The Canadian Press op-ed: Ending the climate crisis has one simple solution: Stop using fossil fuels
“If we don’t end the use of fossil fuels, all of the rest adds up to little more than branches piled on the tracks in front of a runaway train. They might slow the train temporarily, but until we get inside the engine and shut off the throttle, the train will keep accelerating,” say two university professors in this op-ed piece.
Letter to the Editor: Wind and battery power were non existent in Alberta last week
I believe your readers will want to be aware that wind power and battery storage power was essentially NON EXISTENT in Alberta during the very cold weather on Tuesday and Wednesday last week.
Climate activists throw liquid at Klimt painting in Vienna
BERLIN (AP) — Climate activists in Austria on Tuesday attacked a famous painting by artist Gustav Klimt with a black, oily liquid and one then glued himself to glass protecting the painting’s frame.
Members of the group Last Generation Austria tweeted they had targeted the 1915 painting “Death and Life” at the Leopold Museum in Vienna to protest their government’s use of fossil energies.
After throwing the liquid on the painting, which wasn’t damaged, one activist was pushed away by a museum guard while another glued his hand to the glass over the painting’s frame.
Brian Crossman: Be interesting
If you have chosen this industry, you will continue to meet amazing and highly successful people, many of whom started out with nothing. Now these same people are presidents, vice presidents and owners of companies. Many of them have worked all over the world, in some very interesting (sometimes scary) places. If you have the opportunity, and you will, be sure to talk to these guys, learn about their experiences, and maybe try these things on your own. There is some real adventure to be had if you are so inclined. I have friends that have worked pretty much anywhere there is oil and gas to be found. They have seen and done things that will blow your mind. These fellas can tell you some extremely interesting stories about the energy industry and the people that work in it.
COP27: Handshake sparks climate hope, but officials remain worried
SHARM EL-SHEIKH (AP) — A handshake in lush Bali is being felt at climate talks thousands of miles away in the Egyptian desert, where lack of progress had a top United Nations official worried. After more than a week of so far fruitless climate talks, negotiators were...
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Environment minister says missions cap on oil and gas expected by end of 2023
OTTAWA – Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says Canada’s promised emissions cap on the oil and gas sector won’t be finalized for another year.
Brian Zinchuk: 400 private jets show up for the COP27 climate conference, and you could buy one of them!
So I don’t know what a UK-registered executive jet was doing bounding around Saudi Arabia, nor am I sure what it was doing in Egypt. Perhaps they just wanted to get some sun at the famous Egyptian resort between the desert of the Sinai Peninsula and the Red Sea. It’s known for its sheltered sandy beaches, clear waters and coral reefs, Wikipedia says.
Or maybe, just maybe, its passengers were attending the COP27 climate conference going on at this time. Let’s go with that.
As Alberta’s wind power generation collapsed this week, so, too did Saskatchewan’s
If you want to know what the weather is going to be like in Saskatchewan, look to Alberta, and you’ll get a good idea. So if wind power crates in Albert on Tuesday, expect the same to happen in Saskatchewan on Wednesday. And that’s exactly what happened.
Biden tightens methane emissions rule amid push for more oil
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) — The Biden administration is ramping up efforts to reduce methane emissions, targeting the oil and gas industry for its role in global warming even as President Joe Biden has pressed energy producers for more oil...
What’s all this “energy transition” about? Find out yourself with a free online U of A course
CALGARY – There’s a new trend in education – free online courses for people who just want to learn something of interest. The University of Alberta is now offering such a massive open online course (MOOC) on the “energy transition.”
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Gore announces fossil fuel emissions inventory at UN summit
By Samy Magdy in Sharm El-sheikh SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) — A detailed inventory of the top known sources of greenhouse gas emitters launched by former U.S. Vice President Al Gore at the U.N. climate summit in Egypt on Wednesday found that the top 14...
Alberta’s now 32 wind farms with 3,076 megawatts capacity put out just 15 megawatts at supper on Tuesday, and 3 megawatts at midnight
According to Dispatcho.app, in the 30 days prior to Nov. 4, those four batteries collectively contributed power to the grid just 339 minutes in total, out of 43,200 minutes available to them collectively (60 minutes * 24 hours/day * 30 days * 4 batteries). eReserve 1 Rycroft produced power just four times in 30 days, for a total of 90 minutes. eReserve 2 Buffalo Creek contributed power four times, from five to 16 minutes a crack for a total of 34 minutes in 30 days. eReserve 3 Mercer Hill produced power five times, from five to 16 minutes per occasion, totaling 42 minutes in 30 days. Summerview produced power for more time than the other three combined, but its four periods of usage totalled 173 minutes, ranging from 29 to 59 minutes at a time.
NDP critic Aleana Young asks if the Saskatchewan First Act constitutional? Is it window dressing?
REGINA – Is the Saskatchewan First Act window dressing? Is it unconstitutional?
These are questions NDP Regina University MLA Aleana Young is asking. She’s critic for both Energy and Resources and SaskPower. Both of those areas are key considerations specifically listed within the Saskatchewan First Act.
That act was introduced by introduced by Minister of Justice and Attorney General Bronwyn Eyre on Nov. 1, with the intention of “reasserting” Saskatchewan’s jurisdiction on resources, environmental regulation, power production and fertilizer usage. It’s the Saskatchewan Party government’s response to what it believes has been overreach by the federal government into nine different areas, all in the name of climate change.
