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Pacific Northwest electricity going carbon-free without natural gas?

December 31, 2020 Energi Staff 2

Rating: High school and post-secondary Summary: Markham interviews Ben Kujala, director of power planning for the Northwest Power and Conservation Council based in Portland, Oregon. They discussed the extent to which natural gas should be [Read more]

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American greenhouse gas emissions falling due entirely to electricity sector

December 31, 2020 Energi Staff 2

Rating: High school and post-secondary Summary: Markham interviews Dr. Thomas Rowlands-Rees of BloombergNEF about US greenhouse gas emissions falling. The primary cause of lower emissions is the switch away from coal (mostly to natural gas) [Read more]

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What’s the difference between climate change and global warming?

December 31, 2020 Energi Staff 2

Rating: High school and post-secondary Summary: Markham interviews David Herring, director of communication and education for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of the US government. He is a science writer and editor with extensive [Read more]

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Klein vs Hislop: Battle climate change like it’s WWII?

December 27, 2020 Energi Staff

Rating: High school and post-secondary Summary: Markham debates climate activist and academic Seth Klein about his new book, “A GOOD WAR: MOBILIZING CANADA FOR THE CLIMATE EMERGENCY,” which argues that governments should direct economic activity [Read more]

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Game-changing solid-state EV battery coming from Toyota

December 27, 2020 Energi Staff 2

Markham interviews Sam Abuelsamid, engineer and EV analyst for Guidehouse Research, about Toyota’s new solid-state battery, which will have 500 kilometres of range and can be recharged in just 10 minutes. [Read more]

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Canadian Arctic sea ice’s rapid disappearance a serious problem

December 26, 2020 Energi Staff 2

Rating: High school and post-secondary Summary: Markham interviews Prof. Warwick Vincent, Canada Research Chair in Aquatic Ecosystem Studies and leader of the Aquatic Ecosystem Studies laboratory at Université Laval, about recent significant losses of ice [Read more]

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30% fewer jobs in Canadian oil patch by 2040 (or sooner)? New report on automation, digital tech

December 26, 2020 Energi Staff

Rating: High school and post-secondary Summary: Markham interviews Lance Mortlock, Canadian oil and gas leader for EY Canada, about a new joint study with PetroLMI titled, “Preparing for the future now: Rethinking the oil and [Read more]

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Pipeline construction delays cost Canadian heavy crude producers billions: IHS Markit

December 22, 2020 Energi Staff

A new analysis by IHS Markit has found that delays in the expansion of export pipeline capacity have contributed to wider differentials and lower commodity prices, costing Canadian heavy crude producers billions of dollars. Kevin [Read more]

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On 5th anniversary of the Paris Agreement, IEA expands energy, climate work

December 21, 2020 Energi Staff

By Mechthild Wörsdörfer and Tom Howes This article was published by the International Energy Agency on Dec. 12, 2020. 2015 was a critical year for climate action Saturday 12 December is a milestone: it is [Read more]

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CP announces hydrogen powered locomotive pilot project

December 19, 2020 Energi Staff

​Canadian Pacific announced on Friday that it plans to develop North America’s first line-haul hydrogen powered locomotive. According to a press release issued by the company, CP’s Hydrogen Locomotive Program will retrofit a line-haul locomotive [Read more]

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Stop poisoning wolves to save caribou, Alberta, Saskatchewan

December 19, 2020 Energi Staff

Summary: On December 15, 2020 several animal rights groups wrote to the Canadian government asking for a “special review” under the federal Health Act of several poisons (including strychnine) used by the Alberta and Saskatchewan [Read more]

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eMethanol solution to low-carbon transportation?

December 18, 2020 Energi Staff

Rating: Advanced high school and post-secondary. Summary: Markham interviews Claes Fredriksson, founder of Liquid Wind, a Swedish company that uses captured CO2 and hydrogen created using wind power to make eMethanol, an emission-less liquid fuel [Read more]

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Recycle 95% of lithium-ion batteries? Canadian company leads industry

December 15, 2020 Energi Staff

Rating: High school and post-secondary Summary: What to do with electric vehicle batteries at the end of their life is an important issue for consumers and environmental groups. A Canadian company, Li-Cycle of Mississauga, Ontario [Read more]

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2-degree global warming scenario ends Canadian LNG expansion

December 10, 2020 Energi Staff

Rating: Advanced high school and post-secondary. Summary: Wood Mackenzie’s latest report shows that 77% of new LNG supply is at risk under 2-degree Celsius global warming by 2100 scenario. Only about 145 billion cubic metres [Read more]

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Handy list of Canadian climate regulations

December 9, 2020 Energi Staff

Rating: Advanced high school and post-secondary Summary: An August, 2020 report from the Canada West Foundation provides a list of all climate policies of Canadian provinces and the Canadian government. With the increasing focus across [Read more]

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Move over Alberta gas, wind and solar now the cheapest form of energy

December 8, 2020 Energi Staff

Rating: High school and post-secondary Summary: Energi Media interviewed energy economist Blake Shaffer of the School of Public Policy at the University of Calgary about a research memo he co-authored entitled, “Energy and Environmental Policy [Read more]

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The UCP needs to hurry up on hydrogen

December 7, 2020 Energi Staff

By Robert Tremblay The future is low carbon. For Albertans to continue to have the prosperity we have enjoyed, we need to create an economy that is compatible with that future. A low carbon world [Read more]

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