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Alberta to Set Its Own Methane Regulations, Delay Deadline to 2035, Under Draft Deal with Ottawa

March 27, 2026 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on March 26, 2026. by Mitchell Beer The federal and Alberta governments have reached a preliminary agreement that will allow the province to set its own regulations [Read more]

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Indigenous‑led renewable energy projects offer benefits that reach far beyond reducing carbon emissions

March 20, 2026 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Conversation on March 18, 2026. By Ian Munroe, Anna Berka and Christina E. Hoicka The number of renewable energy projects that are fully or partly Indigenous-owned is growing quickly [Read more]

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Industrial Carbon Price Must Deliver ‘Outcomes, Not Optics’, Climate Institute Tells the Feds

February 3, 2026 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Feb. 2, 2026. By Mitchell Beer An updated industrial carbon pricing system must deliver outcomes as well as optics, the Canadian Climate Institute (CCI) concludes this [Read more]

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EVs are already making your air cleaner

February 2, 2026 Energi Staff

This article was published by Grist on Jan. 30, 2026. By Tik Root The logic behind electric vehicles benefiting public health has long been solid: More EVs means fewer internal combustion engines on the road, [Read more]

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Canada’s Carbon Dioxide Removal Industry Begins to Take Shape

January 21, 2026 Energi Staff

Canada’s nascent carbon dioxide removal (CDR) industry is attracting growing attention from policymakers, investors and climate advocates as the country seeks tools to help achieve net-zero emissions targets and position itself as a global leader [Read more]

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Poor Reporting of Oil and Gas Decommissioning Costs Creates New Risks for Investors

January 12, 2026 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Jan. 7, 2026. By Chris Bonasia Key oil and gas-producing countries including Canada are doing a poor job of reporting shutdown costs for fossil fuel infrastructure, [Read more]

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Tenerife Looks to Geothermal for Reliable Clean Energy

December 18, 2025 Energi Staff

Tenerife in the Canary Islands is set to begin geothermal surveys in January 2026 as part of a broader strategy to reduce reliance on fossil fuels and boost energy security, according to local officials. The [Read more]

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Fast-tracking without foresight: Canada’s risky approach to major projects

December 12, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Conversation on Dec. 11, 2025. By Justina C. Ray and Dave Poulton Over the summer, the Canadian government announced that it’s setting up a Major Projects Office to identify and [Read more]

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Building Canada Act Gives Cabinet ‘Radical’ New Powers, Expert Warns

December 12, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Dec. 3, 2025. by Bob Weber The year 1539 was a good one to be King of England. Henry VIII, the reigning monarch, had a free [Read more]

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Modernising Concrete Standards Could Unlock Major Industrial Investment: Pembina Report

December 12, 2025 Energi Staff

A new report from the Pembina Institute says Ontario and Alberta can help unlock long-term industrial investment and support a “one Canadian economy” by accelerating the use of lower-carbon concrete in public infrastructure through modernised [Read more]

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O’Leary’s Gas-Powered Data Centre Emissions Could Wipe Out Alberta’s Coal Phaseout Gains

December 3, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Dec. 2, 2025. By Jody MacPherson This story is part of The Energy Mix ongoing investigative series, Hidden Wonder Valley. Celebrity investor Kevin O’Leary’s proposed $70-billion data [Read more]

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Global Energy Efficiency Accelerating, But Well Below COP28 Goals

November 21, 2025 Energi Staff

Global improvement in energy efficiency is accelerating — but still far from the pace needed to meet 2030 targets. According to a new report by the International Energy Agency (IEA), global primary energy intensity — [Read more]

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IEA Puts ‘Poison on the Menu’ But Maintains Net-Zero Scenario Despite Pressure from Trump

November 13, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Nov. 13, 2025. By Mitchell Beer Under intense pressure from the Trump administration, the International Energy Agency (IEA) has issued a carefully-hedged analysis that still shows [Read more]

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Slow efficiency progress is a wasted opportunity

November 10, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by the International Energy Agency on Nov. 6, 2025. By Brian Motherway, Head of Energy Efficiency and Inclusive Transitions Office Efficiency is more relevant now than ever Governments around the world [Read more]

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Opinion: What is going on with Alberta’s climate-change strategy?

November 3, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by Policy Options on Nov. 3, 2025. By Lennie Kaplan Alberta’s climate-change strategy, the emissions reduction and energy development plan (ERED), announced with fanfare by the Smith government in April 2023, seems to [Read more]

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Trump officials say Alaska is ‘open for business.’ So far, no one’s buying.

November 3, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by Grist on Oct. 31, 2025. by Lois Parshley As Kristen Moreland waited for the livestream to buffer, her thoughts drifted to the years she’d devoted to defending Arctic National Wildlife [Read more]

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Fossils’ response to methane leaks improves too slowly, 90 per cent still ignored: UN

October 28, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Oct. 27, 2025. By Chris Bonasia As governments and fossil fuel companies largely fail to act on alerts from methane-detecting satellites, a new report says they’re [Read more]

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Alberta orphaned wells strategy faces pushback from residents, municipalities, experts

October 9, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Oct. 8, 2025. By Jody MacPherson Pushback is growing among Alberta municipalities, landowners, and concerned residents who say the province is pressing ahead with a regulatory [Read more]

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‘Glaring loophole’ leaves LNG start-ups underestimating gas flaring: Study

October 2, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Oct. 1, 2025. By Chris Bonasia Most environmental assessments ignore start-up flaring at LNG export facilities, but the waste gas emissions in this phase emit far [Read more]

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Alberta’s new pipeline pitch: Bad for business, disastrous for climate, analysts say

October 2, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Oct. 2, 2025. By Mitchell Beer Climate advocates and policy analysts are taking Alberta Premier Danielle Smith back to business school after she promised to pitch [Read more]

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