New Alberta energy minister to keep coal moratorium, consider well clean-up breaks
Alberta’s new energy minister has promised to maintain an order protecting the Rocky Mountains in the province from coal development, for now.
However, Peter Guthrie says his department is already working on a controversial program to give oil companies breaks on their royalties to clean up old wells.
McKenna-led UN group calls for regulation, end to greenwashing in net-zero pledges
“We set very clear red lines on greenwashing. This is what you cannot do, if you announce publicly, you put up your hand and you say I’m a climate leader,” said Catherine McKenna. “You cannot claim to be net zero by continuing to build or invest in new fossil fuel supply.”
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Just what does The Saskatchewan First Act do? We asked the minister behind it
“So let’s take let’s take the power thing first of all,” Eyre said, noting the proposed Clean Electricity Standard, if adopted in its current form, would mean no fossil fueled power generation in this province by 2035.
According to SaskPower’s Where Your Power Comes From website, on any given day, coal and natural gas combined provide 65 to 84 per cent of the power in Saskatchewan. On Nov. 6, it was 77 per cent.
Eyre said, “That’s a federal policy which we hope will never see the light of day, but which is moving along. We will freeze in the dark. And we know that. Saskatoon (is) powered by the Queen Elizabeth, a national gas-powered power station. The entire City of Saskatoon (would be) in huge trouble.”
SaskPower literally doubling down on wind and solar, despite days like Oct. 3 when wind produced 7% capacity
SaskPower is on track to reduce its CO2 emissions by at least 50 per cent from 2005 levels by 2030. In the process, the amount of non-emitting electricity in Saskatchewan’s generation mix will increase from approximately 35 per cent today to between 40 and 50 per cent, the press release said.
But that’s nameplate capacity – the theoretical amount facilities can put out in ideal conditions. The reality has proven to be far from that. Wind and solar typically produce nothing near nameplate capacity, and coal and natural gas combined make up 65 to 84 per cent of Saskatchewan power production on any given day.
Quick Dick McDick: The Trudeau Tales
Just a short one this week, a little fairy tale about the budget balancing itself. And it has to do with cancelling Disney Plus?
War fallout, aid demands overshadow climate talks in Egypt
By Frank Jordans And Seth Borenstein in Berlin BERLIN (AP) — When world leaders, diplomats, campaigners and scientists descend on Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt next week for talks on tackling climate change, don't expect them to part the Red Sea or other miracles...
Canadian Natural touts its economic contribution against backdrop of soaring profits
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.’s president Tim McKay added his voice Thursday to the chorus of oilsands executives who in recent days have been pushing back against critics by touting their industry’s contributions to the overall economy.
McKay, who heads Canada’s largest oil and gas producer, said on a third-quarter earnings conference call on Thursday that CNRL is expected to contribute $11 billion in taxes and royalties to federal and provincial governments this year, a 120 per cent increase from 2021.
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Enbridge CEO says federal incentives for clean tech will spur investment in Canada
The new incentives for clean energy development in the federal government’s fall fiscal update will make a real difference in helping to attract investment capital to Canada, the chief executive of Enbridge Inc. said Friday.
On a conference call to discuss the pipeline giant’s third quarter financial results, CEO Al Monaco said the Calgary-based company is encouraged by measures announced by Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland on Thursday.
David Yager: Political attacks on North America’s oil producers put votes before security
What is the long-term future of a society that attacks its own economic foundation for political gain?
North Americans must ask this question.
By putting politics first, some politicians in both the U.S. in Canada undermine North America’s core strengths of energy security, economic competitiveness and continued prosperity.
Many elections have been won on the future of energy. Fossil fuels are bad. Renewables are good. Financial support for oil, gas or coal producers was branded as a crime against the future of civilization. Those who asked questions were labelled climate change deniers.
But that was so 2021. Everything has changed.
“To hell with that,” Moe says regarding federal policies seeking to shut down coal and natural gas power generation, and limit fertilizer usage
To hell with that!” Premier Scott Moe said, with reference to federal policies that will shut down coal-fired power generation in 2030 and moves to similarly shut down natural gas, and restrict fertilizer usage.
Europe urged to save natural gas to avoid shortage next year
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Europe could face a severe natural gas shortage next year and needs to act now to reduce use, the International Energy Agency said in a report Thursday, warning against complacency in an energy crisis triggered by Russia’s war in Ukraine after countries were able to build up storage of the fuel to heat homes and generate electricity this winter.
The IEA said Europe benefited from some Russian gas supplies over the summer and sharply reduced competition from China for scarce shiploads of liquefied natural gas, or LNG, and those factors could be one-offs, the Paris-based organization said. Along with mild weather, that has pushed down natural gas prices from August highs.
Suncor reducing contractor work force by 20 per cent to improve safety, efficiency
CALGARY — Suncor Energy Inc. is reducing the size of its contractor work force by 20 per cent as part of its effort to improve safety and performance at its oilsands operations.
Interim CEO Kris Smith told analysts on a conference call Thursday that more than half of the work force reductions have already been completed, with the remainder on track to be completed by the first half of 2023.