August 2017

Mazda introduces revolutionary gasoline engine that will emit 90% less CO2 by 2050

Markham on Energy

Mazda’s SKYACTIV-X engine – and similar innovations from other automakers – could slow down adoption of electric vehicles While global automakers stampede into electric vehicles, Mazda has taken a different approach, announcing Tuesday that it has perfected a new internal combustion engine technology that will enable its cars to pump out 50 per cent less […]

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Japex begins bitumen operations at its Hangingstone expansion project

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Japex uses SAGD method of extraction at Hangingstone Japan Petroleum Exploration (Japex) says it began extracting bitumen from its Hanginstone oil sands project in project last week. Currently, Hangingstone is outputting more than 1,000 barrels per day (b/d) and Japex says it is hoping to increase that to its full capacity of 20,000 b/d by

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City of Calgary preparing for the (not so far off) autonomous electric vehicle future

Markham on Energy

Currently about 3 million light duty vehicles in Alberta, but less than 1,000 EVs Electric vehicles are set to take over the world, folks. Not in the immediate future, but soon enough that city governments are beginning to think about how to accommodate the regulatory, traffic, and business changes EVs will cause. Some of those

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Alberta conservative ‘bozo eruptions’ help BC Kinder Morgan opponents

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“Bozo eruptions” from religious social conservative Wildrose candidates sank that party’s 2012 election chances Alberta conservatives don’t get it. They’re so eager to fight with the British Columbia NDP government – and pipeline opponents hoping for a Hail Mary pass from Premier John Horgan – that they happily undermine Alberta’s case for the project. Or,

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Jason Kenney threatens trade war with BC over Trans Mountain…whose interests is he serving?

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Threats to retaliate against BC if Horgan government inhibits pipeline progress benefits Kenney, but may harm Kinder Morgan’s construction efforts Erik Wiik is an early-30s engineer who owns a Vancouver-based small business – exactly the kind of lower mainland voter whose support Alberta needs to cultivate in the great pipeline debate. But Jason Kenney and

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