything from the electricity grid’s transmissions capacity to oil and gas distribution channels.
The whole premise of the report is that there is progress, but we’re only half way there.
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Stephen Harper accelerates foreign efforts to promote energy and trade
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Stephen Harper and senior members of his cabinet are accelerating efforts to promote free trade and Canada’s energy exports through an international charm offensive, arguing that economic prosperity is on the line.
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Alberta cleaning up energy generation
The Redford government is crafting a renewable and alternative energy framework that will govern wind, solar and geothermal electricity generation in Alberta starting next year.
An Alberta Energy presentation at the National Renewable Energy Forum last month shows the province plans to consult Albertans and draft a policy framework in 2013, then “commence implementation” in 2014.
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Energy mapping project for Industrial Heartland
EDMONTON – A program that will map waste heat in Alberta’s Industrial Heartland could be the launching pad for further work that may see district heating systems used in the region in the future.
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Vermilion Energy reports record cash flow in Q1
CALGARY — International intermediate Vermilion Energy Inc. reported record cash flow in the first quarter of 2013 of $164 million or $1.61 per share compared with $151 million or $1.64 a year earlier.
It posted net earnings of $52 million compared with $65 million in the first quarter of 2012, as production fell to 38,700 barrels of oil equivalent per day from 39,300 a year earlier.
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Alberta energy firms want oil, natural gas processed in the province
EDMONTON – A report says Alberta would create jobs and take in $600 million in annual revenues if more oil and natural gas were processed in the province instead of shipping it to other jurisdictions.
The report by a University of Calgary economist was commissioned by a group of municipalities and energy companies in the Edmonton region known as Alberta’s Industrial Heartland Association.
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