Joseph Fournier: Saskatchewan must become Canada’s nuclear fuel powerhouse or it will wither on the vine
Here in my first article with Pipeline Online, I will outline how I believe Saskatchewan can and must turn its rapidly depleting uranium resource into a foundational value-added industry that will create immense economic value for centuries to come.
Feds announce $11 million in funding for clean energy projects, mostly in Alberta
Eleven clean energy projects, most of which are based in Alberta, have been selected to receive a total of $11 million in federal funding.
Crowdsourcing a curriculum for the new Oil & Gas 20 and 30 high school classes
The columnists with the Leader-Post and StarPhoenix were aghast that the oil and gas sector would have input into crafting a course. To hell with them. This is an opportunity.
Will you help?
Quick Dick McDick: Road trip! West meets East
Quick Dick McDick heads east for some shows in Ontario. Apparently they have some complimentary Trudeau signs in Ontario, too.
SaskPower brings first utility-scale battery online in Regina
Alberta has ten, but now Saskatchewan just activated its first utility-scale battery. It went online June 28.
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Hands off our bank account, Saskatchewan tells feds re: carbon tax
The carbon tax fight between Saskatchewan and Ottawa just ratcheted up another notch, with the provincial government saying the feds are seeking to seize money from “the province’s bank account,” according to a post from Premier Scott Moe on various social media on July 4.
More carbon capture projects to be green-lit soon: Natural Resources Minister
CALGARY — Federal Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson says he expects between 20 and 25 commercial-scale carbon capture and storage projects to break ground in Canada within the next decade.
Competition Bureau statement regarding guidance on Competition Act’s new greenwashing provisions
Here is the verbatim press release from the Competition Bureau regarding the gag law imposed on June 20 by Bill C-59. Pipeline Online covered this bill extensively in this story and this column published July 4. You might want to have your say and offer some comments on the Bureau’s Guidance Feedback Form.
Brian Zinchuk: Why celebrate Canada Day, when your federal government diminished your free speech 10 days earlier?
The fact that CAPP and the Pathways Alliance folded on this like a cheap house of cards, is all the more troubling. They’ve just been handed the environmental equivalent of a yellow star, and they dutifully put it on.
Will you do the same?
Brian Crossman: Lessons in the mistakes, in Siberia
Some lessons won’t soon be forgotten and can potentially save someone’s life in the future.
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FortisBC says all customers now see renewable natural gas on utility bills
FortisBC says it has become the first utility in North America to automatically designate a portion of its residential customers’ natural gas use to renewable natural gas, or RNG.
Gibson Energy names Curtis Philippon as next chief executive
Gibson owns oil terminals and pipelines in Alberta and Texas as well as a heavy crude oil processing facility in Saskatchewan.
Clean Electricity Regulations: Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change
“In order for Canada to achieve economy-wide net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, the electrification of energy-intensive activities, such as transportation, heating and cooling of buildings and various industrial processes, will be needed. For that electrification to have the desired impact, electricity
generation will need to come from low- and non-emitting electricity generation sources, and this will need to happen much earlier than 2050.” – Steven Guilbeault
Fire at gas metering station sparks grass fire that shut Alberta highway
Yellowhead County in northern Alberta says a fire that prompted the closure of a major highway west of Edmonton involved a gas metering station.
Ahead of election, Venezuela’s Maduro says he has agreed to resume negotiations with United States
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s government plans to resume negotiations with the U.S. government this week, President Nicolás Maduro announced Monday, less than a month before a highly anticipated election in which he and his party are facing their toughest challenge in decades.
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Weekend Watch: The problem with wind energy
There’s actually a lot in this video to absorb, everything from gear ratios to grid frequencies, Irish hydrogen to metal fatigue. There are pluses with wind, but there are minuses as well, beyond the days when the wind doesn’t blow.
Op-Ed: Deidra Gayrk: Trudeau Government Wants Greenwashing Bill C-59 Gag to be Oil & Gas Environmental “Greenhushing”
Individuals – disgruntled employees, eco-activists, bored people – can go onto the Competition Bureau’s website and fill in the complaint form for the Bureau to decide whether or not to investigate. The unelected, unaccountable bureaucracy will decide who will and will not be investigated.
Guilbeault counters Saskatchewan’s defiance of Clean Electricity Regulations, Eyre fires back
he federal and Saskatchewan governments traded barbs over Saskatchewan’s response to the Clean Electricity Regulations, essentially saying they are impossible to follow, so we won’t follow them. We’ll get to net zero in due course, by 2050 instead of 2035, according to the Government of Saskatchewan.
Sask NDP response to Clean Electricity Regulations tribunal report
Following the release of the Saskatchewan Economic Impact Assessment Tribunal’s report on the federal Clean Electricity Regulations (CER), the Government of Saskatchewan has announced on June 25 that it will not be complying with the regulations when they come into...
Clean Electricity Regulations: Longhorn Oil & Gas submission
Longhorn was the only junior oil producer to make a submission to the tribunal. This submission in particular was quoted in the tribunal’s report when it considered impacts on the oil and gas sector.
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Saskatchewan won’t follow Clean Electricity Regulation, citing Economic Assessment Tribunal report
It is simply impossible to meet federal climate change demands by 2035, so Saskatchewan is not going to do it, instead aiming for 2050. And we’re not taking it to court, either. That’s up to the federal government.
Impact of the Clean Electricity Regulations on oil and gas
“Eliminating these expenses would cause indirect job losses, affecting local businesses such as retail stores, restaurants, and service providers, leading to further economic downturns within Longhorn’s surrounding communities.”
Alberta lithium company E3 pegs capital cost of proposed project at $2.47B
A company that aims to develop the lithium that occurs naturally within Alberta’s oilfield brines has pegged the estimated capital cost of its proposed Clearwater project at $2.47 billion.
NTSB derailment investigation renews concerns about detectors, tank cars and Norfolk Southern
The National Transportation Safety Board’s daylong hearing on what caused the disastrous East Palestine train derailment near the Ohio-Pennsylvania border last year gave the community, railroads and policymakers plenty to think about.
Pembina, Haisla First Nation give green light to proposed US$4B LNG project
Canada is set to have another liquefied natural gas export terminal as project proponents have green-lit the majority Indigenous-owned US$4-billion Cedar LNG facility.