Dale Beugin
@dalebeugin.bsky.social
Canadian climate policy wonk Mitigation, adaptation, and clean growth Exec VP at @climateinstitute.bsky.social Former ED at Canada's Ecofiscal Commission Writer of typos 📉📈🌎🇨🇦🤷🏼♂️
How to square the circle on scaling up electricity and electrification, keeping rates low, and managing fiscal costs.
Canadian Climate Institute@climateinstitute.bsky.social · last mo.How can Canada double the size of its electricity grids while keeping prices down? Partnering with coauthor Michael Liebreich, we propose a new policy idea to help deliver on those two goals. Read our our Policy Brief: https://ow.ly/XX2k50Zrmxq
Here @acoyne.bsky.social, as usual, nails it: "If there’s nothing we can do – if we lose no matter what – then we might as well do what we want." www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Opinion: There is no appeasing Donald Trump, or deterring him
Trump’s latest tariffs have liberated Canada, in a strange sort of way
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new (wonkish) @climateinstitute.bsky.social post from @enveco.bsky.social & me on carbon market price floors in the Alberta-🇨🇦 MOU. The price floor being proposed is not the same mechanism we've called for, and might actually *exacerbate* credit oversupply climateinstitute.ca/not-all-carb...
Not all carbon market price floors are created equal
The “administrative” carbon market price floor proposed by the Alberta-Canada MOU will entrench oversupply in credit markets over time.
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Not the kind of climate change column I’ve normally written, or want to write, but I felt I had to. www.thestar.com/business/opi...
I've covered climate policy for years. The haze over Toronto finally shattered my optimism
The wildfire smoke has choked my faith in Canada's climate future, writes Adam Radwanski. We used to at least be trying. Now we're betting against energy transition.
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The shrunken emissions-reduction targets might get the most attention here. But what jumps out at me on first glance is the weirdness of giving oil sands companies a break on industrial carbon pricing stringency if they make (government-subsidized) CCUS investments. www.canada.ca/en/one-canad...
Advancing emissions reductions and expanded export capacity: The trilateral Memorandum of Understanding between Canada, Alberta and the Oil Sands Alliance - Canada.ca
On July 2, 2026, Canada and Alberta announced they had concluded a trilateral Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Oil Sands Alliance (OSA), comprised of Canada Natural Resources Limited, Suncor...
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Four new case studies in partnership with CIER highlight Indigenous-led research on policy issues spanning sustainable finance, clean growth, emissions mitigation, adaptation, and impact assessments. Read them all here ⬇️ https://climateinstitute.ca/reports/indigenous-perspectives/
New from colleague Kate Harland and me on AI, climate, and Canadian federalism
Canadian Climate Institute@climateinstitute.bsky.social · 3mo agoCanada’s approach to AI data centres has high stakes for its climate goals. With the right policies, data centres can support bigger, cleaner, smarter grids. With the wrong ones, they can drive up prices, make electrification harder, and lock-in emissions. ⬇️ climateinstitute.ca/canadas-ai-a...
A pair of researchers at the Fraser Institute wrote a ridiculous column about federal climate policy (in other words, the sun rose in the east) and actually managed to get it published in the Globe and Mail. Let's take it apart. #cdnpoli www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...
Opinion: Ottawa-Alberta deal continues to strangle energy sector with climate red tape
No other major energy-producing country imposes a comparable burden on carbon-intensive industries
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New from @enveco.bsky.social @rjcsmith.bsky.social and me in the Globe: "The newly announced Alberta-Canada Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) implementation agreement locks in incremental climate progress for Canada. If that sounds like we’re damning it with faint praise, that’s because we are."
Canadian Climate Institute@climateinstitute.bsky.social · 3mo agoThe final Canada-Alberta MOU has hobbled industrial carbon pricing across the country by committing to weak improvements that will critically limit the potential of the strongest, most cost-effective climate policy in the country. Read our latest op-ed ⬇️ www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Electrification is still the safest of safe-bets when it comes to net zero pathways.
Canadian Climate Institute@climateinstitute.bsky.social · 4mo agoEmissions from households—from personal transport to home heating—make up 20% of Canada’s emissions. Fortunately, there’s a solution that can cut emissions and protect people from volatile fossil fuel costs: electrification.⚡️ Read our latest⬇️🧵 climateinstitute.ca/how-governme...
Emissions from households—from personal transport to home heating—make up 20% of Canada’s emissions. Fortunately, there’s a solution that can cut emissions and protect people from volatile fossil fuel costs: electrification.⚡️ Read our latest⬇️🧵 climateinstitute.ca/how-governme...
Come work with me (and my great colleagues) @climateinstitute.bsky.social! canadianclimateinstitute.bamboohr.com/careers/47?s...
Research Lead, Clean Growth | Chargé-e de recherche, Croissance propre
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Canada played a key role in building the Paris Agreement’s carbon trading system, but has yet to define how to use it. It’s time for 🇨🇦 to open new clean energy markets and rethink its approach to international climate finance. Read our latest blog ⬇️ https://ow.ly/tqPr50YPsYO
Global carbon markets are Canada’s next clean energy advantage
How Canada can use carbon markets to align climate finance, trade, and technology deployment abroad. It’s time for Canada to ...
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A recent Fraser Institute study on industrial carbon pricing appears to be based on modelling and policy assumptions that significantly overestimate economic impacts. Read our analysis 🔽 climateinstitute.ca/fraser-insti...
