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Buildings need to be part of Canada’s climate adaptation strategy

April 19, 2023 Energi Staff

This article was published by Pembina Institute on April 6, 2023. By Betsy Agar In order to ensure the climate-resilience of Canada’s privately owned homes and buildings, they need to be explicitly included in the [Read more]

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BC Energy Action Framework closes a major gap in CleanBC plan

March 21, 2023 Energi Staff

This article was published by the Pembina Institute on March 21, 2023. By Chris Severson-Baker The Premier of British Columbia, alongside the Minister of Environment and Climate Change Strategy and Minister of Energy, Mines and [Read more]

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A call to clean energy

November 28, 2022 Energi Staff

This article was published by the International Monetary Fund By Fatih Birol The global energy crisis is fuelling fierce debate around the world over which new energy projects should or shouldn’t go ahead. Conversations about [Read more]

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Coordinated actions across Europe are essential to prevent a major gas crunch: Here are 5 immediate measures

July 18, 2022 Energi Staff

This article was published by the International Energy Agency on July 18, 2022. Dr Fatih Birol, Executive Director, International Energy Agency The world is experiencing the first truly global energy crisis in history. And as [Read more]

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How the energy crisis is exacerbating the food crisis

June 29, 2022 Energi Staff

This article was published by the International Energy Agency on June 14, 2022. By Peter Levi,  Gergely Molnar Food prices have increased steeply over the last two years and appear set to go higher following [Read more]

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OPINION: G7 must seize opportunity to shift public finance from conflict-fuelling gas into clean energy

May 26, 2022 Energi Staff

This article was published by the Thomson Reuters Foundation on May 25, 2022. by Christoph Bals, Kanna Mitsuta and Elizabeth Bast This week, G7 environment, climate and energy ministers are meeting in Berlin. Their objectives to [Read more]

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Poland needs stronger push to cut emissions, ensure secure energy supplies: IEA

May 16, 2022 Energi Staff

This article was published by the International Energy Agency on May 12, 2022. Poland has made serious progress in improving the security and sustainability of its energy system in recent years. However, a major acceleration [Read more]

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Opinion: Russia’s war on Ukraine shows the urgent need to move away from fossil fuels as fast as possible

May 2, 2022 Energi Staff

This article was published by CNBC on April 28, 2022. By Espen Barth Eide and Fatih Birol Espen Barth Eide is Norway’s minister of climate and environment. Fatih Birol is the executive director of the [Read more]

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Opinion: About 650,000 barrels per day of Russian crude oil to be ‘swapped’

April 5, 2022 Energi Staff

This opinion piece was published by Wood Mackenzie on April 5, 2022. SINGAPORE, 5 April 2022 – About 650,000 barrels per day (b/d) of Russian crude oil are to be relocated from advanced economies, and [Read more]

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Opinion: A new Marshall Plan for energy

March 31, 2022 Energi Staff

This opinion piece was published by Wood Mackenzie on March 28, 2022. By Ed Crooks Energy played a key role in the Marshall Plan, implemented by the US between 1948 and 1951 to help rebuild [Read more]

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Accelerating energy efficiency: What governments can do now to deliver energy savings

March 21, 2022 Energi Staff

This commentary was published by the International Energy Agency on March 17, 2022. By Brian Motherway, Head of Energy Efficiency Kristina Klimovich, Programme Officer – Energy Efficiency Hub Vida Rozite, India Programme Manager Edith Bayer, Energy [Read more]

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Green hydrogen needs industrial policy making and certification

March 17, 2022 Energi Staff

This commentary was published by IRENA on March 11, 2022. With its ability to decarbonize hard-to-abate sectors like chemicals and steelmaking industries, green hydrogen is expected to be in high demand as countries are racing [Read more]

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Opinion: Three ways midstream operators can fuel the energy transition

March 15, 2022 Energi Staff

This commentary was published by Wood Mackenzie on March 15, 2022. By Rachel Schelble Enabling the use of renewable fuels The midstream industry participates in the renewable fuels value chain in two ways: transportation and [Read more]

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Opinion: Ukraine crisis must lead to faster green energy transition for Europe

March 11, 2022 Energi Staff

This article was published by Thomson Reuters Foundation on March 11, 2022. by Maria Mendiluce and Eliot Whittington The Russian invasion of Ukraine is both a humanitarian catastrophe and a systemic shock to the global economy. [Read more]

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IEA: How Europe can cut natural gas imports from Russia significantly within a year

March 3, 2022 Energi Staff

This commentary was issued by the International Energy Agency on March 3, 2022. The European Union could reduce its imports of Russian natural gas by more than one-third within a year through a combination of [Read more]

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Renewables and green gas: The only viable antidote to high fossil fuel prices

March 2, 2022 Energi Staff

This commentary was published by the International Renewable Energy Agency on Feb. 24, 2022. By Dolf Gielen, Michael Taylor, Barbara Jinks Outdated perceptions of the costs of clean energy remain a major barrier to the energy transition. [Read more]

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Governments looking to reduce dependence on Russian oil, coal and gas

February 28, 2022 Energi Staff

This opinion piece was posted by Wood Mackenzie on Feb. 28, 2022. By Ed Crooks As fighting raged across Ukraine over the weekend, western countries moved quickly to disrupt Russia’s links to the global economy. [Read more]

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Global markets count cost of Russian invasion: Wood Mackenzie

February 25, 2022 Energi Staff

This commentary is provided by Wood Mackenzie. LONDON/HOUSTON/SINGAPORE, 25 February 2022 –The impact of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine rattled global markets. There will be lasting implications for commodities, energy policy and the energy transition, experts [Read more]

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Opinion: IEA closely monitoring Russia situation, energy markets

February 24, 2022 Energi Staff

This opinion piece was published by the International Energy Agency on Feb. 22, 2022. The IEA is monitoring with growing concern Russia’s recent statements and actions, and their potential implications for energy markets. The Agency [Read more]

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OPINION: How to get investors scrambling to back a green energy transition

February 1, 2022 Energi Staff

This article was published by Thompson Reuters Foundation on Jan. 19, 2022. By Avinash Persaud  It is a cruel irony that after spending months berating China and India to end coal, the major U.S. initiative [Read more]

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