Realtor Cody Battershill has heard the stories of Calgarians travelling abroad being met with disgust when they tell people where they’re from. He’s watched a parade of celebrities — Neil Young, Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert Redford — come to Alberta to denounce Alberta.
The Rockefeller Brothers Fund, one of oilman John D. Rockefeller’s financial legacies, intends to immediately sell its oil sands and coal investments, arguing that the industries are two of the world’s most intense source of carbon emissions and that clashes with the charitable foundation’s desire to curb climate change.
Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.(NYSE: ANR), announced Friday that Plum Energy LLC will construct a liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant on property adjacent to Alpha Coal West Inc.'s Eagle Butte Mine, near Gillette, Wyoming.