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Electrification gets down to the wire

GreenBiz

The push to quickly transition carbon-intensive activities away from fossil fuels while meeting the world’s growing energy needs has put electricity producers and consumers squarely in the forefront of the emerging clean economy. Yet it could take decades to convert all of these things to electric powertrains.

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The next phase of CleanBC can reshape the green economy

Clean Energy Canada

And though a number of key policies continue to be developed—including the oil and gas emissions cap, an emissions cap on natural gas utilities and measures to reduce vehicle kilometres travelled by 25 per cent—many CleanBC policies are now substantially advanced. The plan is working: B.C. The difference?

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The Conservative climate plan is real, even if it raises a few questions

Clean Energy Canada

We hope that political disagreements going forward can now focus on how we do better, rather than on doing less. We were pleasantly surprised to see the Conservative climate plan has its own version of a carbon price and acknowledges the economic efficiency of the policy. s Low Carbon Fuel Standard.

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Crunch time: UN warns dramatic political intervention required to keep 1.5C vision alive

Business Green

The findings present a picture of a world that has made significant progress on climate action, powered by the rapid roll-out of clean energy technologies, the acceleration of the electric vehicle (EV) transition, and a growing understanding of the economic and geopolitical benefits ending reliance on coal, oil, and gas.

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'All the pieces are in place': IEA tips global heat pump market for rapid growth

Business Green

The report - titled The Future of Heat Pumps - details how the heat pump market has been growing strongly in recent years, driven by falling technology costs, policy support, and growing confidence the technology can work in a wide range of climates. The annual gas saving would grow to at least 21 bcm by 2030 if EU climate targets are met.

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What Alberta Premier Danielle Smith Gets Wrong About Heat Pumps

DeSmogBlog

In November, he instructed his province’s public utilities, SaskPower and SaskEnergy, to stop collecting carbon taxes on natural gas as of January 1, 2024, if the federal government didn’t extend the same carbon price carve out to his province. The most extreme reaction was from Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe.

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US Solar Industry Rallies Behind 20% Generation Target for 2030

GreenTechMedia

generation in 2018, compared to wind and hydropower at around 7 percent each, nuclear at 19 percent, coal at 27 percent, and natural gas at 35 percent. Policy that helps rooftop solar, like carve-outs in state renewables targets and net metering, doesn’t necessarily help utility-scale developers, and vice versa.