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Celebrate Climate Policies, Not Climate Plans or Targets
Ambitious Goals, Insufficient Policies Nearly 10 years ago, the City of Vancouver established an ambitious plan to become the greenest city in the world by 2020. As part of this goal, it pledged to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 33% from 2007 levels. While an impressive figure, the … Read More
Proposed Changes to the National Energy Code for Buildings Don’t Directly Tackle One of the Government’s Biggest Priorities: Climate Change
On June 18, 2019, the Federal Government of Canada declared a national climate emergency. And last fall, in the newly elected minority government’s speech from the throne, the government said: “A clear majority of Canadians voted for ambitious climate action now. And that is what the … Read More
Direct Air Capture of Methane
Direct air capture of CO2 has gotten a lot of attention recently, including many questions and concerns about captured CO2 being used to recover more oil. We posted here on a Squamish-based DAC company, and here is a good recent piece on enhanced oil recovery. A related, but different concept is … Read More
The Rush to Regulate Performance of Existing Buildings: New York City vs. Washington State
Hot on the heels of New York City’s (NYC’s) recent move to legislate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from existing buildings, Washington State (WA) has passed a law to regulate the energy efficiency of existing commercial buildings. Since I recently completed an analysis of the NYC legislation, … Read More
The Long Road of Regulating Emissions from Existing Buildings: A Closer Look at New York City’s New Law
New York City (NYC) is the densest and most populous city in the U.S. Not surprisingly, it also ranks among the top cities in the world for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions on an absolute basis. Direct and indirect emissions from buildings account for approximately 70% of the city’s carbon footprint. … Read More
Gasoline and Diesel Price Inquiry
Last week, upon instruction from the provincial government, the BC Utilities Commission initiated an inquiry into BC’s gas and diesel prices. In the Lower Mainland, these prices are currently around CAD$1.60 per litre, significantly higher than in the rest of Canada. The inquiry is intended to focus … Read More
Clean Energy Is More Than Green Electricity – Canada Needs a Heat Policy for the 21st Century
This week the Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM) and Mission Innovation (MI) will gather government ministers, corporate leaders, technology companies, and NGOs from over 25 countries in Vancouver to discuss how to accelerate progress toward a clean energy future. It’s a busy week for clean energy … Read More
Carbon Taxes: Cheap Climate Policy, Politically Expensive
The idea of carbon pricing in Canada has been in the news a fair bit lately – and the stories are not all positive. We are seeing gas pump stickers in Ontario, four Provinces challenging the Federal Government’s jurisdiction, and anti-climate action pundits taking aim at this form of climate … Read More
Current Green Building Policies Aren’t Enough to Stem Climate Change
In January, The Economist published a provocative article suggesting that rules on “zero energy” or “zero carbon” buildings do not go far enough to stem climate change. This debate is hardly new to us “energy connoisseurs” (to borrow a term from Dave Woodson at the University of British … Read More
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