China’s Sinopec group says by 2020 its goal is to more than double its receiving capacity of LNG and increase its domestic shale gas production by two-thirds. Sinopec photo. Sinopec adding new LNG terminals on [Read more]
Britain’s GHG emissions fell by 3 per cent last year from levels recorded in 2016, mostly due to a drop in coal-fired power generation. Shutterstock photo. GHG emissions down in Britain for a fifth straight [Read more]
California is set to defend Obama-era vehicle efficiency standards which called for doubling of the average fleet-wide fuel efficiency to about 50 mpg by 2025. VideoBlocks photo. EPA is expected to declare that Obama-era vehicle [Read more]
OPEC heavyweight Saudi Arabia, led by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, is in talks with Russia to extend their production output cap deal that could last up to 20 years, according to a report by [Read more]
All environmental charges are currently before the Court, and have not yet been proven On March 22, Environment and Climate Change Canada laid a number of charges against Husky Energy Inc. and Husky Oil Operations Limited [Read more]
World electricity demand increased by 3.1%, China and India accounted for 70% of growth The International Energy Agency’s first Global Energy and CO2 Status Report – released in March 2018 – provides a snapshot of recent global trends [Read more]
NGTL System is an extensive Canadian natural gas pipeline system with 24,320 kilometres of pipeline TransCanada Corporation announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, NOVA Gas Transmission Ltd. (NGTL), has filed an application with the National Energy [Read more]
French President Emmanuel Macron (left) made his remarks concerning an EU carbon price while at a conference in Brussels, ahead of a summit of EU leaders. Emmanuel Macron Twitter photo. EU carbon price would tax goods [Read more]
Heavy metals, including mercury and lead, have all decreased by more than 85% since 1990 The recent publication of the 2018 Air Pollutant Emissions Inventory for Canada shows that air pollution is declining, according to [Read more]
New figures are four to sixteen times higher than previous estimates 1.8 trillion pieces of plastic weighing 80,000 metric tons are currently afloat in an area known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch – and it [Read more]
The US LNG industry is concerned the Trump tariffs and a possible trade war with China could make American projects less attractive. Cheniere Energy photo. Trump tariffs could curb new US LNG developments According to [Read more]
US imports 5.5 Bcf/d of Canadian natural gas, expected to decline to ~5 Bcf/d (almost 10%) starting in 2019 Construction of more natural gas pipelines in northeast United States is bad news for Western Canadian [Read more]
In February, compliance among producers participating in the OPEC supply cut agreement hit a record high of 138 per cent, up from January’s high of 133 per cent. Anadarko photo by Mike Goldwater. OPEC supply [Read more]
A self-driving Uber car struck and killed a woman in Tempe, Arizona Sunday evening. Studio East/Getty Images photo. Toyota says it will pause testing of autonomous vehicles after fatality On Sunday evening, a pedestrian was [Read more]
Venezuela clearly vulnerable to accelerated decline and could tip oil market into deficit territory The past month has been relatively uneventful in terms of data changes, apart from an increase to the International Energy Agency’s(IEA) [Read more]
In four years’ time, McLaren expects half of its fleet will be hybrid, but the sports and luxury car maker says it has no plans to build an all-electric vehicle, despite industry trends. McLaren photo. [Read more]
Washington state Governor Jay Inslee (left), BC Premier John Horgan (centre) and Matt Rodriquez, California Secretary for Environmental Protection (right) discussed climate change, environmental protection trade and the overdose crisis at the PCC meeting in Vancouver [Read more]
Average capital costs for utility-scale solar PV facilities installed in 2015 were $2.91 per watt for AC capacity and $2.33 per watt in terms of DC capacity A solar photovoltaic (PV) system’s panel capacity is often reported [Read more]
A shipment of Alberta oil sands crude shipped by rail to terminal in Portland Oregon sailed to China last January. Northwest Engineering photo. Nearly all Alberta oil sands crude exports go to the US According [Read more]
TransCanada’s Cameron Access improvements include a new compressor station and an additional 27 miles of pipeline in Southwest Louisiana. TransCanada image. Cameron Access pipeline improvements valued at US$300 million On Wednesday, TransCanada announced the completion [Read more]
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