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Canada Is Off-Track For Its Paris Climate Goal. Stronger Policies Can Close The Gap, Save More Than $150 Billion Annually

April 4, 2018 by Energy Innovation

Canada Is Off-Track For Its Paris Climate Goal. Stronger Policies Can Close The Gap, Save More Than $150 Billion Annually

Canada has committed to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions 30% below 2005 levels by 2030 under the Paris Climate Accord, and proposed the ambitious Pan-Canadian Framework (PCF) to reduce emissions while strengthening the economy. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Carbon and De-carbonization, Cleantech, Climate, Communications and Messaging, Energy, Energy and Economy, Energy Security, Environment, Environmental Policy, Finance, Fuels, News, Politics & Legislation, Risk Management, Sustainability, Tech Tagged With: canada, climate change, energy policy, global warming, paris agreement, Paris climate agreement

New Research Shows Canada’s Methane Emissions Problem Is Even Worse, But It’s Not Hopeless

March 26, 2018 by EDF Energy Exchange

New Research Shows Canada’s Methane Emissions Problem Is Even Worse, But It’s Not Hopeless

New direct emissions data from oil and gas fields in Alberta should be a warning to regulators in Ottawa and Edmonton as they each prepare their methane regulations. A new study concluded that oil and gas methane emissions are 15 times higher than industry reports for 60 production sites measured in Red Deer. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Communications and Messaging, Efficiency, Energy, Energy and Economy, Energy Security, Environment, Environmental Policy, Finance, Fuels, News, Oil, Politics & Legislation, Risk Management, Storage, Sustainability, Tech, Utilities Tagged With: air pollution, canada, energy policy, energy research, methane, methane emissions, methane leaks

Canada’s Pipeline Challenges Will Force More Tar Sands Oil to Move by Rail

March 21, 2018 by DeSmog

Canada’s Pipeline Challenges Will Force More Tar Sands Oil to Move by Rail

The Motley Fool has been advising investors on “How to Profit From the Re-Emergence of Canada’s Crude-by-Rail Strategy.” But what makes transporting Canadian crude oil by rail attractive to investors? According to the Motley Fool, the reason is “… right now, there is so much excess oil being pumped out of Canada’s oil sands that the pipelines simply don’t have the capacity to handle it all.” … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Communications and Messaging, Energy, Energy and Economy, Energy Security, Environment, Environmental Policy, Finance, Fuels, News, Oil, Politics & Legislation, Public Health, Risk Management, Storage, Transportation, Utilities Tagged With: canada, energy economics, energy risk, legal challenge, legal challenges, oil by rail, oil pipeline, pipeline, public health risk, public safety, tar sands

Canada Sets Course for a Domestic SMR Industry

March 5, 2018 by Dan Yurman

Canada Sets Course for a Domestic SMR Industry

The Canadian Government is mapping out an industrial strategy to become a global leader in the design, development, manufacturing, and use of small modular reactors (SMRs). … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Electricity, Energy, Energy and Economy, Energy Security, Environment, Finance, Fuels, News, Nuclear Power, Politics & Legislation, Rare Earth Minerals, Sustainability, Tech, Utilities Tagged With: canada, domestic nuclear, nuclear construction, nuclear industry, nuclear plant, nuclear reactor, nuclear technology, small modular reactor (SMR), SMR

Is This New Tar Sands Technology a Game Changer for Exporting Canada’s Bitumen?

March 2, 2018 by DeSmog

Is This New Tar Sands Technology a Game Changer for Exporting Canada’s Bitumen?

A new technology has the potential to transform the transportation of tars sands oil. Right now, the already thick and slow-flowing oil, known as bitumen, has to be diluted with a super-light petroleum product, usually natural gas condensate, in order for it to flow through a pipeline or into a rail tank car. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Carbon and De-carbonization, Climate, Energy, Energy and Economy, Energy Security, Environment, Finance, Fuels, Natural Gas, Oil, Storage, Tech, Utilities Tagged With: bitumen, canada, energy technology, fossil fuels, oil and gas, tar sands

Methane a Potential Blind Spot for Canadian Oil and Gas Industry, Says Investor

March 2, 2018 by EDF Energy Exchange

Methane a Potential Blind Spot for Canadian Oil and Gas Industry, Says Investor

While a growing number of global oil and gas companies step up to reduce methane emissions, many operators in Canada have hesitated to take concrete action, perhaps waiting instead for federal and provincial regulations to address the issue. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Carbon and De-carbonization, Climate, Communications and Messaging, Energy, Energy and Economy, Energy Security, Environment, Environmental Policy, Finance, Fuels, Natural Gas, Oil, Risk Management, Storage, Tech, Utilities Tagged With: canada, energy industry, energy investment, fossil fuels, investor, methane, methane leak, oil and gas

