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Cover of submission on Reducing methane emissions from Canada’s oil and gas sector
Oil & Gas
May 31, 2022
Publication

Reducing methane emissions from Canada’s oil and gas sector

Submission to Environment and Climate Change Canada
Jan Gorski
Cover of Recommendations to strengthen the Clean Fuel Regulations
Oil & Gas, Transportation
April 27, 2022
Publication

Recommendations to strengthen the Clean Fuel Regulations

Submission to Environment and Climate Change Canada
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An oilsands mine in Alberta, Canada
Oil & Gas
April 26, 2022
Op-ed

Balancing energy security and climate action in 2022

Our short-term responses to energy security needs must not jeopardize our future climate imperatives
Portrait of Janetta McKenzie
An ethanol pump at a gas station
Oil & Gas, Transportation
March 24, 2022
Op-ed

New federal Clean Fuel Standard headed in the wrong direction

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Neptune WAVE ENERGY
Electricity, Oil & Gas, Remote Communities
March 23, 2022
Article

Three clean energy options that could help replace diesel

Hydrogen, small modular reactors and energy generated by the ocean are all under consideration in remote communities
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Oilsands facility
Oil & Gas
March 22, 2022
Op-ed

Ottawa must mandate oilsands producers to align with its emissions plans

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cover of Decarbonizing Canada’s oil and gas supply
Oil & Gas
March 21, 2022
Publication

Decarbonizing Canada’s oil and gas supply

Cutting the sector’s emissions by 2030 is key to reaching net-zero by 2050
Jan Gorski Portrait of Janetta McKenzie
Cover of Getting on Track with Oilsands plant at sunset
Oil & Gas
March 1, 2022
Publication

Getting on Track

A primer on challenges to reducing carbon emissions in Canada’s oilsands
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Oil & Gas
March 1, 2022
Media Release

New report shows oilsands companies need to get on track to meet climate goals

A cap on GHG emissions is essential to motivating producers to stay the course to net zero by using available technology
Portrait of Chris Severson-Baker
Woman in construction vest talking on walkie-talkie
Sustainable Workforce, Oil & Gas
January 17, 2022
Op-ed

Gender inequity problems are flying under the radar in Alberta’s energy sector

The sector is shifting in response to the climate crisis – it’s time it evolved on gender issues, too
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Oil & Gas
January 13, 2022
Media Release

The gap in Canada’s climate plan: Driving down emissions from the oil and gas sector

The International Energy Agency commends ambitious climate targets, but success hinges on implementing a cap on emissions from oil and gas
Portrait of Chris Severson-Baker
Cover principles to guide oil and gas cap
Oil & Gas
January 7, 2022
Publication

Recommendations on principles to guide the implementation of an oil and gas cap

Submission to the Net-Zero Advisory Body
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Boreal woodland caribou on green shrubby background
Oil & Gas
January 4, 2022
Article

A win for caribou is a win for climate

Four recommendations to recover caribou, protect their habitat, and sequester carbon
Letter callling for improving Emissions Reduction Fund
Oil & Gas
December 14, 2021
Publication

Pembina Institute calls for retaining and improving Emissions Reduction Fund

Letter to Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Natural Resources
Portrait of Chris Severson-Baker
BC flooding 2021
Electricity, Oil & Gas
December 7, 2021
Article

A climate-safe future depends on a net-zero energy outlook

Climate action policies are only as good as the energy supply and demand scenarios that inform them
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