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Year: 2023

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EIA projects that U.S. energy-related CO2 emissions will fall through 2050 in AEO2023

March 17, 2023 Energi Staff

This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on March 16, 2023. By Mala Kline U.S. energy-related CO2 emissions drop 25 per cent to 38 per cent below what they were in 2005 [Read more]

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Why are BP, Shell, and Exxon suddenly backing off their climate promises?

March 7, 2023 Energi Staff

This article was published by Grist on Feb. 16, 2023. By Kate Yoder It wasn’t long ago that oil giants were trying to outdo one another with promises to cut carbon emissions and take on [Read more]

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How the electrification movement went mainstream

March 7, 2023 Energi Staff

This article was published by Grist on Feb. 17, 2023. By Emily Pontecorvo “Building electrification,” once a subject embraced only by energy and climate nerds, is going mainstream. In 2019, Berkeley, California passed the nation’s [Read more]

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World’s fossil fuel subsidies surged to $1 trillion after Ukraine invasion

March 7, 2023 Energi Staff

This article was published by Grist on Feb. 21, 2023. By Jake Bittle Even as European countries rolled out a suite of climate-friendly policies over the past year, they also provided an unprecedented volume of subsidies for continued [Read more]

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Plastic-based biofuels can come with astronomical cancer risk

March 7, 2023 Energi Staff

This article was published by Grist.org on Feb. 25, 2023 and was originally published by ProPublica.  By Sharon Lerner, ProPublica The Environmental Protection Agency recently gave a Chevron refinery the green light to create fuel from [Read more]

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Wind, solar, and batteries increasingly account for more new US power capacity additions

March 7, 2023 Energi Staff

This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on March 6, 2023. By Elesia Fasching Wind, solar, and battery storage are growing as a share of new electric-generating capacity each year. In 2023, [Read more]

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IEA: Methane emissions from the global energy sector rose to nearly 135 Mt in 2022

February 27, 2023 Energi Staff

This Feb. 2023 article was published by the International Energy Agency. We estimate that the global energy sector was responsible for nearly 135 million tonnes of methane emissions in 2022, a slight rise from the amount in [Read more]

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Parkland report examines job creation plan for a Just Transition in Alberta

February 22, 2023 Energi Staff

In contrast to Premier Danielle Smith argument that any steps toward a Just Transition as a way to slash jobs in Alberta, Parkland Institute has released a report arguing the workforce transition to a sustainable [Read more]

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CER Market Snapshot: Clean energy projects in remote Indigenous and northern communities

February 22, 2023 Energi Staff

This article was published by the Canada Energy Regulator on Feb. 15, 2023. There are approximately 178 remote Indigenous(1) and Northern(2) communities that are not connected to the North American electricity grid and natural gas infrastructure. All-year [Read more]

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US crude oil production will increase to new records in 2023 and 2024

February 22, 2023 Energi Staff

This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on Jan. 25, 2023. By Matthew French, Alexander DeKeyserling, Naser Ameen In our January 2023 Short-Term Energy Outlook, we forecast that crude oil production in [Read more]

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Smith’s panel on Alberta’s energy future is a bad joke

February 16, 2023 Markham Hislop

“A new advisory panel will develop a long-term vision for Alberta’s energy future and recommend steps the province should take to ensure the industry [emphasis added] continues to thrive for decades to come.” Premier Danielle [Read more]

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Canada’s first zero-carbon, net positive energy building to propel Ontario’s energy transition

February 15, 2023 Energi Staff

A new study out of the University of Waterloo analyzes data-driven improvements in Canada’s first zero-carbon, net positive energy building showing how they play a vital role in that building generating more energy than it [Read more]

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Union leaders urge federal gov’t to seize “the opportunity of the century” to create jobs in Alberta

February 8, 2023 Energi Staff

EDMONTON – A group of six Alberta union leaders representing workers in energy, construction and manufacturing are urging federal Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland to help Alberta “seize the opportunity of the century” to attract investment [Read more]

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Natural carbon sinks could play a small but significant role in Canada’s climate strategy

February 7, 2023 Energi Staff

This article was published by Folio on Feb. 7, 2023. By Bev Betkowski Canada’s carbon-capturing natural areas can play a small — but effective — part in the country’s overall strategy to lower greenhouse gas [Read more]

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Blending hydrogen with natural gas could help fuel energy transition

February 7, 2023 Energi Staff

This article was published by Folio on Feb. 7, 2023.   By Geoff McMaster Burning a blend of hydrogen and natural gas to heat our homes could save as much as five per cent on carbon [Read more]

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More than half of new U.S. electric-generating capacity in 2023 will be solar

February 6, 2023 Energi Staff

This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on Feb. 6, 2023. By Elesia Fasching, Suparna Ray Developers plan to add 54.5 gigawatts (GW) of new utility-scale electric-generating capacity to the U.S. power [Read more]

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Not to be outdone, the EU commits $270 billion to its own Green Deal

February 3, 2023 Energi Staff

This article was published by Grist on Feb. 3, 2023. By Brett Marsh The European Union will put more than $270 billion toward its own “green deal” in hopes of keeping competitive with the United [Read more]

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Trust, not terminology matters for a just transition

February 1, 2023 Energi Staff

By Amanda Bryant Alberta’s environment minister, Sonya Savage, recently took issue with the term “just transition”, which is often used as shorthand for ‘leaving no one behind’ in the transition to net zero. If anything [Read more]

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Lion Electric leading the transition to zero-emission vehicles

February 1, 2023 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Pembina Institute on Jan. 19, 2023. By Melanie Karalis Lion Electric, the Quebec-based zero-emission vehicles manufacturer, has a challenge for industry. “Anything that travels less than 400 kilometres per [Read more]

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Hydrogen patents indicate shift towards clean technologies

January 25, 2023 Energi Staff

Hydrogen technology development is shifting towards low-emissions solutions such as electrolysis, according to a joint study of patents by the European Patent Office (EPO) and the International Energy Agency (IEA). The report is the first of its [Read more]

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Trump Sought Canadian Submission, Not Just a Trade Deal

by Markham Hislop in Markham on Energy

The collapse of Canada-US trade negotiations was about more than tariffs. Washington’s last-minute demands sought influence over Canada’s trade, resources, industries and domestic laws—and closely matched the Trump administration’s blueprint for dominance in the Western Hemisphere. [Read more]

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