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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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