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Equitable Transition, Oil & Gas
August 14, 2025
Media Release

More oil and gas production, fewer workers

A focus on cost-cutting and rewarding shareholders over the last decade have led to a steep decline in the number of jobs per barrel produced in Canada’s oil and gas sector
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Equitable Transition, Oil & Gas
August 14, 2025
Publication

Drilling Down

Oil and gas jobs in transition
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Electricity transmission lines in Alberta
Oil & Gas
July 26, 2025
Op-ed

Does pipeline fever mean missed opportunity elsewhere?

Alberta should not put all our nation-building eggs in one basket
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A well site in Alberta, in a rural setting with fields in the background
Oil & Gas
June 26, 2025
Op-ed

In 2025, what is an energy superpower?

Canadian decision-makers must look at global trends and make a call
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A truck in an oilsands mine in Alberta
Oil & Gas
June 17, 2025
Article

Grand bargains and perilous pitfalls

Before any new pipeline is seriously discussed, Alberta’s recent emissions claims should be put into context
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An oilsands mine in Alberta, Canada
Oil & Gas
April 26, 2022
Op-ed

Balancing energy security and climate action in 2022

Our short-term responses to energy security needs must not jeopardize our future climate imperatives
Portrait of Janetta McKenzie
August 23, 2019
Op-ed

TMX debate distracts us from the bigger picture

Preparing for a 21st-century low-carbon reality
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May 15, 2017
Media Release

NEB Expert Panel report two steps forward, one step back on climate

Pembina Institute reacts to release of the National Energy Board Expert Panel’s final report
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March 31, 2017
Publication

Good governance in the era of low carbon

Final submission to the Expert Panel on National Energy Board Modernization
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November 29, 2016
Media Release

Pipeline approvals highlight need for a complete pan-Canadian plan

Pembina Institute reacts to approval of the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain Expansion and Enbridge Line 3 replacement projects
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January 27, 2016
Media Release

Pembina reacts to federal climate test principles

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November 6, 2015
Media Release

Pembina reacts to Keystone XL rejection

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June 29, 2015
Media Release

Pembina reacts to Trudeau’s climate and energy announcements

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