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Feb 20, 2024 | 
pembina.org | Janetta McKenzie |Jared Connoy |Jan Gorski
Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment, Canadian Lung Association, David Suzuki Foundation, Pembina Institute, Clean Air Task Force and Environmental Defense Fund (Joint Environmental and Health Commenters) submit the following comments on Environment and Climate Change Canada’s (ECCC) Regulations Amending the Regulations Respecting Reduction in the Release of Methane and Certain Volatile Organic Compounds (Upstream Oil and Gas Sector).
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Feb 17, 2024 | 
pembina.org | Janetta McKenzie |Jan Gorski
Canada’s energy companies are “awash in cash and hungry,” according to the Globe and Mail. That appetite is far from fully satiated, leading to numerous mergers in the energy sector both in this country and south of the border. More consolidation is expected, as scale helps to deliver resilience and profit. Indeed, Canadian Natural Resources is in such good financial shape that this year it plans to pay out 100 per cent of free cash in the form of dividends to its shareholders.
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Feb 5, 2024 | 
pembina.org | Janetta McKenzie |Jan Gorski
The Pembina Institute submitted these comments on the Regulatory Framework for an Oil and Gas Sector Greenhouse Gas Emissions Cap:This emissions cap, as proposed, represents a realistic and reasonable pathway to meaningful emissions reductions in the oil and gas sector this decade. The Pembina Institute generally supports the level and scope of the proposed cap, despite the cap level being misaligned with the economy-wide target of a 40-45% reduction in emissions by 2030.
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Dec 7, 2023 | 
pembina.org | Janetta McKenzie |Jan Gorski |Chris Severson-Baker
Published in Globe and Mail (Dec. 7, 2023) It’s time to clear the air. There are two different plans for reducing emissions from the oil and gas sector. There is Canada’s plan, finally announced Thursday by Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault at COP28 in Dubai. This plan is responsible and realistic. You can tell the feds have done their homework.
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Oct 24, 2023 | 
theprovince.com | Jan Gorski
Opinion: But the B.C. government will face intense pressure to reverse decisions that prioritize investments in growing a clean energy economy and instead allocate electricity to expanding LNG production.
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Oct 19, 2023 | 
pembina.org | Laurence Miall |Chris Severson-Baker |Jan Gorski |Evan Pivnick
Recent polling released by the Pembina Institute shows that 70 per cent of Albertans think the province’s economy is too dependent on the oil and gas industry. Also, 82 per cent of Albertans polled said the provincial government should take an active role in planning for future job opportunities for energy workers. The Pembina Institute commissioned the study from Janet Brown Opinion Research. The research was conducted between September 13 and 26, 2023.
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Sep 20, 2023 | 
pembina.org | Jan Gorski |Tom Green |Ari Pottens |Jonathan Banks
Publication - Our coalition of climate and energy organizations – the Pembina Institute, David Suzuki Foundation, Environmental Defense Fund, Clean Air Task Force and the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment – is grateful for the opportunity to further comment on the development of proposed regulations to meet and exceed B.C.’s commitment to reduce methane emissions.
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Sep 19, 2023 | 
pembina.org | Jan Gorski |Evan Pivnick |Tom Green
The Pembina Institute, Clean Energy Canada, and the David Suzuki Foundation welcome the opportunity to provide input on the development of a B.C. Output-Based Pricing System (OBPS). This policy, in conjunction with others like the forthcoming 2030 methane regulations, net-zero new industry policy, and oil and gas emissions cap, is essential for meeting B.C.’s 2030 and 2050 climate targets.
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Aug 29, 2023 | 
pembina.org | Jared Connoy |Janetta McKenzie |Jan Gorski |Tom Green
A paper published in the journal, Environmental Research, in May 2023 found that the oil and gas sector in the United States caused air pollution that contributed to asthma, including in children, and caused 7,500 excess deaths, with $77 billion in total health impacts.
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Aug 17, 2023 | 
pembina.org | Tom Green |Jan Gorski |Jason Lam
The Pembina Institute, Clean Energy Canada, and the David Suzuki Foundation welcome the opportunity to provide input on the development of a B.C. Net-Zero New Industry Policy. This policy, in conjunction with others like the forthcoming 2030 methane regulations, OBPS, and oil and gas emissions cap, is essential for meeting B.C.’s 2030 and 2050 climate targets.
