The future in Canadian forestry comes from big thinking
In our changing world, all parts of Canada’s natural resources sector have had to innovate to not only survive, but thrive and lead the world. We’ve seen impressive innovations come from the mining, oil and gas, and energy sectors, but one sector that is leading the way is the one that might have the longest […]
Tackling market distortions key to ending clean-tech growing pains, says industry
Better access to capital and markets are needed to accelerate clean technology adoption and production in the natural resources sector, which Ottawa recently noted has lagged behind other economic sectors in adopting low-carbon technologies, say industry groups and policy experts. None of the natural resources sector stakeholders that The Hill Times spoke to expressed a […]
Natural Resources
Vox Populi on Canada’s energy industry
Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr addressing the First Nations’ National Energy Forum in Ottawa in March 2017: “The world is in the midst of an historic transition, a gradual move from traditional sources of energy—oil, coal, gas—toward new ones: solar, wind, tidal. The transition is unmistakable, but it won’t happen overnight. As large parts of […]
Plenty of challenges for Ottawa to sort through with carbon pricing in 2018, say critics and observers
While the Trudeau government is refusing to back down from its plan mandating provinces and territories impose a carbon levy in 2018, it must still contend with competing concerns over regional pushback, rising American competition, and ever-present political optics, say critics and observers. Most notably, the Saskatchewan and Manitoba governments and Alberta’s popular United Conservative […]
Canada’s energy future
What happens when 380,000 Canadians imagine our country’s energy future? You get a vision of what Canada can be; a country built on the three pillars of economic prosperity, environmental protection and Indigenous partnerships. That is just one of the many takeaways from Generation Energy, an ongoing conversation with Canadians about energy and what it […]
Time for Canada’s shift to a new, green energy economy
As the impacts of climate change become more apparent, it’s clear that all countries must do what they can to keep the global average temperature rise below 1.5 degrees Celsius. This is the target that the global community has recognized and signed onto at the climate change conference in Paris in 2015. According to […]
Trans Mountain pipeline’s expansion called into question amid growing concerns
As the clock ticks on regulatory permits, the fate of the Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain Expansion pipeline becomes less certain. Trans Mountain appealed to the National Energy Board in October regarding its inability to get the proper permits from the City of Burnaby, B.C. to be able to start the project. The Trans Mountain Expansion […]
Biofuels and the clean fuel standard: a winning combination
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has declared that combating climate change is a top priority of the Government of Canada. Once in place, the federal government’s clean fuel standard (CFS) will be the most important weapon in the government’s arsenal in the fight to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. It is therefore critical to get the […]
Energy
