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Reducing built-in carbon emissions

June 26, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by the Pembina Institute on June 5, 2024. By Rachel Sutton Governments across Canada are tackling the critical housing shortage while also addressing the climate crisis. We have a generational opportunity [Read more]

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Ottawa has opportunity to create an effective energy retrofit program for low-income households

June 25, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by Policy Options on June 25, 2024. By Abigail Jackson, Brendan Haley With each year, our built environment faces increased pressure from climate change and an ever-greater frequency of floods, extreme heat and [Read more]

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EIA’s estimated rate of U.S. natural gas vented or flared declined in 2023

June 20, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on June 20, 2024. By Trinity Manning-Pickett, Eulalia Munoz-Cortijo We estimate the annual reported volume of natural gas that is vented or flared in the United States declined [Read more]

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Speed and scale of the energy transition must increase to reach 1.5-degree ambition

June 6, 2024 Energi Staff

In 2024, almost half of the world’s population go to the polls. Many elections will demonstrate some of the key trends shaping world politics: geopolitical competition, economic nationalism, and political polarization. This in turn will [Read more]

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Vancouver sets 2040 decarbonization deadline for large buildings

June 6, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on June 6, 2024. By Gaye Taylor Vancouver has adopted a first-in-Canada bylaw aimed at decarbonizing all its large buildings by 2040. The Annual Greenhouse Gas and [Read more]

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U.S. battery startup discovers breakthrough method to decarbonize steel

May 31, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on May 30, 2024. A company that made waves with its solution for long-duration energy storage has “stumbled on” a groundbreaking way to decarbonize the emissions-heavy iron [Read more]

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Clean Investment Monitor: Q1 2024 update

May 30, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by Clean Investment Monitor on May 30, 2024. Clean energy and transportation investment in the United States continued its record-setting growth in Q1 of 2024, reaching a new high of $71 [Read more]

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Carbon credits are useful for stabilizing the climate, but are they used effectively?

May 30, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Conversation on May 29, 2024. By Patrick Faubert, Charles Marty, Claude Villeneuve, Sylvie Bouchard To have any chance of achieving the goal adopted in the Paris Agreement of stabilizing the global [Read more]

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Opinion: The oil and gas industry has been lying about global warming for decades — accountability is long overdue

May 30, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Conversation on May 29, 2024. By Gordon McBean The science is clear: the planet is warming at an alarming rate and we need to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions. For decades, [Read more]

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Can carbon offsets actually work? The Biden administration thinks so.

May 30, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by Grist on May 29, 2024. By Joseph Winters On Tuesday, the Biden administration unveiled new guidelines on “responsible participation” in the voluntary carbon market, or VCM — the system that [Read more]

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Big Oil’s ‘grossly insufficient’ climate plans risk global devastation: Report

May 28, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on May 27, 2024. By Christopher Bonasia The world’s eight largest fossil fuel companies are set to blow 30 per cent of the world’s limited carbon budget [Read more]

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China CO2 emissions fall 3 per cent, oil growth ‘grinds to a halt’ as COVID recovery runs its course

May 28, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on May 27, 2024. China saw its carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels and cement fall 3 per cent in March, 2024 after a 14-month run of [Read more]

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Global carbon pricing revenues top a record $100 billion

May 24, 2024 Energi Staff

WASHINGTON, May 21, 2024 — In 2023, carbon pricing revenues reached a record $104 billion, according to the World Bank’s annual “State and Trends of Carbon Pricing 2024” report released today. There are now 75 carbon pricing instruments [Read more]

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Vermont passed a bill making Big Oil pay. Now comes the hard part.

May 20, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by Grist on May 17, 2024. By Sachi Kitajima Mulkey & Syris Valentine Last July, heavy storms lashed Vermont with record rain, leaving roads torn asunder, communities submerged, and farms washed out. In response, [Read more]

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Solar and storage helps displace gas on California grid

May 17, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on May 16, 2024. By Christopher Bonasia California is using giant batteries to deploy solar energy even after sunset, boosting grid stability and evening out demand spikes [Read more]

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Canadian coal-fired electricity generation rapidly being replaced by low and non-emitting energy sources

May 17, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by the Canada Energy Regulator on May 15, 2024. In 2016, Canada announced the goal to phase out unabated coal-fired power plants by 2030.(1) This followed decades of progress in the transition away [Read more]

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Industrial carbon pricing explained

May 7, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by the Canadian Climate Institute on April 19, 2024. By Jason Dion and Ross Linden-Fraser Large-emitter trading systems (LETS) are the workhorse of Canada’s climate policies, according to a recent analysis from the [Read more]

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One CCS project cancelled, another one failing as industry navigates very bad week

May 3, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on May 3, 2024. By Mitchell Beer Canada’s sputtering carbon capture and storage (CCS) industry sustained two serious setbacks in less than 48 hours this week, with [Read more]

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Modelling future impacts of the oil and gas emissions cap

April 30, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by the Pembina Institute on April 29, 2024. By Janetta McKenzie The Government of Alberta, in its technical submission to the Government of Canada regarding the proposed oil and gas sectoral [Read more]

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Large-emitter trading systems explained

April 23, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Canadian Climate Institute on April 19, 2024. By Jason Dion, Ross Linden-Fraser Large-emitter trading systems (LETS) are the workhorse of Canada’s climate policies, according to a recent analysis from the Canadian Climate [Read more]

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