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Month: August 2024

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Almost all Canadian crude oil exports went to the United States in 2023: CER

August 21, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Canada Energy Regulator on Aug. 20, 2024. Crude oil exports continued to grow in 2023, reaching a record high of 4 million barrels per (MMb/d), an increase of 3 [Read more]

Energi Notes

Alberta oil status quo hacks outraged over even mildest criticisms

August 21, 2024 Markham Hislop

Which position is “anti-oil”? Defending the Alberta status quo, which could lead to industry-wide failure, or advocating for a pivot to non-combustion uses, which could extend a cleaned-up industry’s life into the 21st century? Yesterday [Read more]

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Permian production forecast growth driven by well productivity, pipeline capacity

August 21, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on Aug. 21, 2024. By Naser Ameen, Marek Roman In our latest Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO), we forecast that crude oil production in the United States will [Read more]

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Defending the oil/gas status quo: UofAlberta energy transition training course is awful

August 20, 2024 Markham Hislop

“The future is already here, it just hasn’t arrived in Alberta yet” – my apologies to cyberpunk writer William Gibson My bastardization of Gibson’s quote is inspired by the University of Alberta’s energy transition online [Read more]

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Carbon price rollback emerges as key voting issue as federal election approaches

August 20, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Aug. 20, 2024. By Christopher Bonasia Promising to roll back carbon pricing is emerging as one of the surest ways to accumulate votes as Canada’s political [Read more]

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Canada may lose out as fossil companies alienate investors on sustainability standards

August 20, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Aug. 20, 2024. By Mitchell Beer Fossil fuel and mining companies in Canada are beginning to alienate the institutional investors they depend on with their steadfast [Read more]

News

Wildfire smoke increases dementia risk, 10-year study shows

August 20, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Aug. 20, 2024. Canadian health experts are reacting after a study in southern California concluded that even tiny added concentrations of a key pollutant in wildfire [Read more]

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Recent US Supreme Court decisions are already slowing climate progress

August 19, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by Grist on Aug. 19, 2024. By Akielly Hu During its last session, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority dealt blow after blow to federal agencies’ authority to draft and enforce policies, including those [Read more]

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The US says it now supports a more ambitious plastics treaty. Industry groups are furious.

August 19, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by Grist on Aug. 16, 2024. By Joseph Winters In a significant reversal, the Biden administration announced during two closed-door meetings this week that U.S. negotiators will support limits on plastic [Read more]

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U.S. power grid added 20.2 GW of generating capacity in the first half of 2024

August 19, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on Aug. 19, 2024. By Suparna Ray According to our latest Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory, developers and power plant owners added 20.2 gigawatts (GW) of [Read more]

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Ontario’s ‘clean energy superpower’ plan puts nuclear ahead of least-cost options, analysts warn

August 16, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Aug. 16, 2024. By Mitchell Beer Ontario’s newly-minted energy minister Stephen Lecce is coming under fire for recent musings about turning the province into a “clean [Read more]

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Wind developer, conservationists weigh wind farm impact on endangered Quebec caribou

August 16, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Aug. 15, 2024. A section of a new wind farm in the Charlevoix region of central Quebec is raising concerns about possible disruption of an endangered [Read more]

News

Fast emissions cuts would reduce atmospheric methane 90 per cent in 30 years

August 16, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Aug. 15, 2024. By Carrie Buchanan Rapid growth in atmospheric methane emissions since 2006, with a marked uptick since 2020, is causing alarm among climate scientists, [Read more]

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California hits 100 per cent renewables for (parts of) 100 days straight

August 16, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Aug. 15 2024. By Carrie Buchanan California recently hit a new renewable energy milestone: 100 days of 100 per cent renewable energy powering the state’s electricity [Read more]

News

Is Canada’s critical-minerals strategy a green shift or greenwashing?

August 15, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by Policy Options on Aug. 14, 2024. By Thierry Rodon, Sophie Thériault Canada has followed the lead of many countries recently by adopting policies and measures to promote rapid development of its value chain [Read more]

News

How Canada can better adapt to extreme weather

August 15, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by Policy Options on Aug. 15, 2024. By Sarah E. Sharma It may seem to Canadians that extreme forms of weather are the new reality of summer. For many of us, [Read more]

News

Balcony rails, building exteriors the ‘newest frontier’ for solar

August 15, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Aug. 14, 2024. Seizing on the chance to lower energy bills, support a local business, and help build the green economy, owners of a 1960s-era apartment [Read more]

Opinion

Opinion: Let’s get smarter about methane – the vital role of Canada’s Methane Centre of Excellence

August 15, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by the Pembina Institute on Aug. 14, 2024. By Amanda Bryant Researchers across the country are submitting full project proposals this week as part of Natural Resources Canada’s developing Methane Centre of Excellence. Environment [Read more]

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China’s natural gas consumption, production, and imports all increased in 2023

August 15, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on Aug. 14, 2024. By Victoria Zaretskaya, Faouzi Aloulou In 2023, 7 per cent, or 2.6 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d), more natural gas [Read more]

News

Diesel consumption falls in China due to reduced economic activity and fuel substitution

August 15, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on Aug. 15, 2024. By Jeff Barron Our estimates of diesel consumption in China totalled 3.9 million barrels per day (b/d) in June 2024, a [Read more]

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