British Columbia

British Columbia invests in solar-powered Zamboni, community-owned clean energy projects

Canada

Program allowed a community to retrofit a Zamboni with solar power and battery instead of propane The Province of British Columbia is investing in local governments and First Nations projects that will lower energy costs, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and lead to more affordable and sustainable community infrastructure, according to a press release. One of […]

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Column: City of Vancouver, FortisBC collaborate on climate action

Canada

FortisBC will present its long-term resource plan to the B.C. Utilities Commission Thursday By Tom-Pierre Frappé-Sénéclauze That the City of Vancouver and FortisBC have agreed to collaborate on climate action is positive news. It is heartening to see FortisBC collaboratively engage to explore its role in the low-carbon economy. How far this new way of thinking has

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BC to complete controversial Site C hydroelectric dam, price tag balloons to $10.7 billion

Canada

Cancellation of Site C would have cost B.C. $4 billion dollars: $2.1 billion already spent, $1.8 billion for site remediation The Site C dam will be completed because cancelling it would have cost the  British Columbia government $4 billion with nothing to show for the money spent, Premier John Horgan announced Monday. The British Columbia government

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Resource extraction responsible for high energy-intensity of Alberta, Saskatchewan economies

Canada

Burning natural gas in petroleum, mining industries causes higher greenhouse gas emissions New provincial and territorial energy profiles from the National Energy Board show that half of Canada’s energy is consumed by industry. Alberta and Saskatchewan have the highest energy intensity and highest consumption per capita, primarily due to energy intensive resource extraction. The effect

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New BC electric work vehicle program should be focus of Horgan govt’s zero emission transportation strategy

Markham on Energy

Electric work vehicles add value for industry by lowering costs, providing other advantages like better torque As a rule, electric vehicle subsidy programs are bad public policy. The American experience nicely illustrates how to tax dollars helping millionaires buy $125,000 Teslas. But a new BC program to boost sales of specialty EVs, especially electric work

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Westridge Terminal fence is not ‘militarized’ but it is being deliberately politicized

Markham on Energy

Flap over Westridge Terminal fence just another talking point for rage-fueled anti-pipeline Vancouver political narrative Twitter is aflutter this morning with news that Kinder Morgan has erected a fence around its Westridge Terminal in Burnaby while workers construct a three-berth dock complex as part of the Trans Mountain Expansion project. Activists are shocked – shocked!

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B.C., Alberta Governments enter fray in Kinder Morgan dispute with Burnaby

Canada

“We have been clear and consistent that we will use every tool available to defend B.C.’s coast” VICTORIA – The British Columbia provincial government will appear before the National Energy Board (NEB) on constitutional issues relating to Trans Mountain work at the Burnaby and Westridge marine terminals, according to a British Columbia government press release.

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British Columbia sets up advisory council to meet climate goals

Canada

Council will work with industry, Ottawa to address emissions-intensive sectors, according to Horgan govt. A new advisory council introduced by B.C. Environment and Climate Change Strategy Minister George Heyman will provide strategic advice to government on areas of focus for climate action that go hand in hand with economic growth, according to a press release.

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BC Premier touts AltaGas propane export terminal as excellent model

Canada

Site location provides 15 days less shipping time than from U.S. Gulf Coast Premier John Horgan toured the AltaGas Ridley Island Propane Export Terminal, saying it is an excellent model for the Province’s vision of expanding sustainable resource production, creating long-term jobs and fuelling local economic development, according to a press release. “This is a

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