82,000 estimated excess health events today in BC with some readings of smoke PM2.5 30x a clean air day. envireco.github.io/Wild_Fire_Sm...

BC smoke levels are way up. AB is seeing severe conditions in several areas, and across Ontario, BC, and Alberta, many regions are experiencing poor air quality. Track live wildfire smoke exposure, estimated health impacts, and related health costs here: envireco.github.io/Wild_Fire_Sm...

Wildfire smoke health impact tracker is running live, hourly air quality readings and health outcomes for BC, AB, and ON. Wildfire impacts today are severe in AB, high in BC, and improving in ON. envireco.github.io/Wild_Fire_Sm...

The CDN–AB MOU reprises an old debate: do pipelines just move oil, or do they incent production and GHGs? My new wonkery indicates pipelines unlock supply, making emissions policy matter. www.enviroeconomics.org/single-post/...

Pipelines create supply. Policy shapes the emissions

The Canada–Alberta MOU brings into focus an old debate: do pipelines simply move oil, or do they incent new production and emissions?  The data indicates pipelines unlock supply, which makes emissions...

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New federal gov’t, new push on clean energy? But how did we get here? Check out this dynamic infographic on the 4 phases of Canadian climate policy since 2016: Rising tides, rocky shores. claude.ai/public/artif... data: 440megatonnes.ca/policy-track...

Climate Policy Tracker

Our policy tracker tracks progress on policy implementation, we’ve compiled a database of emissions reduction policies currently ...

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Alberta ELEC is illustrative. The combo of fed backstop & provincial autonomy: federal coal ban, methane & pricing backstop sets ambition for AB to chart its own equivalent policy course. Minimum national standards with made-in-AB policy. A great model for oil & gas, clean elec regs, & more.

P.J. Partington 🇨🇦@pjpartington.bsky.social · 2y ago

Here is the same relative change on an annual basis:

Not the first time the Cdn oil/gas industry proclaimed a commitment to CO2 reductions when a policy mandate seemed inevitable, then backed off. When climate led in polls from 2007-9 they supported emissions trading, but when the economy turned, so did they. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...

Oil sands show signs of giving up on carbon capture

By calling this week for the federal government to end its industrial carbon pricing system, oil-and-gas executives signaled a lack of faith in the carbon-capture technology they’ve long touted as key...

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Here's a roundup of @climateinstitute.bsky.social's research on large-emitter trading systems (aka industrial carbon pricing) in Canada, and their importance for emissions reductions and competitiveness. climateinstitute.ca/reports/the-... A thread: 🧵

Canada’s large-emitter trading systems

Large-emitter trading systems (LETS) are Canada’s most important climate policy for driving emissions reductions, protecting industry ...

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According to the PBO, those incredibly dim money managers in Calgary's office towers (sarcasm, they are anything but) would rather cut production and lose $670 per tonne rather than invest in technology to reduce emissions. My thoughts: www.pbo-dpb.ca/en/publicati...

Impact Assessment of the Oil and Gas Emissions Cap

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Just saying… m.youtube.com/watch?v=oYUI...

Hello, is this thing on…