Fraser Institute study on industrial carbon pricing doesn’t add up
These results raise important questions about the modelling's credibility.
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“If companies have concerns about their competitiveness, let’s have that conversation. But let’s do that based on spreadsheets, not based on vibes.” Dale Beugin on our industrial carbon pricing analysis and cost calculator for the oilsands.👇 https://ow.ly/tVQK50YtzhV
What will the carbon price cost the oilsands? A Timbit per barrel, one analysis says
The industrial carbon price will cost Alberta's oilsands producers on average the equivalent of about a Timbit per barrel of oil, according to a climate think tank's new analysis intended to serve as a reality check on provincial-federal pipeline talks.
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Our new calculator shows that the average cost is a Timbit/barrel. But many companies actually earn money by selling carbon credits. CNRL, for example, makes 31 cents for each barrel and that could increase to 43 cents by 2030 if the policy is improved. envireco.github.io/oil-sands-co...
Alberta Oil Sands — TIER Carbon Cost
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How will strengthening Canada’s industrial carbon price affect costs for the oil sands sector? Our new research shows it will still cost just a Timbit per barrel in 2030. Get the facts ⬇️ nationalnewswatch.com/2026/03/06/n...
New analysis: industrial carbon pricing will cost just a Timbit per…
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I think 2050 used to seem far away and it doesn't seem that far away anymore. bsky.app/profile/clim...
Canadian Climate Institute@climateinstitute.bsky.social · 8mo agoThe past year was full of twists and turns when it came to climate change and clean growth news. Our 440 Megatonnes team took a look at five takeaways from 2025. ⬇️ 440megatonnes.ca/insight/2025...
If you’re against industrial pricing - or not in favour of strengthening it - you’re against Pathways. Note that, at last check, this included Pathways members.
Aaron Wherry@aaronwherry.bsky.social · 8mo agoThe Conservatives amended their motion to add a bunch of things from the MOU they were accused of excluding. But they still left out any reference to an industrial carbon price. To which one might ask: Is that large CCUS project (Pathways) viable without a higher industrial carbon price?
Done right, the Alberta-Canada MOU could increase policy certainty. But delivering on that potential requires fixing the market conditions that have led to a price crash. The Institute’s @enveco.bsky.social and @dalebeugin.bsky.social explain 🔽 nationalnewswatch.com/2025/12/05/h...
How to fix Alberta’s broken carbon market
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NEW RESEARCH: Indigenous housing inequality will drive up health impacts and costs in Canada unless policy changes are made to improve energy efficiency, increase climate resilience and support well-being. Read our latest report with Indigenous Clean Energy 🧵⬇️ climateinstitute.ca/reports/heal...
Healthy Energy Homes
Housing inequality among Indigenous communities in Canada is an expensive problem, both in terms of dollar figures and—more importantly—lives.
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In light of policy arguments over the cost of climate action, a trio of economists ask: how much is climate change costing Americans right now? heatmap.news/economy/clim...
Climate Change Is Already Costing U.S. Households Up to $900 Per Year
A new working paper from a trio of eminent economists tallies the effects of warming — particularly extreme weather — on Americans’ budgets.
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A few thoughts on clean electricity regulation, industrial carbon pricing, and federalism in the context of today's Alberta-Canada MoU. 🧵
Canadian Climate Institute@climateinstitute.bsky.social · 9mo agoToday’s MOU between the federal government and Alberta risks unravelling Canada’s climate policy. Read our full statement ⬇️ climateinstitute.ca/news/mou-alb...
Today’s MOU between the federal government and Alberta risks unravelling Canada’s climate policy. Read our full statement ⬇️ climateinstitute.ca/news/mou-alb...
Federal-Alberta MOU risks unravelling Canada’s climate policy
While promised improvements to industrial carbon pricing are positive and important, other aspects of Alberta-Canada MOU will undermine policy effectiveness across the country.
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Insurance companies are dropping customers as the cost of disasters goes up. Some communities in California are working to reduce their risk, but so far, insurance companies often aren't factoring that in. n.pr/43DY1bj
Communities are reducing wildfire risk. Will their insurance bills go down?
Insurance companies are dropping customers as the cost of disasters goes up. Some communities in California are working to reduce their risk, but so far, insurance companies often aren't factoring that in.
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Here’s one simple way governments can fix Canada’s industrial carbon pricing systems: create a “price corridor” for carbon markets. Read the latest from the Institute’s @dalebeugin.bsky.social, Dave Sawyer and Prof. Nicholas Rivers policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/11/fix-...
One simple fix for Canada’s industrial carbon pricing systems
A rising minimum price for industrial carbon credits would strengthen Canada’s climate competitiveness.
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New from @riversnic.bsky.social, @enveco.bsky.social, and me on how to deliver on Budget 2025's commitment to fix industrial carbon pricing in Canada policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/11/fix-...
One simple fix for Canada’s industrial carbon pricing systems
A rising minimum price for industrial carbon credits would strengthen Canada’s climate competitiveness.
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The Pacific Islands pavillion at COP30 just had to close due to flooding. Seriously...
Expanding Canadian LNG will increase domestic emissions and have uncertain implications for global emissions. Read the latest from @dalebeugin.bsky.social and SFU’s Nancy Olewiler ⬇️ climateinstitute.ca/will-canadia...
Will Canadian LNG increase or decrease emissions?
Evidence suggests that expanding Canadian LNG will increase domestic emissions and have uncertain implications for global emissions.
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