Worker-led organization highlights job opportunities for oil and gas workers in green energy sector

in Mar 25, 2022

Iron & Earth is an organization led by oil and gas workers. This week, it launched a website to encourage and inspire people working in the fossil fuel sector to consider taking the skills they already have and use them for jobs in the green energy industry. The organization has created a climate career portal.[…]

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Survey shows two-thirds of oil and gas company employers cut labour costs due to COVID-19

Survey shows two-thirds of oil and gas company employers cut labour costs due to COVID-19

in Nov 20, 2020

A survey by energy labour market organization PetroLMI shows that more than two-thirds of the employers in Canada’s oil and gas sector imposed labour cost reduction measures in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns, including 37 per cent who enacted permanent layoffs. The division of Energy Safety Canada surveyed 300 energy industry workers[…]

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Kenney says feds’ throne speech ignores oil industry in crisis, doubles down ‘on policies that will kill jobs’

Kenney says feds’ throne speech ignores oil industry in crisis, doubles down ‘on policies that will kill jobs’

in Sep 24, 2020

The policy objectives laid out in the federal government’s throne speech virtually ignored a Canadian energy sector in crisis and will result in job losses, Alberta’s premier said in a statement issued Wednesday night. “Alberta is disappointed that instead of listening to Canada’s provinces, the federal government doubled down on policies that will kill[…]

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Indigenous energy company touts job creation in joint venture to make bitumen pucks

Indigenous energy company touts job creation in joint venture to make bitumen pucks

in Jan 17, 2019

[ad_1] The CEO of an Indigenous energy company says a project to transform oilsands bitumen into pucks for safer shipping to customers around the world will potentially create needed jobs in northern Alberta while helping to recycle plastic litter. Jeff Paquin says the project his company, Wapahki Energy Ltd., is working on with Canadian National[…]

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