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Ottawa upgrading spill response equipment for Canadian coasts

New equipment includes curtain booms, high-speed sweep systems, and small, portable multi-cassette skimmers Through the Oceans Protections Plan, the Government of Canada is upgrading spill response equipment and capacity to prevent and respond to marine pollution incidents, according to a press release. The government claims it will modernize and create a world-leading marine safety system […]

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Canada needs ‘energy brand’ oilfield services association tells Ottawa

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“Supplying the world with Canadian energy would help reduce global GHG emissions. The world needs more Canada.” The Petroleum Services Association of Canada has sent a message to Canadian parliamentarians: Canada needs a brand for energy that communicates the country’s strong oil and gas regulations and its commitment to lowering greenhouse gas emissions. PSAC highlighted

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Canada launches $155 million clean technology growth program

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Government claims its leveraging investment in publicly funded research, laboratories and programs Jim Carr, Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources, announced a $155-million program that will fund clean technology projects in the areas of energy, mining and forestry, helping to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve environmental outcomes, according to a Government of Canada press release.

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Oil sands radio frequency tech gets $10 million funding boost from governments

Innovation

New technology has potential to reduce GHG emissions 50-100%, replace SAGD Acceleware Ltd. announced it has received a $10 million non-repayable contribution to complete a commercial-scale field test of its ground-breaking clean energy technology – which uses radio frequency waves to generate heat – for bitumen and heavy oil extraction. The contribution is contingent on

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

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“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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Column: California’s real gasoline tax problems

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Gasoline tax goes up 12 cents in California on Wednesday By Severin Borenstein Who wouldn’t like to pay lower taxes and get cheaper gasoline? That’s why there will be a lot of grumbling Wednesday when California’s gasoline tax goes up by 12 cents per gallon. There’s already enough pushback that it’s easy to imagine a proposal to repeal

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Beaver Lake Cree Nation in Alberta goes solar

Canada

$153,000 grant part of $35 million in funding available this fiscal year Alberta has partnered with Beaver Lake Cree Nation to install solar panel systems on three buildings to help lower utility bills and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, according to an Alberta Government press release. With support from Alberta’s Indigenous Solar Program, solar panels will

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Largest oil and gas lease sale in US history set for Gulf of Mexico in March

USA

March 2018 sale to offer 76.9 million acres in Gulf of Mexico U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke announced the Department is proposing the largest oil and gas lease sale ever held in the United States – 76,967,935 acres in federal waters of the Gulf of Mexico, offshore Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida,

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Trudeau Govt spending $16 million to assess risk of transportation to climate

Canada

Extreme weather events can damage infrastructure such as roads, bridges, rail lines, ports and airports The Government of Canada is spending up to $16.35 million over five years for the Transportation Assets Risk Assessment initiative, which focuses on climate risk assessments of federal transportation assets, according to a press release from the Government of Canada.

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Global energy efficiency gains at risk of slowing down without renewed govt focus – IEA

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Households across the world spending less on energy as a result of efficiency The recent acceleration in global energy efficiency gains risks slowing down if governments do not maintain their focus on implementing new efficiency policies, according to a new report by the International Energy Agency. Global energy intensity – the energy used per unit

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