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Vancouver sets 2040 decarbonization deadline for large buildings

June 6, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on June 6, 2024. By Gaye Taylor Vancouver has adopted a first-in-Canada bylaw aimed at decarbonizing all its large buildings by 2040. The Annual Greenhouse Gas and [Read more]

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Saanich e-Bike incentive cuts driving by ‘remarkable’ 49 kilometres per week

May 30, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on May 29, 2024. A purchase incentive for electric bicycles was enough motivation for nearly 400 people in Saanich, British Columbia, to reduce their average driving distance [Read more]

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Canada, B.C. support First Nations to power up new clean energy projects

May 23, 2024 Energi Staff

VANCOUVER – Thirty-five First Nations in British Columbia are receiving $9.8 million in federal and provincial funding to develop clean energy projects that will help them meet their energy needs efficiently and sustainably, while creating [Read more]

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Burnaby commits $1 per resident to sue Big Oil, with conditions

May 23, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on May 22, 2204. By The Energy Mix staff Burnaby, British Columbia has become the biggest city in the province to pledge $1 per resident for a [Read more]

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Vancouver cleantech start-up looks to microgrids, batteries for rural communities

May 17, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on May 16, 2024. By Christopher Bonasia Canada’s power grid could get a helpful boost from an international partnership to develop microgrid system products and utility-scale battery [Read more]

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‘Last Stand’: Fort Nelson, B.C. faces extreme wildfire despite season’s slower start

May 14, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on May 14, 2024. By Mitchell Beer While Canadian forest management officials reported a slower, less dramatic start to this year’s wildfire season, responders in the town [Read more]

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CER issues final authorization for Trans Mountain Expansion Project to operate

May 1, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by the Canada Energy Regulator on April 30, 2024. The Canada Energy Regulator (CER) has approved the final pipeline leave to open (LTO) application for the Trans Mountain Expansion Project (TMEP). [Read more]

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E-bike incentives prove to be worth the investment

April 30, 2024 Energi Staff

Electric bicycle rebates have exploded in popularity in North America as transportation planners try to get people out of their cars and into healthier, more climate-friendly alternatives. However, there is limited understanding of the full [Read more]

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British Columbia’s LNG bet risks economy, climate goals, report warns

April 2, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on April 1, 2024. By Christopher Bonasia With six liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects at various stages of development, British Columbia is banking on the fossil fuel [Read more]

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Greenwashing lawsuit accuses FortisBC of misleading consumers

April 1, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on March 29, 2024. By Mitchell Beer The Stand Environmental Society and two British Columbia residents have filed a lawsuit in the Supreme Court of British Columbia, [Read more]

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Regulators should remain independent as Canada moves away from fossil fuels

March 22, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by Policy Options on March 15, 2024. By Norman Park, Heather McDiarmid Two provincial energy regulators recently passed rulings that signal it is no longer business as usual when it comes [Read more]

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B.C. adding 500 public EV charging stations

March 21, 2024 Energi Staff

VANCOUVER – British Columbia’s electric highway will get a supercharge this year with $30 million from Budget 2024 to add more than 500 public charging stations to more than 5,000 already available across the province. [Read more]

Opinion

Opinion: BC Budget 2024 reads the room on addressing affordability and building a clean economy

February 28, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by Clean Energy Canada on Feb. 22, 2024. Mark Zacharias, executive director of Clean Energy Canada, made the following statement in response to BC’s 2024 budget: “Budget 2024 is a thoughtful suite [Read more]

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Empowering Indigenous leadership: A look at British Columbia’s evolving clean energy landscape

February 8, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by the Pembina Institute on Feb. 7, 2024. By Arthur Bledsoe This blog was written following the Pembina Institute’s attendance at the 2023 First Nations Energy Summit (FNES), hosted by Clean Energy [Read more]

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Three pipeline systems transport growing northeast BC natural gas production to markets

January 26, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by the Canada Energy Regulator on Jan. 24, 2024. Northeast British Columbia (BC) is an area of growing natural gas production in Canada. Development of tight gas in the Montney Formation is [Read more]

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B.C., Quebec unveil major clean power expansions while Ontario lags

January 26, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Jan. 26, 2024. By Mitchell Beer Two Canadian provinces unveiled major moves last week to increase their supplies of renewable electricity, largely to serve skyrocketing demand [Read more]

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B.C. First Nation’s big LNG deal could face weak market conditions

January 23, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Jan. 23, 2024. By Christopher Bonasia Ksi Lisims LNG, an Indigenous-owned floating gas liquefaction facility proposed in British Columbia, has secured a 20-year deal to sell [Read more]

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Trans Mountain pipe change approved by regulator after initial rejection

January 16, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Jan. 15, 2024. By Christopher Bonasia The Canada Energy Regulator (CER) has approved the use of smaller pipe in a section of Trans Mountain Corporation’s pipeline [Read more]

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SFU Earth Sciences professor assesses carbon storage potential beneath Metro Vancouver

December 12, 2023 Energi Staff

This article was published by Simon Fraser University on Dec. 12, 2023. An SFU professor is looking at the viability of storing large volumes of carbon dioxide in a soda pop-like solution thousands of metres [Read more]

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New regulations make EV charging requests easier in BC strata developments

December 6, 2023 Energi Staff

VICTORIA – New regulations will make it easier for people living in strata developments to request electric-vehicle (EV) charging stations where they live. “Lack of access to electric-vehicle charging should not be a deterrent to [Read more]

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