Energy

Fear not the U.S. oil boom: Canada’s oil sands have an inside edge – The Globe and Mail

With U.S. energy production grabbing an enormous amount of attention these days, it is becoming easy for investors to take a pass on the Canadian oil sands. But don’t write off companies like Suncor Energy Inc. and Canadian Oil Sands Ltd. just yet: According to Standard & Poor’s, Canadian oil production still has a solid export market in the United […]

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U.S. and Canada Energy Fate Lies in Each Other’s Hands

Canada’s oil industry is like Bizarro Superman. For those of you who aren’t comic book nerds or are not die-hard fans of Seinfeld, Bizarro Superman is the antithesis of Superman. His actions were always the exact opposite of what we would expect from Superman. In the world of energy, Canada is much like Bizarro Superman because of how different its oil industry […]

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Canada announces alignment of emissions standards with US – Autoblog

Peter Kent, Canada’s Environment Minister, has announced his country will adopt the United States Tier 3 emissions standards for passenger vehicles. Kent (shown above) says doing so will reduce air pollution from new vehicles by around 80 percent compared to the old Tier 2 standards currently in place. The Tier 3 standards will include tighter limits on the amount of […]

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Harper Lobbies Europe as Canada Fights Dirty-Oil Label – Bloomberg

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper is appealing to his European peers to stop EU plans to single out Alberta’s oil sands as a source of high-polluting energy as the country struggles to find new markets for its oil. Harper will push the issue with French President Francois Hollande today after raising it with U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron yesterday. Canadian […]

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