British Columbia Budget 2018 Takes Steps in Right Direction on Climate

March 2, 2018 by Pembina Institute

British Columbia Budget 2018 Takes Steps in Right Direction on Climate

Earlier this year, I penned an op-ed outlining six ways that B.C. can defend the climate and economy in 2018. With the release of this year’s throne speech and budget, what progress has the B.C. government made so far? … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Climate, Energy and Economy, News, Politics & Legislation Tagged With: british columbia, canada

Urenco, Bruce Power Sign MOU To Develop U-Battery for Canada

January 9, 2018 by Rod Adams

Urenco, Bruce Power Sign MOU To Develop U-Battery for Canada

Urenco, Bruce Power and AMEC NSS Limited recently announced that they had signed an MOU to cooperate in the design, licensing and development of Urenco’s U-Battery micro nuclear system for the Canadian electricity and heat market. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Efficiency, Electricity, Energy, Energy and Economy, Energy Security, Environment, Finance, Fuels, News, Nuclear Power, Rare Earth Minerals, Storage, Tech, Utilities Tagged With: battery technology, bruce power, canada, nuclear development, nuclear technology, U-Battery, Urenco

An Exciting Year for Energy-Efficient Buildings in British Columbia

December 19, 2017 by Pembina Institute

An Exciting Year for Energy-Efficient Buildings in British Columbia

What an exciting year 2017 has been for high-performance homes and buildings in British Columbia. Across Canada’s westernmost province, new projects are demonstrating what is possible at the highest levels of energy efficiency and paving the way for the widespread adoption of buildings that meet the needs of a low-carbon future. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cleantech, Communications and Messaging, Efficiency, Energy, Energy and Economy, Energy Security, Environment, Finance, Fuels, Green Building, News, Politics & Legislation, Risk Management, Sustainability, Tech, Utilities Tagged With: buildings, canada, energy-efficiency

Vancouver-FortisBC Climate Deal is Promising Start, But Proof Will Be in Utility’s 20-Year Plan

December 13, 2017 by Pembina Institute

Vancouver-FortisBC Climate Deal is Promising Start, But Proof Will Be in Utility’s 20-Year Plan

That the City of Vancouver and FortisBC in British Columbia have agreed to collaborate on climate action is positive news. It is heartening to see FortisBC collaboratively engage to explore its role in the low-carbon economy. How far this new way of thinking has been integrated will be revealed on December 14, when the utility releases its 20-year plan for its natural gas business. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Efficiency, Environmental Policy, Green Building, Utilities Tagged With: canada, energy planning, energy production, future energy, natural gas

Deadly Lac-Mégantic Oil Train Disaster Was Avoidable Corporate Crime

October 25, 2017 by DeSmog

Deadly Lac-Mégantic Oil Train Disaster Was Avoidable Corporate Crime

Damning new testimony from an engineer of the locomotive involved in the deadly 2013 oil train disaster in Lac-Mégantic, Canada, reveals several ways corporate cost-cutting directly led to the accident, which claimed 47 lives. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Energy Security, Environment, Fuels, News, Oil, Public Health, Risk Management, Storage, Tech, Transportation Tagged With: canada, disaster, energy safety, energy transportation, Lac-Megantic, oil train, public safety, rail transport

Canada Aims To Solve U.S. Nuclear Woes

October 17, 2017 by Oilprice.com

Canada Aims To Solve U.S. Nuclear Woes

Canada believes it may have the answer to replacing some U.S. nuclear capacity with other forms of carbon-free energy.   When New York state and Massachusetts retire three nuclear reactors between 2019 and 2021, the two states will lose a combined 2.7 gigawatts of carbon-free power. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Carbon and De-carbonization, Efficiency, Electricity, Energy, Energy and Economy, Energy Security, Environment, Finance, Fuels, News, Nuclear Power, Politics & Legislation, Risk Management, Tech, Utilities Tagged With: canada, massachusetts, new york, nuclear industry, nuclear policy, nuclear power plant

Where Are Canada’s Missing Electric Cars?

September 14, 2017 by DeSmog

Where Are Canada’s Missing Electric Cars?

The race is on for electric vehicle supremacy. Last week, China — the world’s second largest economy and consumer of about one-third of new cars — announced it will set a deadline for automakers to end sales of fossil-fuel-powered vehicles, in a move that is expected to accelerate the global push into the electric car market. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cleantech, Efficiency, Electricity, Electricity Grid, Energy, Energy and Economy, Energy Security, Environment, Finance, Fuels, Green Business, News, Risk Management, Sustainability, Tech, Transportation, Utilities Tagged With: canada, electric cars, electric vehicles, electric vehicles (evs), Energy Transition, Justin Trudeau

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