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Two BC companies get grants to develop technology for clean energy vehicles

June 11, 2019 AEN Staff

The British Columbia government announced on Tuesday that two BC clean energy vehicle industry companies will receive funding to help develop the province’s CEV sector. IRDI, a Richmond based company will receive $55,000 to help [Read more]

Debunked: Vivian Krause’s Tar Sands Campaign conspiracy narrative

May 14, 2019

Jason Kenney was all smiles, waving at the crowd and shaking hands through the passenger window of his trusty blue Dodge Ram pickup, as he rode triumphantly onto a Calgary stage on election night, April [Read more]

Alberta carbon tax deep dive: Not a job killer, competitive advantage for oil sands producers

November 14, 2018

No evidence to support claim that carbon tax is a “job killer” (Tombe), but there is a good argument that it’s an oil/gas “job saver” (Leach) Carbon tax (also called carbon pricing or carbon levy): [Read more]

Bill C69 deep dive: Flawed legislation but not quite a Liberal plot to sabatoge future Alberta pipelines

October 11, 2018

CEPA (Canadian Energy Pipelines Association) consistently emphasized that the NEB (National Energy Board) was the best placed regulator to oversee the full cycle of a pipeline from beginning to end…If the goal is to curtail [Read more]

A deep dive into CAPP’s climate policy study: too risky, out of sync with govts, not supported by the evidence

June 19, 2018

If adopted, CAPP’s climate policy recommendation would be a major departure from current approach, align Canada more closely with Trump “innovation, not regulation” strategy Canada’s normally cautious oil and gas producers are rolling the dice. [Read more]

Technology and the 21st century energy worker in Canada: Where are the jobs?

January 18, 2018

Hundreds of thousands of oil and gas-related jobs lost since 2014…some are coming back, many are not Where have all the Canadian oil and gas workers gone? More than 52,000 direct jobs disappeared over the [Read more]