Rachel Notley’s Climate Leadership Plan committed Alberta to reduce methane emissions by 45 per cent by 2025. Will the new Jason Kenney government follow through on that commitment? This is a tough file, with plenty [Read more]
By Laura Singer, Meg Coleman This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on June 27, 2019. In mid-April, Colorado’s governor signed a law changing the way the state regulates its oil and [Read more]
By Noé van Hulst This article was published by the International Energy Agency on June 25, 2019. The International Energy Agency’s groundbreaking new report on hydrogen, launched this month on the margins of the meeting [Read more]
This could be bad: federal Conservatives posted a Twitter meme Wednesday showing a Photoshopped Justin Trudeau with a very brown face – making the Prime Minister look Middle Eastern and presumably Islamic – and a [Read more]
Scramble the Alberta government’s “energy war room,” another European financial company is “attacking” the provincial oil industry! Zurich Insurance Group announced Tuesday it will no longer finance oil sands production or pipelines and rail transport [Read more]
This article was released by the University of Calgary Faculty of Arts on June 26, 2019. Vast networks of seismic lines that run through Alberta’s boreal forest boost emissions of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, [Read more]
This article was published by the National Energy Board of Canada on June 25, 2019. While electric vehicle (EV) sales in Canada have been increasing, range anxiety remains one barrier to further adoption of EVs. Range anxiety is [Read more]
By Patricia Hutchins This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on June 26, 2019. In April 2019, US monthly electricity generation from renewable sources exceeded coal-fired generation for the first time based [Read more]
By Steve Hanson, Neil Agarwal This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on June 25, 2019. Crude oil inputs to Mexico’s petroleum refineries declined for the fifth consecutive year in 2018, falling [Read more]
Heads up, Calgary oil executives. For the first time, global sales data suggest Early Adopters have begun buying electric vehicles (EVs) and that means the electrification of transportation is speeding up. The only credible threat [Read more]
This article was published by the International Energy Agency on June 14, 2019. The world has an important opportunity to tap into hydrogen’s vast potential to become a critical part of a more sustainable and [Read more]
The National Energy Board is looking for public input on how the agency should proceed with regulatory processes for the Trans Mountain Expansion Project, which was approved by the Trudeau government last week. Construction cannot [Read more]
Postmedia newspapers have for years provided a platform to spread Vivan Krause’s conspiracy narrative about Tides Canada Ed. Note: Tides Canada changed its name to Makeway mid-summer of 2020. This provoked accusations from political conservatives [Read more]
After months of Alberta wailing and teeth gnashing, bills C69 and C48 were passed by the Senate Thursday and will soon become law. While Premier Jason Kenney gears up for a legal challenge of the [Read more]
By Elizabeth Sendich This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on June 21, 2019. The industrial sector of the worldwide economy consumed more than half (55 per cent) of all delivered energy [Read more]
A report by the Conference Board of Canada shows how three Canadian provinces, Alberta, Ontario and Nova Scotia, have significantly cut their greenhouse gas emissions by transforming their electricity sectors. In its June 2019 Powering [Read more]
CPC climate strategy axes carbon pricing, replaces it with regulations, technology subsidies – which Canadians prefer, according to opinion poll Economists and environmentalists hate the Conservative climate plan, unveiled Wednesday, but Andrew Scheer may have [Read more]
This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on June 19, 2019. By Scott Jell Lower natural gas prices in recent years have spurred the construction of new natural gas-fired power plants in [Read more]
This article was published by the Energy Information Administration on June 20, 2019. By Justine Barden The Strait of Hormuz, located between Oman and Iran, connects the Persian Gulf with the Gulf of Oman and [Read more]
The Liberal government approved Trans Mountain Expansion (TMX) Tuesday and so begins a summer of bitter political fighting over the project. What will politicians, industry, and activists be scrapping about? Canadian energy and climate change [Read more]
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