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Clean energy transition must be fast and fair: IPCC scientists

April 4, 2022 Energi Staff

This article was published by Thomson Reuters Foundation on April 4, 2022. By Laurie Goering LONDON, April 4 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – As climate-heating fossil fuel emissions continue to rise, renewed efforts to slash them [Read more]

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Germany to spend 200 billion euros on energy transition in independence push

March 8, 2022 Energi Staff

This article was published by Clean Energy Wire on March 7, 2022. By Benjamin Wehrmann ARD/Reuters The German government has earmarked about 200 billion euros for investments in decarbonization and greater independence from imported fossil fuels over the [Read more]

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How the 2021 summer heat dome affected electricity demand in western Canada

November 30, 2021 Energi Staff

This article was published by the Canada Energy Regulator on Nov. 17, 2021. From late June to early July 2021, a warm weather event, known as a heat dome, settled over western Canada and the [Read more]

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Canada Climate Resilience Policy Indicator: IEA

September 14, 2021 Energi Staff

This article was published by the International Energy Agency on Aug. 16, 2021. Country summary Canada’s average annual temperature rose 1.7°C between 1948 and 2016, and it is likely to continue rising. While affecting energy [Read more]

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Heat waves fuel urgency for home and building retrofits: Pembina

July 19, 2021 Energi Staff

A new report by the Pembina Institute concludes that a national renovation wave of deep building retrofits could generate more than $48 billion in economic development, while creating up to 200,000 jobs and significantly lowering [Read more]

Opinion

The world’s electricity systems must prepare to counter growing climate threat

July 19, 2021 Energi Staff

By Dr. Fatih Birol, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency Summer has just officially begun in the northern hemisphere, and yet we are already seeing electricity systems around the world that are struggling to [Read more]

Opinion

Energy producers, consumers face more climate disclosure requirements

June 10, 2021 Energi Staff

By Ed Hirs This article was published by Forbes on April 26, 2021. More climate disclosure requirements are on the horizon for energy producers and energy consumers. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is thinking [Read more]

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U of A scientist briefs US policy-makers on technology to remove carbon dioxide from atmosphere

March 15, 2021 Energi Staff

This article was published by Folio on March 4, 2021. By Katie Willis A scientist at the University of Alberta is lending her expertise on mineral carbonation to policy-makers in the United States in hopes [Read more]

Student Resources

Net-zero US economy not difficult or expensive – study

February 21, 2021 Markham Hislop

Rating: High school and post-secondary Summary: Markham interviews economist Jim Williams of the University of San Francisco about his co-authored paper, Carbon-Neutral Pathways for the United States. Related links: Carbon‐Neutral Pathways for the United States [Read more]

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Managing the energy transition: Pathways to Canada’s net-zero future

February 19, 2021 Markham Hislop

Rating: High school and post-secondary Summary: Markham interviews economist Jason Dion of the Canadian Institute for Climate Choices about his new report, “CANADA’S NET-ZERO FUTURE: Finding our way in the global transition.” Related links: CANADA’S [Read more]

Opinion

Clean Fuel Standard will help Canada achieve net-zero by 2050

February 2, 2021 Energi Staff

By Bora Plumptre This article was published by the Pembina Institute on Jan. 27, 2021. The Clean Fuel Standard, a proposed federal regulation released in December for public comment, will introduce a broad set of [Read more]

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BC charging ahead with electric vehicle fleets supports

February 2, 2021 Energi Staff

CleanBC’s Go Electric programs will offer new rebates and supports for charging infrastructure to British Columbia municipalities and businesses building electric vehicle fleets. “We want to encourage more B.C. businesses, Indigenous Nations, municipalities and regional [Read more]

Student Resources

Ontario failing on climate change as GHG emissions rise

January 5, 2021 Energi Staff

Rating: High school and post-secondary Summary: Markham interviews Sarah Buchanan, Program Manager, Clean Economy for Environmental Defence, about her organization’s December, 2020 study, Yours to Recover: A Progress Report on Ontario’s Climate Change Actions. The [Read more]

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China’s 2060 carbon neutrality pledge

January 1, 2021 Markham Hislop

Rating: High school and post-secondary Summary: Bloomberg energy and climate journalist Dr. Akshat Rathi joins Markham to discuss China’s Sept. 23 announcement it will reach peak carbon emissions by 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality by [Read more]

Student Resources

What’s the difference between climate change and global warming?

December 31, 2020 Markham Hislop

Rating: High school and post-secondary Summary: Markham interviews David Herring, director of communication and education for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of the US government. He is a science writer and editor with extensive [Read more]

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Canadian Arctic sea ice’s rapid disappearance a serious problem

December 26, 2020 Markham Hislop

Rating: High school and post-secondary Summary: Markham interviews Prof. Warwick Vincent, Canada Research Chair in Aquatic Ecosystem Studies and leader of the Aquatic Ecosystem Studies laboratory at Université Laval, about recent significant losses of ice [Read more]

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Smoke from California wildfires decreases solar generation

October 2, 2020 Energi Staff

By Stephen York This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on Sept. 30, 2020. In the first two weeks of September 2020, average solar-powered electricity generation in the California Independent System Operator (CAISO), [Read more]

Opinion

How companies can get net-zero right

July 2, 2020 Energi Staff

By Isabelle Turcotte This article was published by Pembina Institute on June 30, 2020. In May, more than 150 corporations worth US$2.4 trillion joined a United Nations–backed, CEO-led climate advocacy effort asking governments to align their [Read more]

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Extreme methane emissions from Permian oil & gas operations

April 27, 2020 Energi Staff

This article was published by the Environmental Defense Fund on April 22. (NEW YORK) Findings published today in the journal Science Advances show that oil and gas operations in America’s sprawling Permian Basin are releasing methane at twice [Read more]

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Air conditioning energy use to grow faster than any other use in buildings

March 16, 2020 Energi Staff

By Courtney Sourmehi This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on March 13, 2020. In the Annual Energy Outlook 2020 (AEO2020) Reference case, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) projects that delivered energy for [Read more]

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Huge battery plant subsidies are price Canada pays for lagging in clean energy industry

by Markham Hislop in Markham on Energy

China dominates clean energy industry, US and Europe race to catch up Government subsidies totalling $28.2 billion for two Ontario battery plants require 20-year pay back, according to Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) Yves Giroux. Clean [Read more]

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