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Alberta’s dancing monkeys, Ottawa’s stubbornness, a recipe for carbon tax failure

April 10, 2024 Markham Hislop

Jean and Schulz aren’t the varsity team, Guilbeault is the wrong minister…something has to give How would you resolve this dilemma? Canada, like most countries, has signed international agreements to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs). [Read more]

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Optimism prevails in the global energy sector despite threat of political uncertainty: DNV report

April 10, 2024 Energi Staff

Oslo, 10 April 2024 – DNV, the independent energy expert and assurance provider, reveals a resilient optimism within the energy sector, despite prevailing caution. According to DNV’s annual Industry Insight survey, 73 per cent of [Read more]

Opinion

Time to stop building infrastructure for yesterday’s climate

April 10, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Canadian Climate Institute on April 10, 2024. By Ryan Ness Spring used to be the best time of the year, bringing both light and lightness as the winter receded. [Read more]

Opinion

Reaching net-zero calls for nimbler, more transparent assessment of clean energy projects

April 10, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by Policy Options on April 10, 2024. By Colleen Kaiser, Geoff McCarney For Canada to reach the goal of a net-zero economy by 2050, more new electricity generation facilities will be [Read more]

Opinion

Remote clean energy and the federal budget

April 10, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by the Pembina Institute on April 8, 2024. By Emily He, Fibha Nazim, Lynne Couves Remote communities across Canada are taking on the important work of transitioning their energy grids off diesel and [Read more]

Opinion

Pembina Institute letter to Minister Steven Guilbeault on 2035 emissions reduction target

April 10, 2024 Energi Staff

Dear Minister Guilbeault, On behalf of the Pembina Institute, I would like to thank you for the opportunity to provide input into Canada’s 2035 emissions reduction target. With this letter, I am summarizing our position, which calls for an ambitious 2035 target that enables [Read more]

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Canada should avoid the mistakes the U.K. made in biomass for energy

April 9, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by Policy Options on April 9, 2024. By Bertie Harrison-Broninski, Richard Robertson Two years ago, BBC journalists visited Canada to investigate the wood pellet industry. Their findings, broadcast in the documentary Drax: [Read more]

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Fining big polluters can reduce environmental damage, but only if the fines match the crimes

April 9, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Conversation on April 7, 2024 and updated on April 9, 2024. By Ben R. Collison Some of Canada’s biggest employers have a poor track record of abiding by environmental [Read more]

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Georgia’s Vogtle plant could herald the beginning — or end — of a new nuclear era

April 9, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by Grist on April 8, 2024. By Gautama Mehta Few issues are as divisive among American environmentalists as nuclear energy. Concerns about nuclear waste storage and safety, particularly in the wake of the [Read more]

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Ottawa won’t blink on oil and gas emissions cap, Trudeau tells oilpatch

April 9, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published on April 9, 2024. By Chris Varcoe The federal government has no intention of scrapping its cap on oil and gas emissions, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told an audience of oilpatch [Read more]

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3 senators, 6 MPs urge faster action on Climate-Aligned Finance Act

April 9, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on April 8, 2024. By Mitchell Beer Three Canadian senators, MPs from four of the five parties in the House of Commons, and a handful of national [Read more]

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Rotating brownouts in Alberta highlight need for more flexible grid

April 9, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on April 8, 2024. By Energy Mix Staff Independent analysts pointed to sudden shutdowns at several coal and gas plants and called for more flexible grid planning, [Read more]

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Amazon rainforest withers and burns amid hot, dry conditions

April 9, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on April 8, 2024. This story includes details on the impacts of climate change that may be difficult for some readers. If you are feeling overwhelmed by [Read more]

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Scientists test ‘insane’ plan to slow ice melt in Canadian Arctic

April 9, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on April 8, 2024. In the race against global heating, a team of scientists is trying a novel strategy: pumping seawater onto Arctic ice to inhibit melting. [Read more]

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Solar capacity additions are changing the shape of daily electricity supply in Texas

April 9, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on April 9, 2024. By Katherine Antonio, Kimberly Peterson  The electricity mix of energy sources in Texas, managed by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas [Read more]

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U.S. refiners and chemical manufacturers lead hydrogen production and consumption

April 8, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on April 8, 2024. By Faouzi Aloulou, Peter Gross, Thomas Lorenz Data visualization: Jim O’Sullivan U.S. manufacturers specializing in chemicals and petroleum refining have traditionally accounted [Read more]

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New modelling signals scale of investments needed to relieve home energy poverty

April 8, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by the Pembina Institute on April 8, 2024. OTTAWA – A new report from the Pembina Institute, Better Buildings for All: Relieving energy poverty through deep retrofits, calls for urgent investments in [Read more]

Energi Notes

Axe the tax? Ok, then boost industrial carbon tax on Alberta, Saskatchewan oil/gas emissions

April 5, 2024 Markham Hislop

Alberta, Saskatchewan emit 48% of Canada’s emissions. Why not punish the bad actors? It’s deja vu all over again. After disrupting (destroying?) Canadian public health with relentless campaigns against vaccines and masks, the freedom crowd [Read more]

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These ‘green banks’ are getting billions to decarbonize disadvantaged communities

April 5, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by Grist on April 5, 2024. By Syris Valentine The idea of a national “green bank,” which would lend public money to help cash-strapped businesses and individuals invest in things like [Read more]

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China leads ‘race to the top’ as cleantech shift gains strength

April 5, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on April 4, 2024. China has outpaced the United States and Europe in a global “race to the top” to transition off fossil fuels, but there is [Read more]

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