Greenhouse Gas Emissions

• Ottawa set to unveil long-promised emissions cap for oil and gas sector

  The 2022 emissions reduction plan anticipated regulating that emissions from oil and gas in 2030 fall more than 40 per cent from current levels.

  Canada

  Dec 7
  
• Canada’s oil and gas emissions cap coming with 2026 target start date: sources

  The policy will outline how the cap on greenhouse gas emissions will work and that it is intended to begin applying sometime between 2026 and 2030.

  Environment

  Dec 6
  
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• Canada unlikely to hit emissions reduction targets, environment watchdog says

  A deep dive into Canada's detailed plan to reach its greenhouse-gas emissions targets finds its likely to fall short, the federal environment commissioner says.

  Environment

  Nov 7
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• Climate policy works – but these sectors undercut progress: report

  Emissions from oil and gas production and from buildings accounted for 72 per cent of the total increase in emissions, according to a climate change report.

  Canada

  Sep 29
• Working from home may halve emissions compared to office-goers: study

  Office energy is the main contributor to the carbon footprint of on-site and hybrid workers, the study published Monday in PNAS found.

  Canada

  Sep 20
• Coke Canada Bottling to begin major pilot project in Montreal

  Coke Canada Bottling will become the first food and beverage manufacturer in Canada to use electric trucks. The pilot project will begin in Montreal.

  Canada

  Sep 19
• WestJet CEO says aviation will need significant government support to decarbonize

  Alexis von Hoensbroech says the global push to decarbonize the aviation sector by 2050 will lead to a major increase in ticket prices unless governments step in to offer support.

  Canada

  Sep 19
• Oil companies can only decarbonize as fast as the rest of the economy: Shell Canada

  While Shell has its own net-zero ambitions, Susannah Pierce said the speed of global decarbonization is dependent on the entire economy transitioning, not just the energy sector.

  Environment

  Sep 15
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• 2035 or 2050? A realistic clean electricity goal for Alberta could fall between the two

  As politicians spar over whether 2035 or 2050 should be the deadline to attain a net-zero electricity grid in Alberta, the correct answer may lie somewhere in the middle.

  Environment

  Aug 23
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• Alberta and B.C. in talks to expand Canadian LNG reach globally, Danielle Smith says

  Smith expressed frustration about the lack of federal infrastructure that would allow Alberta producers to fulfil global market needs.

  Canada

  Jul 13