#HeatherExner-Pirot, senior fellow at the #Macdonald-LaurierInstitute, joins #BNNBloomberg to discuss the hurdles still constraining #Canada 's energy sector. 🇨🇦 #Cdnpoli #Cdnenergy #ABpoli youtu.be/ZTpo_ZK8fj0?...

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Carney's energy superpower talk not cutting it?

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Someone smarter than me please tell me this doesn't mean three of our natural gas plants are offline and importing electricity from other provinces is all that's keeping the lights on. #Alberta #PowerGrid #cdnEnergy
Decades of #Alberta energy policy summed up: "It’s good when things are going well," [the Minister] said. "It can leave you short at times like this." #cdnEnergy #ClimateEmergency #ableg
https://edmontonjournal.com/news/local-news/albertas-utilities-minister-defends-energy-only-power-market-amid-blackout-scare
| Edmonton Journal

Alberta's utilities minister is defending the province's power market after narrowly averting blackouts during a record-breaking cold snap.

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Alberta hits brakes on affordable electricity projects

Binnu Jeyakumar, Electricity Director at the Pembina Institute, made the following statement in response to the Government of Alberta's announcement of a seven-month moratorium on approvals of renewable electricity projects and the government’s intention to develop restrictions impeding renewable energy development in the province.

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"Transitioning homes from gas-powered furnaces to more efficient, reliable heat pumps that provide homes with both heating and cooling can keep residents safe from extreme temperatures while keeping utility bills affordable," writes Betsy Agar, director of the buildings program at the Pembina Institute.

https://www.pembina.org/blog/buildings-need-be-part-canadas-climate-adaptation-strategy

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Buildings need to be part of Canada’s climate adaptation strategy

In order to ensure the climate-resilience of Canada’s privately owned homes and buildings, they need to be explicitly included in the National Adaptation Strategy.

Pembina Institute

"The problems facing women in the energy industry might seem just as daunting as the problems facing our climate, but we know that real change is possible with real commitment."
- Kendall Anderson, Pembina Institute

https://www.pembina.org/blog/international-womens-day-now-time-act-equity

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International Women’s Day: Now is the time to act on equity

International Women’s Day is a time to celebrate the achievements of women championing clean energy in Canada, but it should also be a time to take stock of the work still needed. Women are significantly underrepresented in many of the areas that will be affected as Canada builds out a low-carbon economy, including energy, natural resources, buildings and transportation.

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Did you know there was a plan in the works to nuke my province in 1959? It was for resource extraction.

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https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/nuke-the-oilsands-albertas-narrowly-cancelled-plan-to-drill-for-oil-with-atomic-weapons

Nuke the oilsands: Alberta’s narrowly cancelled plan to drill for oil with atomic weapons

Project Oilsand was uncannily simple: Get an atomic bomb and blow it up under Athabasca, heating the ground and causing oil products to seep loose

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