The Globe and MailTrudeau's new ministry for climate change spooks oil patchThe Globe and Mail“You're really attacking the energy industry. That's what climate change is all about,” Murray Mullen said. “It is all about attacking carbon.” The ex …

Root microbiome engineering improves plant growthScience CodexIn their own labs, the authors--Ulrich Mueller of the University of Texas at Austin and Joel Sachs of the University of California, Riverside--have seen microbiome engineering to be successful w …

Business InsiderAn oil price spike might be nearer than you thinkBusiness InsiderMarket fundamentalists tell us that prices convey information. Yet, while our barbers and hairdressers might be able to give us an extended account of why their prices have ch …

Wall Street JournalEPA Proposes Cutting Methane Emissions From Oil, Natural-Gas DrillingWall Street JournalWASHINGTON—The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday proposed rules aimed at cutting methane emissions from oil and natural-gas drilling, p …

The Globe and MailMulcair mimics Obama's Keystone doctrine in oil sands pipelines policyThe Globe and MailNew Democratic Party Leader Thomas Mulcair has essentially adopted the Obama doctrine when it comes to approving new oil sands pipelines – project …

Wall Street JournalOil and Gas Turn Their Backs on Coal as Climate Deal NearsABC NewsChemistry books say there are three fossil fuels: coal, oil and natural gas. Lately you could get the impression that coal is the only one. As a global agreement to rein i …

Deseret NewsWhy many experts missed this: Cheap oil can hurt US economyDeseret NewsThe drilling boom that erupted in 2008 has boosted U.S. oil production nearly 75 percent and natural gas 30 percent and made the United States the world's largest combin …

Business InsiderWhy economists were totally wrong about cheap oilBusiness InsiderThe drilling boom that erupted in 2008 has boosted U.S. oil production nearly 75 percent and natural gas 30 percent and made the United States the world's largest combined …

USA TODAYATF warns of danger from 'hash oil' explosionsUSA TODAYDENVER — A potentially explosive technique used to make a powerful marijuana concentrate from pot leaves and stems has federal investigators cautioning the public about the risks of ha …

CBC.caBig Oil to Rachel Notley: Bring on a carbon taxCBC.caTo hear an oil industry chieftain advocate for a carbon tax, as Suncor's Steve Williams did in front of a downtown Calgary crowd on Friday, may feel incongruous, but consider who those comments …