16 September 2018

Florence forecast: Record-setting, flooding rain is ‘far from done’

This historic, life-threatening rain event is likely to spur record river flooding and, in the mountains, could cause landslides.

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Hurricane season is over. Here's why the US never got hit

For the first time in a decade, the U.S. avoided landfall, thanks to an atmospheric anomaly. But this hurricane season was exceptional in other bad ways, too.

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A new oilsands pipeline? What politicians won’t admit

A revived plan to build a massive bitumen pipeline from Alberta to BC’s northwest coast faces stark warnings from veteran energy analyst David Hughes, who says the project defies physical limits, climate goals and basic economic sense.

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The unpaid bills of Alberta oil and gas companies, explained

From lease payments owed to landowners to mounting municipal tax bills and more, The Narwhal breaks down the ways Alberta oil and gas companies are shirking their bills.

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$A fracking tower flaring flames into the sky$

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Alberta oil regulator stopped enforcing gas flaring limits after government pressure, documents show

The regulator in charge of environmental enforcement in Canada's main oil-producing province bent to pressure from the provincial government and oil companies to eliminate a limit on natural gas flaring as Canadian oil production increased.

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