Everyone keeps saying this new pipeline was built to carry crude oil, but in actual fact, it carries something far more explosive and potentially hazardous: diluted bitumen from the landlocked Alberta oil sands.
Though there has been a slight decline in the number of fossil fuel-connected directors on the boards of Canada's Big Five banks in recent years, critics still raise concerns about the industry's influence. Art by Ata Ojani/Canada’s National Observer
Energy Transitions Commission chair Adair Turner sees “serious challenge” ahead for country as greater-than-expected oil and gas export revenue loss combines with high-price ramp up of carbon capture to meet national climate targets.
