REGINA – Saskatchewan’s New Democratic Party may have voted unanimously with the Saskatchewan Party on supporting its plan to continue using fossil fuels for power generation, phasing them out much more slowly than the federal government is calling for. Saskatchewan...
REGINA – Saskatchewan will run its coal and natural gas power plants until their expected end of life, and not shut them down due to the proposed federal Clean Electricity Standard which says they must be retired by 2035. That’s according to Premier Scott Moe, on May...
REGINA – The government of Saskatchewan fought the federal government tooth and nail on the carbon tax, all the way to the Supreme Court. It lost, and the ever-increasing federal carbon tax is now a reality. In its over-arching mission to reduce carbon emissions, the...
REGINA – Saskatchewan has been put in an “impossible position” when it comes to meeting impeding the federal Clean Electricity Standard by 2035, according to Premier Scott Moe. While we will do our best, we cannot meet those federal expectations. And if the feds are...
The Canadian federal Government is moving towards a “Net Zero” power grid by 2035, seeking to curtail greenhouse gas emissions from coal and natural gas power generation. However, coal and natural gas on some days account for up to 84% of power generation...
