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Parkland Corp. says it has temporarily shut down fuel processing at its Burnaby, B.C. refinery. A boat travels past the Parkland Burnaby Refinery on Burrard Inlet at sunset in Burnaby, B.C., on Saturday, April 17, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

B.C. refinery could be shut down for 4 weeks after stinky startup

Parkland has temporarily halted fuel processing in Burnaby after problematic cold snap restart

 

British Columbia Premier David Eby says a planned clean energy hydrogen project in Prince George is set to cut harmful carbon emissions and create jobs. Eby speaks during a news conference in Vancouver, B.C., Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns

Premier touts hydrogen project as a hub for northern B.C. investment

Teralta Hydrogen Solutions proposal would help fuel the nearby Canfor pulp mill

 

Piping is seen on the top of a receiving platform which will be connected to the Coastal GasLink natural gas pipeline terminus at the LNG Canada export terminal under construction, in Kitimat, B.C., on Wednesday, September 28, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Deadline met, B.C’s Coastal GasLink pipeline mechanically complete

$14.5 billion pipeline is the first completed to the West Coast in 70 years

 

The federal government is backing a massive wind-powered hydrogen project in Nova Scotia with a $125-million loan. Sean Fraser, the federal minister of housing, infrastructure and communities, was in Port Hawkesbury, N.S., today to announce that Ottawa had reached an agreement in principle for the financing with EverWind Fuels, the company behind the project. Fraser rises during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

EverWind gets push in Canadian hydrogen race with $125M loan from Ottawa

The company hopes it will be the first green hydrogen and ammonia facility in the country

The federal government is backing a massive wind-powered hydrogen project in Nova Scotia with a $125-million loan. Sean Fraser, the federal minister of housing, infrastructure and communities, was in Port Hawkesbury, N.S., today to announce that Ottawa had reached an agreement in principle for the financing with EverWind Fuels, the company behind the project. Fraser rises during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Canada and other major fossil-fuel-producing countries are failing to meet targets to keep global warming in check, a newly released major international report warned Wednesday, putting the world’s energy transition at risk. A flare stack lights the sky from a refinery in Edmonton on Friday, Dec. 28, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson

‘Humanity’s future in question’: UN says world failing to meet climate goals

Fossil fuel production inconsistent with what’s needed to halt rising temperatures

Canada and other major fossil-fuel-producing countries are failing to meet targets to keep global warming in check, a newly released major international report warned Wednesday, putting the world’s energy transition at risk. A flare stack lights the sky from a refinery in Edmonton on Friday, Dec. 28, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
Nova Scotia Prermier Tim Houston speaks to media during the closing news conference at the Council of the Federation Canadian premiers meeting in Winnipeg, Wednesday, July 12, 2023. Houston says health care is the main formal agenda item as he hosts Canada’s 13 premiers and territorial leaders at a meeting in Halifax. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods

United premiers want carbon pricing measures to be fair to all Canadians

Trudeau criticized for carbon price freeze on home heating oil being aimed at Atlantic Canada

Nova Scotia Prermier Tim Houston speaks to media during the closing news conference at the Council of the Federation Canadian premiers meeting in Winnipeg, Wednesday, July 12, 2023. Houston says health care is the main formal agenda item as he hosts Canada’s 13 premiers and territorial leaders at a meeting in Halifax. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods
B.C. Premier David Eby, second from left, speaks to media during the closing news conference at the Council of the Federation Canadian premiers meeting at The Fort Garry Hotel in Winnipeg, Wednesday, July 12, 2023. The impact of carbon taxes on mounting cost-of-living pressures across Canada is slated to take centre stage at this week’s meeting of the country’s 13 premiers and territorial leaders in Halifax. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods

Premiers to focus on energy costs, health care at Halifax meeting of leaders

Rising cost of living, carbon pricing among topics to be discussed

B.C. Premier David Eby, second from left, speaks to media during the closing news conference at the Council of the Federation Canadian premiers meeting at The Fort Garry Hotel in Winnipeg, Wednesday, July 12, 2023. The impact of carbon taxes on mounting cost-of-living pressures across Canada is slated to take centre stage at this week’s meeting of the country’s 13 premiers and territorial leaders in Halifax. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods
Construction workers building a home in the Latimer neighbourhood of Langley. (Matthew Claxton/Langley Advance Times)

OPINION: Ottawa’s energy-efficiency standards will increase home prices in B.C.

New housing isn’t keeping up with B.C. population growth and energy standards won’t help

  • Nov 1, 2023
Construction workers building a home in the Latimer neighbourhood of Langley. (Matthew Claxton/Langley Advance Times)
Workers place pipe during construction of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion on farmland, in Abbotsford, B.C., on Wednesday, May 3, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Trans Mountain pipeline avoids months of delay with route shift approval

Canada Energy Regulator approves 1.3-kilometre detour near Kamloops

Workers place pipe during construction of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion on farmland, in Abbotsford, B.C., on Wednesday, May 3, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Nanaimo has banned natural gas as the primary heat source in new buildings. (News Bulletin file photo)

Fossil fuels industry targets Nanaimo after move to block natural gas

Canadian Energy Centre pushing campaign to restore possibility of Fortis hookups in new builds

