The oil industry inAlberta Canadahas resulted in a massive infrastructure being established. With this, companies and workers have been dedicated to seeing Albertaoil field jobscontinue strong in each of the areas mentioned. For instance, more than $100 billion was spent from 2000 to 2005 by pri...
One final point: with all this talk from O’Regan about the workers, may we ask if he has polled those workers who now have jobs — those non-good, non-clean, non-green, high-paying jobs in oil and gas — how they feel about being turfed out of their livelihoods? And it’s a...
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My colleagues and I completed a study onexactly what that would cost. Because many jobs in the solar industry require similar skill sets and training as general construction work, many oil and gas workers would be able to transfer fields with no additional training required. We used theU.S. ...
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The Controversy over Canada’s Oil Exports As home to the world’s largest oil reserves, Alberta has immense, untapped potential. And with the opening of the Transmountain pipeline, more heavy crude can be exported. However, production may exceed shipment volumes. On the good side, Alberta’s...
In Edmonton, employment is mostly in the service sector and the oil and gas sector; in the Lethbridge area, more jobs exist in farming, cattle feedlots, chicken farms, and pork and poultry operations. In fact, chronic labor shortages exist in both Canadian agriculture and meat processing ...
in the form of grants from Carbon Monitoring Canada, HAI (Helmholtz-Alberta Initiative), and contracts with the Alberta Geological Survey. An important aspect of the group is its insertion in the provincial needs pertaining to the education and training of geophysicists for the oil and gas ...
Retraining Investment for Alberta’s Oil Sands to Solar Photovoltaic Employment 2023. to be published. International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). Renewable Energy and Jobs: Annual Review 2019; IRENA: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 2022; p. 40. [Google Scholar] Solar Alberta. Solar 101. ...
The Alberta oil sands have long been a symbol of economic opportunity, attracting thousands of workers from across Canada and beyond. With high-paying jobs and a demand for long hours in isolated work camps, the oil sands industry has become a magnet for those seeking financial security. Howeve...