Ministers Bilous and Schmidt, with the help of NAIT graduate Erin Wilson, Promethean Labs CEO Zachary Fritze and NAIT Productivity Enhancement Services Technology coordinator Neil Wenger, try controlling robots at NAIT during the Growth and [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]
Arctic Alaska oil production dropped this winter due to warmer than expected conditions. Higher temperatures impacted equipment which is designed to work in frigid conditions. Arctic Alaska oil production dropped the most in Prudhoe Bay [Read more]
Oil prices rose on Tuesday, but receded slightly during the day. Middle East tensions and the possibility of a further drop in Venezuelan crude production underpinned prices. Anadarko photo by Mike Goldwater. Oil prices rise [Read more]
The liquidation of bullish positions shows no sign of accelerating. There are no signs of significant fresh short selling. And hedge funds positioning remains exceptionally lopsided. Anadarko photo by Mike Goldwater. By John Kemp LONDON, [Read more]
COSIA supports improvements in 4 key priority areas: greenhouse gases, land, water and tailings Canada’s Oil Sands Innovation Alliance says industry is making huge strides toward its goal of accelerating the pace of environmental performance in [Read more]
Analysis highlights increasing competitiveness with tight oil The surge in tight oil production from the US over the last few years disrupted the oil market, forcing companies in conventional plays to revise, review, and optimise [Read more]
Micro Standing Offer program requires projects have significant First Nations ownership and active participation BC Hydro says it plans to pursue negotiations for electricity purchase agreements with five First Nations’ clean energy projects through its [Read more]
New carbon capture technology reduces emissions, saves energy, creates soda ash that is used to manufacture cosmetics, soap, etc. The first CleanO2 carbon capture unit was installed this week at LUSH Cosmetics headquarters in Vancouver, [Read more]
Wind made up 6.3% of total new generation and utility-scale solar made up 1.3%, both records Total U.S. net electricity generation fell slightly (down 1.5%) in 2017, reflecting lower electricity demand, according to the U.S. [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]
By Dr Fatih Birol, IEA Executive Director Three years ago, all countries of the world adopted 17 ambitious policy goals to end poverty, protect the planet, promote gender equality, or ensure prosperity, as part of the [Read more]
A nuanced look at energy subsidies, politicians’ favorite policy tool. Photo by Jo Ann Lawrence. Posted by the Energy Institute at Haas Energy Institute Blog on Monday, March 19, 2018. Looking at leveling the playing [Read more]
As the U.S. has produced more natural gas, pipeline imports from Canada have decreased The United States exported more natural gas than it imported in 2017, marking the first time since 1957 that the United [Read more]
Program includes $40-million fund income support to workers transitioning from thermal coal mines and coal-fired power plants to new jobs or retirement Alberta announced the distribution of funding for the coal communities that will be [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]
Cenovus brought in BMO Capital Markets and TD Securities to each sell a separate upstream asset in the Deep Basin. Cenovus photo. Cenovus raising billions to reduce debt burden following $17 billion ConocoPhillips oil sands [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]
At this rate, it’s going to take nearly 400 years to transform the energy system initially ran in the MIT Technology Review on March 14, 2018. Getty Images photo by Denis Doyle. Here are the real [Read more]
A high-speed rail link between Vancouver, BC and Eugene, Oregon, could create up to 200,000 jobs for workers in British Columbia and Washington. Cascadia Rail image. High-speed rail could cut travel time to 60 mins [Read more]
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