Nanaimo has banned natural gas as the primary heat source in new buildings. (News Bulletin file photo)
Labour and Seniors Minister Seamus O’Regan arrives to a Liberal caucus meeting on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023. The Atlantic Liberal caucus is slamming the Conservative Party for opposing new legislation that would extend the Atlantic accords to include renewable energy and not fossil fuels.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Tories concerned bill gives politicians power to kill offshore oil drilling in protected areas

The Atlantic Liberal caucus is slamming the Conservative party for opposing new…

Labour and Seniors Minister Seamus O’Regan arrives to a Liberal caucus meeting on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023. The Atlantic Liberal caucus is slamming the Conservative Party for opposing new legislation that would extend the Atlantic accords to include renewable energy and not fossil fuels.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
The provincial government Thursday (Sept. 14) announced the immediate appointment of Mark Jaccard as chair and CEO of the commission regulating energy utilities and ICBC. His agency oversees energy utilities and ICBC. (Photo courtesy of British Columbia Utilities Commission)

Sudden appointment of new BC Utilities Commission CEO sparks debate

Mark Jaccard, a proponent of tougher regulation and critic of carbon energy, is new BCUC chair, CEO

The provincial government Thursday (Sept. 14) announced the immediate appointment of Mark Jaccard as chair and CEO of the commission regulating energy utilities and ICBC. His agency oversees energy utilities and ICBC. (Photo courtesy of British Columbia Utilities Commission)
The company behind the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion is worried it won’t complete the project on schedule. Workers lay pipe during construction of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion on farmland, in Abbotsford, B.C., on Wednesday, May 3, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck<

Pipeline pressure mounts as Trans Mountain struggles to meet deadline

B.C. First Nation letter suggests great need to alter pipeline route and be finished by Jan. 1

The company behind the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion is worried it won’t complete the project on schedule. Workers lay pipe during construction of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion on farmland, in Abbotsford, B.C., on Wednesday, May 3, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck<
Minister of Environment and Climate Change Steven Guilbeault speaks during a news conference in Longueuil, Que. on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes

Federal government releases new draft regulations on clean electricity

Regulations expected to help Canada reach target of making the electricity grid net-zero by 2035

Minister of Environment and Climate Change Steven Guilbeault speaks during a news conference in Longueuil, Que. on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
Minister of Natural Resources Jonathan Wilkinson arrives to take part in a press conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Thursday, June 15, 2023. The federal government is considering restricting billions of dollars in tax credits and grants for electricity projects to provinces that commit to the 2035 target for an emissions-free electricity grid. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Provinces may have to agree to 2035 clean power target to access funding

Federal government considering tying grant money and tax credits to deadline

Minister of Natural Resources Jonathan Wilkinson arrives to take part in a press conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Thursday, June 15, 2023. The federal government is considering restricting billions of dollars in tax credits and grants for electricity projects to provinces that commit to the 2035 target for an emissions-free electricity grid. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Ottawa is restricting the conditions under which it will allow subsidies to the fossil fuel industry. A pumpjack draws out oil from a well head near Calgary, Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

Ottawa reveals conditions for allowing future fossil fuel subsidies

Environment minister releases six rules that are to shape how Canada supports the industry

Ottawa is restricting the conditions under which it will allow subsidies to the fossil fuel industry. A pumpjack draws out oil from a well head near Calgary, Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault speaks at a press conference, in Ottawa, Monday, June 5, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Canada set to end domestic subsidies for unabated fossil-fuel production

New fossil-fuel projects funded only if government can square them with climate commitments

Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault speaks at a press conference, in Ottawa, Monday, June 5, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith gives a keynote address at the the LNG2023 conference in Vancouver, on Thursday, July 13, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Alberta, B.C. want to expand Canadian LNG reach globally: Danielle Smith

Alberta premier expressed frustration about the lack of federal infrastructure

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith gives a keynote address at the the LNG2023 conference in Vancouver, on Thursday, July 13, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Delegates are silhouetted before the start of the LNG 2023 conference, in Vancouver, B.C., Monday, July 10, 2023. Officials from the LNG industry gathering in Vancouver for an industry conference say the consensus among economists is that the gas shortage in Europe is a situation unlikely to last beyond 10 years, with the rise of renewables cutting into demand from 2030 onward. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Uncertain demand clouds future of Canada’s planned LNG exports, experts say

Economists say European gas shortage unlikely to last, renewables will cut into demand

Delegates are silhouetted before the start of the LNG 2023 conference, in Vancouver, B.C., Monday, July 10, 2023. Officials from the LNG industry gathering in Vancouver for an industry conference say the consensus among economists is that the gas shortage in Europe is a situation unlikely to last beyond 10 years, with the rise of renewables cutting into demand from 2030 onward. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
A pumpjack draws out oil and gas from a well head as a rainbow shines down on it near Calgary, Alta., Sunday, May 28, 2023. New modelling from the Canada Energy Regulator suggests Canadian oil production will plummet by 2050 if the world achieves net-zero greenhouse gas emissions within that time. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

Canada’s oil output would plummet by 2050 in a net-zero world, new modelling shows

Report first time regulator has presented a long-term outlook using net-zero as a baseline

A pumpjack draws out oil and gas from a well head as a rainbow shines down on it near Calgary, Alta., Sunday, May 28, 2023. New modelling from the Canada Energy Regulator suggests Canadian oil production will plummet by 2050 if the world achieves net-zero greenhouse gas emissions within that time. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh