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Carbon Removal, Electricity, Oil & Gas, Remote Communities
September 8, 2025
Media Release

Dr. Tim Weis joins Pembina Institute to lead Industrial Decarbonization team

Weis led Pembina team that helped advance Alberta’s coal phase-out in mid-2010s
Equitable Transition
September 5, 2025
Media Release

Workforce supports will help Canada weather economic shocks and seize new opportunities

Federal measures will build skills, strengthen EI and prepare workers for low-carbon future
Portrait of Megan Gordon
Transportation
September 5, 2025
Media Release

Delaying EV targets serves auto industry, not Canadians

Electric Vehicle Availability Standard makes clean, affordable transportation a realistic choice for Canadians
Adam Thorn
The first page of the submission
Oil & Gas
September 3, 2025
Publication

Methane Releases in Alberta

Submission to Environment and Climate Change Canada on Order Declaring that the Provisions of the Regulations Respecting Reduction in the Release of Methane and Certain Volatile Organic Compounds (Upstream Oil and Gas Sector) Do Not Apply in Alberta, 2025
Portrait of Amanda Bryant
HICC recommendation for Build Canada Homes
Buildings
August 29, 2025
Publication

Pembina Institute Comments on the HICC Market Sounding Guide for Build Canada Homes

Recommendations on the Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC) market sounding guide for the new Build Canada Homes entity
Portrait of Jessica McIlroy
Cover of long-term nation-building
Buildings, Electricity, Equitable Transition, Oil & Gas, Remote Communities, Transportation
August 28, 2025
Publication

Long-term nation-building via clean growth and Indigenous leadership

Canada’s prosperity hinges on leveraging our strengths as a clean energy superpower
Portrait of Chris Severson-Baker Portrait of Jessica McIlroy
Cover of federal budget consultation submission 2025
August 28, 2025
Publication

Pre-Budget Consultation 2025

Pembina Institute comments and recommendations to the Department of Finance
Portrait of Jessica McIlroy
Group of workers huddled together in discussion inside a solar panel facility
Equitable Transition
August 19, 2025
Article

The missing link in Canada’s nation-building plan

Without investment in training capacity, our national ambition will fall short
Portrait of Megan Gordon Mercer Pommer
Equitable Transition, Oil & Gas
August 14, 2025
Media Release

More oil and gas production, fewer workers

A focus on cost-cutting and rewarding shareholders over the last decade have led to a steep decline in the number of jobs per barrel produced in Canada’s oil and gas sector
Portrait of Janetta McKenzie Portrait of Megan Gordon
The cover of the report, featuring a worker using a wrench while wearing high-vis clothing and a hard hat, outdoors with the sun setting in the background
Equitable Transition, Oil & Gas
August 14, 2025
Publication

Drilling Down

Oil and gas jobs in transition
Portrait of Janetta McKenzie Portrait of Megan Gordon
A close-up photo of coal used for power generation, in this case at Alberta's (now closed) Genesee generating station
Electricity
August 12, 2025
Article

Saskatchewan is going in the wrong direction on coal

A focus on coal-fired power will only delay the province from doing what is necessary to build a modern, efficient, low-cost electricity grid
David Pickup Portrait of Megan Gordon
Electrician installing a heat pump in a garden on a sunny day
Buildings
August 11, 2025
Article

Meeting this moment means getting retrofits right

Let’s seize this generational opportunity to design retrofit initiatives to support homeowners and contractors
Portrait of Raidin Blue Portrait of Sarah Snowdon
An orphan well in a field with fall colours, in Athabasca Country, AB
Oil & Gas
August 8, 2025
Article

That old well in your community? It might be leaking gas into the air and groundwater

Oil and gas companies should pay to properly address the long-term environmental risks of Canada’s 500,000+ non-producing wells
Portrait of Amanda Bryant
A low angle shot of high voltage transmission line Ontario, Canada
Remote Communities
August 6, 2025
Article

There is no “nation-building” without Indigenous leadership

Indigenous participation is the key enabler – not obstacle – of a resilient economy
Portrait of Emily He Lynne Couves
Electricity transmission lines in Alberta
Oil & Gas
July 26, 2025
Op-ed

Does pipeline fever mean missed opportunity elsewhere?

Alberta should not put all our nation-building eggs in one basket
Portrait of Chris Severson-Baker