Carbon Emissions

• Push for electric vehicles, climate ambition driving down Canada’s oil need: report

  The uptake of electric vehicles and stricter measures to reduce emissions are the top reasons why a research group is calling on governments not to invest in Alberta's oil sector.

  Canada

  May 26
• Hamilton eyes home energy retrofit grant program

  Heating, cooling and powering of buildings alone accounts for 18 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) in Hamilton and Burlington.

  Environment

  May 19
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• China must overhaul its vast power grid to meet climate pledge, analysts say

  One of China's biggest challenges to meet its pledge to cap carbon emissions this decade is overhauling its electricity grid, officials and analysts say.

  World

  May 19
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• Natural gas straddle plant designed to reduce oilsands emissions with cleaner fuel

  Wolf Midstream says it will build a facility to strip petroleum liquids from natural gas used in operations near Fort McMurray, leaving a purer fuel.

  Environment

  May 12
• Imperial Oil shareholders defeat shareholder motion to set net zero emission target

  Imperial Oil Ltd. investors have voted 86 per cent to defeat a shareholder resolution that it adopt a target to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.

  Environment

  May 4
• ‘It’s the future’: Town of Taber looking at net-zero carbon emissions

  Southern Alberta is home to some of the sunniest places in Canada. A town is looking at reaching net-zero and following in their neighbouring town's footsteps.

  Environment

  Apr 18
• Imperial Oil urges shareholders to reject ‘premature’ net zero 2050 carbon motion

  Imperial Oil is recommending investors vote against a shareholder resolution that it adopt a corporate-wide target to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.

  Canada

  Mar 19
• Shell Canada employing ‘agile teams’ to power energy transition, reduce emissions

  The president and country head for Shell Canada says its transition into a provider of cleaner energy is being driven by a network of "agile teams'' of employees.

  Environment

  Mar 3
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• How Norway is ahead of Canada on climate action

  Canada could learn from Norway's approach to climate change, says Bruce Campbell of York University.

  Commentary

  Feb 14
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• World leaders mark 5 years of Paris climate agreement with virtual gathering

  The Paris agreement aims to cap global warming at well under 2C (3.6F), ideally no more than 1.5C (2.7F), by the end of the century.

  World

  Dec 12, 2020