This article was published by Clean Energy Canada on Nov. 7, 2019. Most voters want climate policies that go beyond what was achieved in the last Parliament, according to a massive national survey conducted by [Read more]
A report by Global Energy Monitor warns that rising global LNG capacity could lead to climate damage and ultimately strand $1.3 trillion in assets, a claim the Canadian energy industry disputes. Currently, with new projects [Read more]
By Simon Dyer This article by the Pembina Institute was published in The Hill Times on June 5, 2019. Any political party serious about governing in Canada and sincere about slowing climate change will put [Read more]
Massive Alberta forest fires have forced Canadian Natural Resources Limited to evacuate staff and shut in production at the company’s Pelican Lake and Woodenhouse operations. The company says it has completed a safe and temporary [Read more]
This article by the Pembina Institute addresses how Canada achieves decarbonization in its energy systems, secure a healthy environment and keep up with a growing global low-carbon economy. Global decarbonization by 2050 will help keep [Read more]
Hal Harvey,with co-authors Robbie Orvis and Jeffrey Rissman, of Energy Innovation released the book Designing Climate Solutions: A Policy Guide for Low-Carbon Energy in November. EnergyInnovation.org image. Designing Climate Solutions a “easy to comprehend explanation of the necessary path [Read more] [Read more]
According to the Pembina Institute, the Alberta government fails to demonstrate how carbon price and methane regulations will achieve the GHG reductions needed to match federal rules. EDF.org photo. AB methane regulations weaker than federal [Read more] [Read more]
The persistence of coal consumption is consistent with the experience of earlier energy transitions and is one of the central challenges for policymakers concerned about climate change. AP file photo by David Goldman. During energy [Read more] [Read more]
Source: Angus Reid Institute. “This is why the big oil sands companies are my most trusted influencer when it comes to climate change: they have skin in the game.” It’s safe to assume that no [Read more]
Last week, the IEA held its third annual global conference on energy efficiency in Paris. The event brought together over 2o0 energy professionals from over 60 countries. From left to right: Dr Ajay Mathur (Director General, [Read more]
By 2019, the federal government will impose the Canadian carbon tax on the remaining provinces that have not created their own climate change plan. Video Blocks photo. Canadian carbon tax will reach $50 per ton [Read more]
The government of Denmark is proposing a total ban on the sale of new gasoline and diesel cars after 2030 and hybrid vehicles after 2035. Getty Images photo by Michal Krakowiak. Denmark plan to be presented [Read more]
The IEA’s Caroline Lee says “we needn’t look far to spot the impacts of this summer’s unusually high and persistent temperatures on the energy sector”. Government of BC photo. Energy sector struggles to keep up with [Read more]
In a letter to the Globe and Mail, Pembina Institute managing director Karen Tam Wu says the BC natural gas sector has a methane leak problem and the gas sector needs to do more to [Read more]
Governments across Canada engaged in trying to promote reduction in GHG emissions at lowest possible cost By Glen Hodgson, Senior Fellow, Conference Board of Canada Debate about reducing Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions frequently references the costs of [Read more]
Britain’s GHG emissions fell by 3 per cent last year from levels recorded in 2016, mostly due to a drop in coal-fired power generation. Shutterstock photo. GHG emissions down in Britain for a fifth straight [Read more]
French President Emmanuel Macron (left) made his remarks concerning an EU carbon price while at a conference in Brussels, ahead of a summit of EU leaders. Emmanuel Macron Twitter photo. EU carbon price would tax goods [Read more]
Heavy metals, including mercury and lead, have all decreased by more than 85% since 1990 The recent publication of the 2018 Air Pollutant Emissions Inventory for Canada shows that air pollution is declining, according to [Read more]
The only way to deal with climate change is through collaboration, according to Shell CEO Ben van Beurden. During the first annual Elsevier Economics Lecture, he argued that everybody has their role to play in [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]
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