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Canada’s natural resources minister said natural gas would help make the country a “global energy superpower,” emphasizing that the resource can be produced and delivered in a safe and environmentally responsible way.

Canada’s environment minister indicated that the federal government in Ottawa was keeping a close eye on hydraulic fracturing (fracking) and was prepared to intervene if it thought either the provincial or territorial governments weren’t doing enough to safely regulate the procedure.

Quebec will allow producers to work on preliminary natural gas shale development while regulatory issues are reviewed, Natural Resources Minister Nathalie Normandeau said last week.

Quebec will allow producers to work on preliminary natural gas shale development while regulatory issues are reviewed, Natural Resources Minister Nathalie Normandeau said Tuesday.

Sixteen exploration and production (E&P) companies were awarded a total of C$115.6 million in royalty credits for 21 natural gas and oil infrastructure projects, British Columbia Minister of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources Bill Bennett said Tuesday. The credits were awarded under the province’s Infrastructure Royalty Credit Program (IRCP).

In outlining Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s priorities for the country in the coming year, Canadian Governor General Michaelle Jean, in a wide-ranging speech, allowed that Kyoto Protocol emission reduction deadlines will be missed, and that Canada has every intention of defending its northern shores — and the mineral rights contained just off of them — from foreign interests.

In outlining Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s priorities for the country in the coming year, Canadian Governor General Michaelle Jean, in a wide-ranging speech, allowed that Kyoto Protocol emission reduction deadlines will be missed, and that Canada has every intention of defending its northern shores — and the mineral rights contained just off of them — from foreign interests.

Canadian Environment Minister John Baird Thursday unveiled a plan that for the first time ever would force the country’s industry to reduce greenhouse gases (GHG) and air pollution.

Canadian Environment Minister John Baird last Thursday unveiled a plan that for the first time ever would force the country’s industry to reduce greenhouse gases (GHG) and air pollution.