News: BC Hydro OKs wind projects with Indigenous partners
Nine of 21 clean-energy projects submitted to BC Hydro in its last ‘call for power’ have been accepted, and all have First Nations partners. Eight of the nine will have 51% equity ownership. And Hydro adds: “This represents $2.5 billion to $3 billion of ownership by First Nations in new renewable-energy projects in the province.”…
Blog: LNG demand is strong, and BC’s is cleaner
Opponents of liquefied natural gas (LNG) development lost no time in urging the new British Columbia government to squash the LNG industry. The latest pitch avoided the old environmental eco-message: “If we want a liveable planet for ourselves, future generations and countless other species, we cannot build any more fossil fuel projects anywhere. Not one.”…
Blog: Emissions cap? ‘I’m pissed.’ And Alberta’s premier is not alone. . . .
Ottawa bills its planned emissions cap on oil and gas as “limiting pollution, driving innovation, and creating jobs.” That’s not at all what critics see. They forecast instead “lower production, lower exports, fewer jobs, lower GDP, and less revenues to governments to fund critical infrastructure and social programs on which Canadians rely.” That was from Lisa…
LNG and natural resources = billions for BC
Our thanks to Resource Works for compiling the facts and figures below: The BC government draws billions in revenues from British Columbia’s natural-resource industries. The province’s latest fiscal plan looks to earn $3.2 billion from natural resources in 2024-25, up from $3 billion in 2023-24. And it forecasts $3.4 billion in 2025-26 and $3.8 billion…
International Energy Agency outlook open to question
The International Energy Agency (IEA) has called itself “the most authoritative global source of energy analysis and projections.” That may once have been true, but in recent years it’s open to question, especially since the IEA has taken to painting theoretical “scenarios” of energy possibilities. They’re based on what the IEA calls “stated policy scenarios…
