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Carbon pricing is not to blame for Canada’s affordability challenges

April 2, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by Policy Options on Dec. 7, 2023. By Trevor Tombe, Jennifer Winter Rising inflation has put a significant financial strain on many households. By October 2023, for example, average consumer prices [Read more]

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Atlantic Offshore Wind: A national clean energy resource

March 25, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by the Canadian Climate Institute on March 1, 2024. By Peter Nicholson (Chair) This blog was originally published in the The Hill Times. Parliament is currently considering Bill C-49, legislation that would [Read more]

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The die is cast on the clean economy. Canada needs to stay in the game.

March 25, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by the Canadian Climate Institute on Feb. 15, 2024. By Rick Smith This blog was originally published in the Toronto Star. This may not be what you expect to hear from someone [Read more]

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Reduced refinery activity puts upward pressure on diesel and gasoline prices

March 6, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on March 6, 2024. By Kevin Hack Since early January 2024, U.S. refinery utilization has decreased 11 per cent, falling as low as 81 per cent [Read more]

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The relationship between growth in GDP and CO2 has loosened; it needs to be cut completely

February 7, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by the International Energy Agency on Jan. 31, 2024. By Siddharth Singh, Energy Investment Analyst Since the dawn of the industrial age, fossil fuels have been a key enabler of economic [Read more]

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Green jobs face serious labour shortage, LinkedIn report finds

January 30, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Jan. 30, 2024. By Christopher Bonasia As the proportion of green jobs increases, experts expect the growth in employment will counterbalance job losses in the fossil [Read more]

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‘Eyes Wide Shut’: Private investors face severe risk as oil and gas nears peak production

January 30, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Jan. 30, 2024. By Mitchell Beer Private equity investors are facing the transition out of fossil fuels with “eyes wide shut” and exposed to severe financial [Read more]

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EIA expects average U.S. diesel and gasoline prices to decrease in 2024 and 2025

January 19, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on Jan. 17, 2024. By Kevin Hack In our January Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO), we expect average U.S. retail gasoline prices to decrease in 2024 because of [Read more]

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Carbon pricing is not to blame for Canada’s affordability challenges

January 16, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by Policy Options on Dec. 7, 2024. By Trevor Tombe, Jennifer Winter Rising inflation has put a significant financial strain on many households. By October 2023, for example, average consumer prices [Read more]

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EIA expects relatively flat crude oil prices in 2024 and 2025

January 10, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on Jan. 10, 2024. By Matthew French We forecast average annual crude oil prices in 2024 and 2025 will remain near their 2023 average because [Read more]

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Steep fall for oil and gas, tough times for oil sands as Canada Energy Regulator mapped net-zero future

January 5, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Dec. 28, 2023. By Mitchell Beer Global fossil fuel demand falls steeply, Canadian oil and gas producers are in for a major price squeeze, electricity use [Read more]

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Brent crude oil prices averaged $19 per barrel less in 2023 than 2022

January 2, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on January 2, 2024. By Matthew French The price of Brent crude oil averaged $83 per barrel (b) in 2023, down from $101/b in 2022, [Read more]

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The Sustainable Jobs Blueprint positions workers to lead in clean energy economy

December 20, 2023 Energi Staff

This article was published by the Pembina Institute on Dec. 14, 2023. By Megan Gordon The Canadian Sustainable Jobs Act (Bill C-50) is a critical piece of climate legislation that will give workers, communities and [Read more]

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A luxury we cannot afford to squander: North America needs to back radically cheaper electric vehicles

October 17, 2023 Energi Staff

This article was published by Scotia Bank on Oct. 11, 2023. By Rebekah Young and John Fanjoy The race is on to build (and power) the vehicles of tomorrow. Fundamental shifts in the policy landscape, [Read more]

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Budget 2023’s clean economy initiatives need greater future clarity and certainty

September 5, 2023 Energi Staff

This article was published by Policy Options on April 6, 2023. By Rachel Samson Budget 2023 presented a “made-in-Canada” clean economy plan to compete with the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and accelerate investment in Canada to achieve climate-change [Read more]

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China’s natural gas consumption, LNG imports declined in 2022, amid zero-COVID policies

June 1, 2023 Energi Staff

This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on June 1, 2023. By Victoria Zaretskaya, Faouzi Aloulou In 2022, annual natural gas consumption in China declined by 1 per cent, or 0.4 billion [Read more]

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World’s fossil fuel subsidies surged to $1 trillion after Ukraine invasion

March 7, 2023 Energi Staff

This article was published by Grist on Feb. 21, 2023. By Jake Bittle Even as European countries rolled out a suite of climate-friendly policies over the past year, they also provided an unprecedented volume of subsidies for continued [Read more]

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Global electricity demand growth slows due to economic weakness, high prices

July 26, 2022 Energi Staff

This article was published by the International Energy Agency on July 20, 2022. The world’s electricity demand growth is slowing sharply in 2022 from its strong recovery the previous year as economic growth weakens and [Read more]

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EIA expects high refinery margins to contribute to increasing fuel production this summer

June 13, 2022 Energi Staff

This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on June 10, 2022. By Kevin Hack In our June 2022 Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO), we forecast that U.S. refinery utilization will be relatively high this summer in response [Read more]

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French finance minister Le Maire warns world heading for 1970s-style energy crisis

March 9, 2022 Energi Staff

This article was published by rfi.fr on March 9, 2022. By David Coffey with RFI Speaking at a conference in Paris this Wednesday, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire cautioned that current energy crisis was [Read more]

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