An environmentalist says an oilsands research consortium that believes it knows where industry can best improve its green practices shouldn't be considered for grants paid for by carbon taxes.

The National Energy Board says a renewable power project building spree between 2005 and 2015 took its share of overall generation in Canada from two per cent to 11 per cent.

Former TransCanada chief executive, Hal Kvisle, who spoke on the sidelines of the Global Business Forum in Banff, Alta., says the controversy was a "tempest in a teapot,"

By comparison, the NEB spent around $1.8-million reviewing Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain pipeline project.

The CEO of Imperial Oil said Wednesday he's confident that two multibillion-dollar oilsands projects facing regulatory review in Alberta will be approved,

Alberta's environment minister said the province must fill the power gap as coal-fired generation is eliminated by 2030.

When the project was proposed to potential shippers in 2013, TransCanada anticipated oil would start flowing in 2017. That's looking increasingly unlikely.

Alberta's chief economist said he's not sure when projects that were halted will get back on track, or if they will, given the low oil prices.

CEO Steve Williams said Suncor has asked the Alberta government to allow it to "strand" some of its oilsands reserves if they're too expensive to produce.

There's an ongoing garage sale of non−core assets by oil and gas producers struggling to survive.