This article was published by the National Energy Board on June 19, 2019. The relationship between a populations’ energy use, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and economic growth can be examined through four factors of what [Read more]
By Ed Whittingham This article was published by the Globe and Mail on June 18, 2019. I’m an Alberta environmentalist who has worked the past 15 years to promote responsible development of Canada’s oil and [Read more]
By Ed Hirs China’s initiative to increase 2019 capital investment in oil exploration by 20%, in order to boost production in two old oilfields signals a new strategic direction. The goal is to increase domestic [Read more]
Senior executives from Canadian oil and gas companies gathered for a press conference Thursday to express their displeasure with the Trudeau government’s handling of Bill C69 amendments. The united front supports the widespread criticism of [Read more]
No one expects industry lobby groups’ messaging to be scrupulously accurate, but the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers has shot past public message torquing and landed in fake narrative territory. This time it’s the commentary [Read more]
Husky Energy entered guilty pleas on federal and provincial charges in connection with the 2016 Saskatchewan oil spill that forced a number of towns and cities in the province to temporarily find other sources of [Read more]
According to the newest provincial outlook from the Conference Board of Canada, Alberta could be facing a mild recession due to falling investment, pipeline concerns and Canada’s carbon tax. In a press release from the [Read more]
Sonya Savage, Alberta energy minister, at Wednesday press conference flanked by Ontario Energy Minister Greg Rickford Ding! The bell rang Tuesday night signaling the next round of the Bill C69 heavyweight bout, as the Trudeau [Read more]
This article was published by the National Energy Board on June 12, 2019. Crude oil is one of Canada’s top five highest valued exports.Footnote1,Footnote2 Between 2013 and 2018, the value of crude oil exports ranged [Read more]
The British Columbia government announced on Tuesday that two BC clean energy vehicle industry companies will receive funding to help develop the province’s CEV sector. IRDI, a Richmond based company will receive $55,000 to help [Read more]
The new Alberta premier is certainly a populist, at least in the sense of having tapped into the anger – dare we say, rage? – that dominates Alberta political discourse these days. In media interviews, [Read more]
Last week, the Toronto Transit Commission launched the first TTC electric bus on the 35 Jane route, serving the Jane and Finch community in Canada’s largest city. According to the TTC, this is the first [Read more]
Premier Jason Kenney has followed through on his election campaign promise and announced the “energy war room.” The purpose of the initiative is to “fight back against this campaign against Alberta that is often funded [Read more]
By Joe Vipond and Kim Perrotta This article was published by the Edmonton Journal on June 7, 2019. Premier Jason Kenney was very proud of his government’s decision to cut the carbon tax last week [Read more]
This article was published by the International Energy Agency on June 7, 2019. After another record year, global demand for natural gas is set to keep growing over the next five years, driven by strong [Read more]
By Adam Baylin-Stern, Energy analyst; Asbjørn Hegelund, Energy analyst; and Andreas Schröder, Energy modeller. This article was published by the International Energy Agency on May 29, 2019. In WEO 2018 we introduced the Future is Electric Scenario to test what [Read more]
A new joint report by the International Energy Agency (IEA) and the National Energy Board (NEB) shows that CO2emissions from Canadian buildings could be 80 per cent lower by 2050, with major energy intensity improvements and shifts [Read more]
This article was published by the National Energy Board on June 5, 2019. In the future, electric vehicle adoption presents a key uncertainty for understanding how energy systems will evolve. In 2018 almost 44,000 electric [Read more]
By Simon Dyer This article by the Pembina Institute was published in The Hill Times on June 5, 2019. Any political party serious about governing in Canada and sincere about slowing climate change will put [Read more]
By Warren Wilczewski This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on June 4, 2019. US production of hydrocarbon gas liquids (HGLs) reached 5 million barrels per day (b/d) in 2018, an increase [Read more]
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