As Sarah Harmer embarks on her musical hiking “I Love the Escarpment” tour in southern Ontario, she makes a wind power purchase worth singing about. The talented singer/songwriter purchased wind power certificates to help bring wind power to Ontario and to do her part to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

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To celebrate Alberta's 100th anniversary, the Pembina Institute began an 8-part newspaper and radio series reflecting on the progress Albertans have made in the last 100 years. The Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI) is a new system for measuring the total well being and sustainability of regions.

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A new study presents the big picture of what Canada’s Northern regions could look like after 30 years of gas development. Previous studies, including the work done by Imperial Oil for the Mackenzie Gas Project, have only looked at the impacts of individual projects. A Peak into the Future provides Northerners with an estimate of the extent and pace of development that could occur if known and potential gas reserves are developed.

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The Clean Air Strategic Alliance (CASA) received a 2005 Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (CCME) Pollution Prevention Award, at a ceremony held in Victoria June 1st. As part of the Flaring and Venting Project Team, the Pembina Institute has played a key role in developing an air quality management system for Alberta. The award recognizes the Flaring and Venting Project Team for its collaborative work to develop short-term and long-term actions and strategies to address potential and observed health and environmental impacts associated with emissions from oil and gas flaring and venting.

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Two months to the day since the federal government published its plan to honour Canada’s Kyoto obligation, the Pembina Institute today laid out a schedule of implementation steps for the government to take in 2005 to be credibly on track to meet our Kyoto target, which begins to apply in just two-and-a-half years’ time.

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Suncor Energy Inc. joins the Pembina Institute’s wind power program, reducing the company’s greenhouse gas emissions by an estimated 4,500 tonnes and significantly boosting the Pembina Institute’s goal of having 20,000 computers powered by the wind by the end of 2005.

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The provincial government has made significant progress in its efforts to contain urban sprawl over the past 18 months, but these achievements will be undermined if the Province continues to pursue the major highway projects in the Greater Golden Horseshoe initiated by the previous government.

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On June 8th, four of Canada’s largest oil and gas producers announced the results of a pilot campaign to get their employees to take action to reduce their personal greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Under the workplace-based One Tonne Corporate Challenge, Canada committed to reduce its annual GHG emissions by a total of 4,601 tonnes.

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