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COP29 primer: Canada’s priorities at the global climate talks, and the Trump impact

COP29 primer: Canada’s priorities at the global climate talks, and the Trump impact

Nov 10, 2024 | 1:49pm
Canada could be an important consensus builder at this year’s international climate negotiations, Environment and Climate Change Minister Steven Guilbeault said, while downplaying concerns that Donald Trump’s presidential election victory could hamper the talks.  “Our window to keep global average temperatures from surpassing 1.5 degrees Celsius is closing fast on us, so we need everyone […]
Enbridge and Six Nations Energy Development consortium plan wind energy project

Enbridge and Six Nations Energy Development consortium plan wind energy project

Jun 24, 2024 | 7:07am
Enbridge Inc. and Six Nations Energy Development LP have announced plans to develop a wind energy project southeast of Weyburn, Sask. Six Nations is a consortium of Cowessess First Nation, George Gordon First Nation, Kahkewistahaw First Nation, Métis Nation-Saskatchewan, Pasqua First Nation and White Bear First Nations. The Seven Stars Energy Project is expected to […]
Emissions cap not possible without oil, gas production cuts: Deloitte

Emissions cap not possible without oil, gas production cuts: Deloitte

Jun 19, 2024 | 8:41am
Canadian oil and gas companies facing a federally imposed emissions cap will decide to cut their production rather than invest in too-expensive carbon capture and storage technology, a new report by Deloitte says. The Alberta government-commissioned report — a copy of which was obtained by The Canadian Press — aims to assess the economic impact […]
Saskatchewan’s Boundary dam carbon capture project underperforms, report says

Saskatchewan’s Boundary dam carbon capture project underperforms, report says

May 2, 2024 | 11:18am
A signature carbon capture and storage project in Saskatchewan continues to miss emissions reduction goals, raising questions about the cost-effectiveness of the technology, says a report. “We don’t think carbon capture works as well as industry and promoters claim,” said David Schissel, an analyst who wrote the report for the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis, […]
Carbon pricing 101: What today’s increase could mean for you

Carbon pricing 101: What today’s increase could mean for you

Apr 1, 2024 | 9:44am
The national price on pollution will rise by $15 per tonne today. Here’s some questions answered about what this could mean for you. Who pays the carbon price? Canada has two different carbon pricing programs — one for big industry where companies pay the price on a share of their actual emissions, and a consumer […]
Saskatchewan’s methane emissions underestimated, rate of releases high: research

Saskatchewan’s methane emissions underestimated, rate of releases high: research

Dec 9, 2023 | 10:19am
Saskatchewan’s oilpatch emits a potent greenhouse gas at a higher rate than almost anywhere else in North America, indicates new research from one of Canada’s premier climate labs. A published paper from Carleton University’s Energy and Emissions Research Lab concludes that on average, the province leaks about 2.6 per cent of the natural gas it […]
Ottawa was always flexible on clean-energy rules, despite Alberta concerns: Wilkinson

Ottawa was always flexible on clean-energy rules, despite Alberta concerns: Wilkinson

Nov 29, 2023 | 8:11am
Well before Alberta Premier Danielle Smith started talking about the Sovereignty Act, Ottawa was already taking steps to address the province’s concerns about being forced to prematurely shut down its natural gas power plants, says federal Energy Minister Jonathan Wilkinson. Smith invoked the new legislation earlier this week in what she herself has acknowledged was […]

Saskatchewan methane emissions almost four times more than reported: research

Feb 21, 2023 | 9:46am

New research using advanced technology suggests heavy oil facilities in Saskatchewan are releasing almost four times the amount of a powerful greenhouse gas than they report to government. The research, published in the journal Environmental Science and Technology, pioneers new methods of measuring methane emissions that question current industry practice, said author Matthew Johnson, an […]

Federal climate plan includes carbon tax increases through 2030

Dec 11, 2020 | 3:19pm

The federal government has released a $15-billion plan to meet its climate change commitments that includes steady increases to its carbon tax in each of the next 10 years. “It can no longer be free to pollute anywhere in the country,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday. The plan includes money to encourage heavy industry […]

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