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Carney signs major energy agreement with Alberta, paving the way for oil pipeline through B.C.

The MOU links pipeline support to suspending some federal climate rules while boosting Alberta's industrial carbon price from $95 to $130 per tonne, with a methane cut target to 2035.

  • On Thursday, the federal government and Alberta agreed to pursue a West Coast bitumen pipeline, making Ottawa's support conditional on stronger carbon pricing and industry-funded carbon capture.
  • Pathways Alliance's proposed $16.5-billion project faces a formal federal review request after First Nations demanded an Impact Assessment for the 400-kilometre CO2 pipeline to Cold Lake storage hub.
  • Cold Lake First Nations say they have been excluded from talks and feel 'railroaded', warning of CO2 leaks, groundwater contamination, and worsening water stress in the Lower Athabasca watershed.
  • The Pembina Institute warns renegotiating federal climate policies will spur investment uncertainty as Alberta must strengthen industrial carbon pricing but suspend clean electricity rules and delay methane cuts.
  • First Nations invoke a 1954 displacement by the Department of National Defence from Cold Lake Air Weapons Range and ongoing social harms, while the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment backs their call for a federal Impact Assessment.
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Edmonton Journal broke the news in Edmonton, Canada on Wednesday, November 26, 2025.
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