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CCS won’t happen in oil sands without bigger subsidies: Cenovus exec

March 12, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on March 11, 2024. By Mitchell Beer With this year’s federal budget just over a month away, Canada’s oil sands industry is once again demanding more generous [Read more]

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Opinion: Emissions cap on oil and gas sector is not a jobs killer

March 5, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by the Pembina Institute on March 5, 2024. By Megan Gordon, Janetta McKenzie Ever since the framework for a federal emissions cap on oil and gas was announced on December 6, 2023, the [Read more]

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‘Banana Republic’ Alberta risks losing its lead in renewable energy development

March 1, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on March 1, 2024. By Mitchell Beer Alberta is at risk of losing its standing as Canada’s go-to destination for renewable energy investment, as continuing uncertainty after [Read more]

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Are growing municipal tax revenues from renewable energy at risk?

March 1, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by the Business Renewables Centre on Feb. 26, 2024. A new analysis by the Business Renewables Centre-Canada (BRC-Canada) shows municipalities could bring in tax revenues of as much as $277 million [Read more]

Opinion

Opinion: Alberta hamstrings renewables sector with rules not required for other industries

February 29, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by the Pembina Institute on Feb. 28, 2024. Jason Wang, Senior Analyst at the Pembina Institute, made the following statement in response to the Government of Alberta introducing new rules governing [Read more]

Opinion

Opinion: Emissions cap needed to spur reductions from highly profitable energy industry

February 21, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by the Pembina Institute on Feb. 20, 2024. By Janetta McKenzie Canada’s energy companies are “awash in cash and hungry,” according to the Globe and Mail. That appetite is far from [Read more]

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Oil sands CCS project could be ‘scuppered’ without permanent subsidies, industry analysts warn

February 20, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Feb. 20, 2024. By Mitchell Beer The Canadian oil sands industry’s plans for a C$16.5-billion carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) megaproject in Alberta would likely [Read more]

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Municipal Climate Change Action Centre helps Alberta towns save millions, cut emissions

February 15, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Feb. 15, 2024. A hidden-gem organization in Edmonton is helping small towns and municipalities in Alberta get the funding and technical assistance they need to implement [Read more]

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Trans Mountain delays pipeline opening from first to second quarter

February 5, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Feb. 3, 2024. By Christopher Bonasia The Canada Energy Regulator judged it to be “in the public interest” to allow the Crown corporation building the Trans [Read more]

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AIMCo Outlines Approach to Climate Investing

February 5, 2024 Energi Staff

Edmonton – Last week, the Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo) outlined its approach to climate investing. In a report issued by the corporation, AIMCo acknowledges “the potential risks that climate change poses for our portfolios [Read more]

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CER issues reasons for approving revised Trans Mountain pipeline variance application

February 1, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by the Canada Energy Regulator on Jan. 31, 2024. Today, the Commission of the Canada Energy Regulator issued its reasons for approving Trans Mountain’s variance application for the Mountain 3 horizontal [Read more]

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Alberta oil and gas emissions reduction progress report

January 30, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by the Pembina Institute on Jan. 22, 2024. By Matt Dreis Last month at COP 28, 198 countries and coalitions agreed that the world must transition away from fossil fuels, and [Read more]

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How Alberta can avoid another grid alert

January 30, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by the Pembina Institute on Jan. 29, 2024. By Jason Wang, Scott MacDougall Albertans are no strangers to the extreme cold. We proudly layer up and don our parkas every winter. Although [Read more]

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E3 Lithium discovers lithium concentrations as high as 87 Mg/L in Nisku aquifer

January 25, 2024 Energi Staff

CALGARY, ALBERTA, January 25, 2024 – This week, E3 Lithium announced the discovery of higher lithium concentrations in the Nisku Aquifer through a new six well sampling program conducted late in 2023. E3 Lithium says [Read more]

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Gas plants have reliability problem in extreme weather, scientists warn

January 22, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Jan. 19, 2024. By Energy Mix staff As power grids in the United States continue to add gas-fired power plants, a new report warns that the [Read more]

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Alberta premier blames renewables after cold snap, idled gas plants, trigger grid emergency

January 19, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Jan. 19, 2024. By Mitchell Beer Two gas-fired power plants going offline and a winter deep freeze were enough to trigger an emergency alert on the [Read more]

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Trans Mountain pipe change approved by regulator after initial rejection

January 16, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Jan. 15, 2024. By Christopher Bonasia The Canada Energy Regulator (CER) has approved the use of smaller pipe in a section of Trans Mountain Corporation’s pipeline [Read more]

Opinion

Opinion: Premier Smith Finds a New Enemy: Cap-and-Trade

December 21, 2023 Energi Staff

By Geoff Stiles Last week, the federal government announced that it plans to introduce a cap-and-trade system to regulate emissions in the oil and gas sector. This should come as no surprise to Alberta. A [Read more]

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Canada hit the climate action accelerator in 2023, but some provinces are riding the brakes

December 20, 2023 Energi Staff

This article was published by the Pembina Institute on Dec. 20, 2023. By Chris Severson-Baker We may look back at 2023 as the year that the world turned the corner on climate action. At the [Read more]

Opinion

Opinion: Federal oil and gas emissions cap shines harsh spotlight on Alberta’s lack of action

December 11, 2023 Energi Staff

This article by the Pembina Institute was published by the Globe and Mail on Dec. 7, 2023. By Janetta McKenzie It’s time to clear the air. There are two different plans for reducing emissions from [Read more]

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