oil and gas influence Archives

Jan. 20, 2026 8 min. read

With a host of announcements and agreements last year, the Carney government is working its...

Canada says anti-greenwashing law prevents industry from ‘speaking up’

Nov. 21, 2025 7 min. read

Prime Minister Mark Carney is moving to nix some rules around how fossil fuel companies...

By Matt Simmons (Local Journalism Initiative Reporter)

Nov. 12, 2025(Updated Nov. 13, 2025) 8 min. read

As the federal government designates resource extraction projects in the ‘national interest,’ the companies building...

Nov. 5, 2025 19 min. read

Landowners ring alarm bells about the Alberta government paying them on behalf of delinquent oil...

By Zak Vescera and Matt Simmons (Local Journalism Initiative Reporter)

Oct. 23, 2025 10 min. read

Documents reveal Canada’s biggest corporations successfully lobbied the federal government for changes that enable access...

Oct. 16, 2025 7 min. read

New analysis of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s first 100 days show oil and gas, mining...

Sept. 15, 2025 10 min. read

Alberta’s oil and gas well problem is a ‘giant stinking pile of shit,’ according to...

Aug. 27, 2025 9 min. read

Update to Canada’s Emissions Reduction Plan is coming that will take ‘evolving global and economic...

By Matt Simmons (Local Journalism Initiative Reporter) and Zak Vescera

July 7, 2025 6 min. read

Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. failed to deliver on a promise to deactivate thousands of inactive...