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Readying Canada’s buildings for the climate of tomorrow

April 17, 2020 Energi Staff

By Tom-Pierre Frappé-Sénéclauze This article was published by Pembina Institute on April 15, 2020. Imagine a home that can stand up to extreme weather, be it heat waves or water surges, while bringing your gas [Read more]

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Revving Canada’s economy with zero emissions freight

April 17, 2020 Energi Staff

By Carolyn Kim This article was published by Pembina Institute on April 15, 2020. As we work to rebuild Canada’s economy in the wake of COVID-19, our investment choices will help determine our success in [Read more]

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Opinion: Coronavirus crisis drives global wind market downgrade

March 24, 2020 Energi Staff

The coronavirus crisis will cause global wind additions in 2020 to decline by 4.9GW compared to Wood Mackenzie’s previous projections. Due to the Coronavirus pandemic and other market changes since Wood Mackenzie’s Q4 2019 update, [Read more]

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Industry slashes spending as oil price rout deepens: Can companies cope?

March 19, 2020 Energi Staff

This op-ed was released by Wood Mackenzie on March 19, 2020. Survival mode has returned to the oil and gas sector as the oil price rout deepens. Corporate financials are in better shape than during [Read more]

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Opinion: Reserve based lending – what went wrong?

March 16, 2020 Energi Staff

By Steve Hendrickson Reserve-based lending (RBL) has been a critical source of capital for the oil and gas industry for decades. It has typically been an attractively priced source of capital because lenders have a [Read more]

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Opinion: Tanking oil prices may boost Asia’s appetite for gas

March 11, 2020 Energi Staff

In the short term, the biggest downside risk from the dramatic drop in oil prices to gas supply is associated with gas production – largely from unconventionals in the US, argues energy consultancy firm Wood [Read more]

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Opinion: Clearing up misconceptions of the ESG evolution

March 11, 2020 Energi Staff

By Amy Stutzman A few weeks ago, I was in a meeting where ESG was on the agenda. One of the male leaders in the room said, “We should have one of our ladies write [Read more]

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Opinion: Teck’s withdrawal from Frontier oil sands project has extraordinary implications

February 28, 2020 Energi Staff

By Kathy Hipple and Tom Sanzillo This opinion piece was issued on February 27, 2020 by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis. CEO Don Lindsay of Teck Resources announced this week that his [Read more]

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Opinion: Teck Frontier proves the system is still broken

February 13, 2020 Energi Staff

By Simon Dyer This article was published by the Globe and Mail on Feb. 12, 2020. Canada is facing a decision on the biggest oil sands mine proposal in almost a decade. Alberta’s Frontier oil [Read more]

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Opinion: Oil and gas industry needs to step up climate efforts now

January 20, 2020 Energi Staff

This article was published by the International Energy Agency on Jan. 20, 2020. Oil and gas companies are facing a critical challenge as the world increasingly shifts towards clean energy transitions. Fossil fuels drive the [Read more]

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Opinion: Oil & Gas For 2020—Follow The Money

January 15, 2020 Energi Staff

By Ed Hirs This article was published by Forbes on Jan. 15, 2020. Expect low and lower prices for oil and natural gas during Election 2020. Since long before he was elected, President Trump consistently called [Read more]

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Expectations high for B.C. climate action in 2020

January 10, 2020 Energi Staff

By Karen Tam Wu This article was published by Pembina Institute on Jan. 10, 2020 and originally appeared in the Province on December 30, 2019 (page A16). A year ago, B.C.’s third climate plan, CleanBC, garnered [Read more]

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Opinion: Why Canada’s Energy Future report leads us astray

January 9, 2020 Energi Staff

By Nicole Dusyk This article was published by Pembina Institute on Jan. 9, 2020. The Canada Energy Regulator (formerly the National Energy Board) recently released updated projections for energy supply and demand in Canada in [Read more]

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Opinion: Demand for energy efficiency needs to grow

December 23, 2019 Energi Staff

By Brian Motherway This article was published by the International Energy Agency on Dec. 19, 2019. Energy efficiency means more comfortable lives and lower energy bills The global economy is set to double in size [Read more]

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Accelerating clean energy innovation means tailoring R&D policy to technology scale and risk

December 19, 2019 Energi Staff

This article was published by the International Energy Agency on Dec. 13, 2019 The energy sector is technology-intensive, and it has passed through several innovation-led transformations in the last two centuries The last 200 years [Read more]

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Opinion: Canada must keep global climate response on track

December 12, 2019 Energi Staff

By Karen Tam Wu and Isabelle Turcotte This article was published by Pembina Institute on Dec. 11, 2019. Four years ago, world leaders, including Canada in a key negotiating role, gathered in Paris for the [Read more]

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Opinion: Shifting oil demand effects call for cooperation, not polarization

December 12, 2019 Energi Staff

By Simon Dyer This article was published by Pembina Institute on Dec. 11, 2019. Throughout the Pembina Institute’s 35-year history, we have been dogged in our efforts to stand up for Albertans. We have developed [Read more]

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Opinion: Speeding clean energy in least-developed countries could fast-track development

December 11, 2019 Energi Staff

By Fekitamoeloa Katoa ‘Utoikamanu & Richenda Van Leeuwen | United Nations This article was published by Thomson Reuters Foundation News on Nov. 20, 2019 Development needs energy. Whether to transition to sustainable energy is no longer [Read more]

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Opinion: What’s missing from B.C.’s climate change legislation

November 19, 2019 Energi Staff

By Karen Tam Wu This article was published by the Globe and Mail on Nov. 14, 2019. Governments across Canada have a habit of making climate promises, setting goals, then failing to achieve them. But [Read more]

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Opinion: How do we limit the global temperature rise to 1.5 °C?

November 18, 2019 Energi Staff

By Laura Cozzi, Chief Energy Modeler, and Tim Gould, Head of Division for Energy Supply Outlooks and Investment. This article was published by the International Energy Agency on Nov.16, 2019. Every year, the World Energy Outlook scenarios are updated [Read more]

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