Environment responsibility is a necessary condition for energy development - and there is no choice between one or the other - Jim Carr tells executives.
Announcement was a huge blow to Shell, which was counting on offshore drilling in Alaska to help it drive future revenue, but environmentalists welcome news.
Damaged wellhead 18 kilometres from Fox Creek has been brought under control and that the flow of natural gas and condensate has been stopped - six days after initial blowout.
Benga Mining begins regulatory process for a mine that would see 12 square kilometres on the top of Grassy Mountain in southwestern Alberta near Blairmore turned into a terraced coal mine.