Jim Warren: Lithium prices, and what they tell us about the popularity of electric vehicles
Despite having a copycat EV mandate that mirrors those in Europe, Canadian sales have been even less stellar than what the US has been able to achieve. In 2021, EVs accounted for just 5.3 per cent of new car sales in Canada. Most of them were sold in Ontario, BC and Quebec (55,229), which makes sense—those are the provinces where most Canadians and most climate-alarmed Canadians live. In all the rest of Canada just 7,301 electric vehicles were purchased.
Op-Ed: Ruthless, reckless, damaging: the Hon. Steven Guilbeault is MLI’s Policy-maker of the year
The Liberals have been chided for focusing on communications over substance, for announcing policies rather than implementing them. But there is an exception to this rule: the ruthlessly efficient Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault. No one else in Canada has been as influential, and, in my view, no one else has done so much damage.
Saskatchewan’s Year in Energy: Premier Scott Moe, 2023: Full Interview
If you didn’t have a chance to see this interview posted in four pieces before, here is the full year-end interview between Premier Scott Moe and Pipeline Online editor and owner Brian Zinchuk
Brian Zinchuk: Boxing Day Special! Alberta had free power for several hours, and that’s not a good thing
The problem with no one making money is that no one is making money
So long, carbon tax on home heating in Saskatchewan!
Starting January 1, 2024, both SaskEnergy and SaskPower will remove the federal carbon tax from home heating, the provincial government said in an Dec. 28 release. And the impact could make a big difference for many people, as seen in an example below.
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Five things to watch for in Canadian business in 2024
Business headlines in 2023 saw a housing crisis and the fight against inflation take centre stage while the job market proved to be stronger than expected.
Site for Canada’s underground nuclear waste repository to be selected next year
A critical milestone is on the horizon for Canada’s 175-year-long plan to bury its nuclear waste underground, with two pairs of Ontario communities set to decide if they would be willing hosts.
Venezuela will hold military exercises off its shores as a British warship heads to Guyana
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — President Nicolás Maduro ordered Venezuela’s armed forces to conduct defensive exercises in the Eastern Caribbean after the United Kingdom sent a warship toward Guyana’s territorial waters as the South American neighbors dispute a large border region.
New Mexico native will oversee the state’s $49B savings portfolio amid windfall from petroleum
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A state cabinet secretary and former economist to the Legislature was selected Wednesday to oversee New Mexico’s $49 billion nest egg of savings and trust accounts at the State Investment Council.
Poland plans 24 SMRs across six sites, the same design SaskPower plans on building
World Nuclear News (WNN) reported on Dec. 8 that Poland, which is currently heavily reliant on coal power generation, will be building reactors literally by the dozen.
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Minister to overrule Ontario Energy Board, says decision will raise cost of new homes
The Ontario Energy Board strayed “out of their lane” with a decision that would increase costs for new homes heated with natural gas, the province’s energy minister said Friday as he promised to overturn it.
Biden’s hydrogen tax credit unveiled as administration tries to jump start industry
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration released its highly anticipated proposal for doling out billions of dollars in tax credits to hydrogen producers Friday, in a massive effort to build out an industry that some hope can be a cleaner alternative to fossil fueled power.
Patchwork Podcast: Year-end roundup with Adam Waterman, Brian Zinchuk, Tracy Klotz and Kurt Price
There are some days I think I’m kinda smart. But you get into a room, virtual or otherwise, with an Adam Waterman or a Matt Cugnet, and you realize how dumb you really are.
Peter Zeihan: Canada, After America
Pipeline Online closely follows Peter Zeihan, the Colorado-based geopolitical strategist who has a remarkable ability to accurately predict what's coming. He forecast Russia would invade the rest of Ukraine in eight years, eight years before it invaded the rest of...
Nevada tribe says coalitions, not lawsuits, will protect sacred sites as US advances energy agenda
The room was packed with Native American leaders from across the United States, all invited to Washington to hear from federal officials about President Joe Biden’s accomplishments and new policy directives aimed at improving relationships and protecting sacred sites. Arlan Melendez was not among them.
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Quick Dick McDick: The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
Yes, Quick Dick went there. As in he went over the log in the trees.
Anyhow, prepare for your ears to be tortured (My mom asked “What is that horrible singing?”) And scenes of joy (prancing while casting feed) and horror (aforementioned dump in the trees).
It wouldn’t be Christmas without Quick Dick McDick. Merry Christmas from Pipeline Online as well!
Saskatchewan’s Year in Energy: Premier Scott Moe, 2023: Part 4: Lithium, Helium, Conclusion
In the last year, two lithium companies are working on pilot projects for lithium commercialization. North American Helium increased its number of helium processing facilities from three to seven. Royal Helium, having just completed its first helium processing site in Alberta, may develop its Climax, Saskatchewan properties next.
Weekend Watch: Why Venezuela is Preparing to Conquer Guyana
What’s really interesting are the North Dakota and Alberta/Canadian connections. As Venezuelan heavy crude production soared, US Gulf Coast refineries tooled up to handle it. But as their government essentially destroyed their economy, combined with US sanctions, the Canadian oilsands, and maybe, too, the Lloydminster region, benefitted by replacing that oil with our own.
Wind bottoms out across 14 states in Southwest Power Pool SPP on Dec. 22
That also meant that of any electrons coming across the border at that time, if SaskPower was buying any power from SPP, 83.4 per cent of that power would have been coming from coal and natural gas, and would not have had a carbon tax applied to it.
Five years ago today, 427 trucks rolled through Estevan, protesting Trudeau’s energy policies
Five years ago on this day, Dec. 22, 427 semis, service rigs, bed trucks, crew trucks, pickups and everything in between showed up on a spur-of-the-moment to protest the energy policies of the Canadian federal Liberal government. It took less than 48 hours, from the time the decision was made to go ahead with a truck convoy protest in Estevan, until the first truck rolled out of Bert Baxter Transport’s yard.
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Saskatchewan’s Year in Energy: Premier Scott Moe, 2023: Part 3: Clean Electricity Regulations and Nuclear Power
Clean Electricity Regulations proposed by the federal government mean to totally change our nation and its economy. And nuclear power is really the only option Saskatchewan has for large-scale, baseload power that does not emit greenhouse gasses.
Saskatchewan’s Year in Energy: Premier Scott Moe, 2023: Part 2 Oil Drilling, or Lack Thereof
Oil prices were up in 2023, but oil drilling in Saskatchewan certainly didn’t reflect that. So Pipeline Online asked what Saskatchewan is going to do about it.
The end of coal-fired power in Alberta is nigh
The last coal-fired power station in Alberta will soon be out of coal. A few weeks ago, a notice posted to the the Alberta Electric System Operator website provided an update on its conversion to natural gas.
Saskatchewan’s Year in Energy: Premier Scott Moe, 2023: Part 1, Fighting the Feds
Energy, and the “energy transition” being forced upon Canadians by the federal government, is becoming the dominant story, affecting all our lives and everything we do. In his year-end interview with Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe, Pipeline Online dives deep into the biggest energy issues of the past year.
New Electric Vehicle Availability Standard will give Canadians better access to more affordable cars and cleaner air, says Guilbeault
Editor’s Note: In Pipeline Online’s continuing mission to allow the people of Saskatchewan know precisely what their federal government is telling them on climate change initiatives, here’s Minister of Environment and Climate Change Steven Guilbeault’s press release of Dec. 18, explaining how the federal government will move to outlaw the sale of gas and diesel light vehicles in 11 years and 13 days. This press release has quotes from no less than five federal ministers and one parliamentary secretary.