The future looks bright for LNG pipelines in British Columbia</h1> <article> <h1>The future looks bright for LNG pipelines in British Columbia</h1> <p>Meribeth Deen — Thu, 16 May 2013 01:11:56 +0000</p> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-imagecaption"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>British Columbia Premier, Christy Clark</p> </div> </div> </div> <p>Energy companies are undoubtedly relieved that the BC Liberals, led by Christy Clark, will keep running the province. It means that Enbridge’s Northern Gateway pipeline, and Kinder-Morgan’s Trans-Canada pipeline remain on the table - despite<a href="http://www.bcliberals.com/puttingbcfirst"> a few conditions</a> Premier Clark has already laid out.</p><p><a href="http://www.energyboom.com/policy/future-looks-bright-lng-pipelines-british-columbia" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>The Gina McCarthy Agenda</h1> <p>Meribeth Deen — Sun, 12 May 2013 03:47:19 +0000</p> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> </div> </div> </div> <p>On Monday, President Barak Obama nominated the assistant administrator for Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Air and Radiation, Gina McCarthy, as the administration’s new head, replacing Lisa Jackson. On Thursday, however, eight Republicans on the failed to show up for her nomination vote, thereby stalling the process for an undetermined period.<br><p><a href="http://www.energyboom.com/policy/gina-mccarthy-agenda" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Who’s afraid of micro-generation?</h1> <p>Meribeth Deen — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 06:11:33 +0000</p> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> </div> </div> </div> <p>Utility companies, that’s who. <a href="http://grist.org/climate-energy/solar-panels-could-destroy-u-s-utilities-according-to-u-s-utilities/">David Roberts over at Grist has just posted a fantastic series </a>stemming from a report by the Edison Electronic Institute’s that outlines how the success of small-scale renewables could make utility companies, as we know them, obsolete.<p><a href="http://www.energyboom.com/policy/who%E2%80%99s-afraid-micro-generation" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>“Canada has the worst green energy policy in the world.”</h1> <p>Meribeth Deen — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 23:14:49 +0000</p> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> </div> </div> </div> <p>As a panelist on the Pembina Institute’s webinar, <a href="http://www.pembina.org/pub/2406">Competing in Clean Energy</a>, Dan Balaban, CEO of <a href="http://www.greengatepower.com/">Greengate Power</a>, said that Canada’s clean energy policies are the worst in the world, and since starting up his company in 2007, every form of government support for his business has vanished.<br><p><a href="http://www.energyboom.com/policy/%E2%80%9Ccanada-has-worst-green-energy-policy-world%E2%80%9D" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Co-operation bumps up the price for California Carbon</h1> <p>Meribeth Deen — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 20:30:52 +0000</p> <p>Quebec’s <a href="http://www.mddep.gouv.qc.ca/communiques_en/2012/c20121213-carbone.htm">announcement</a> that it will harmonize its cap and trade carbon market with California’s has <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-12-14/california-carbon-rises-to-eight-week-high-after-quebec-votes.html">bumped the price of the state’s carbon futures </a>up 30 cents to 13.75 per metric ton.</p> <p><a href="http://www.energyboom.com/policy/co-operation-bumps-price-california-carbon" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>$22.5 trillion call for dialogue on overhaul of the world’s climate and energy policies</h1> <p>Meribeth Deen — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 05:36:06 +0000</p> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-imagecaption"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p><span id="articleText"><br></span></p> </div> </div> </div> <p>Institutional investors from around the world representing funds worth $22.5 trillion have written an open letter to the governments of the world’s largest economies, asking for a massively increased action to fight climate change.</p> <p><a href="http://www.energyboom.com/policy/225-trillion-call-dialogue-overhaul-world%E2%80%99s-climate-and-energy-policies" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>GUILTY: British Petroleum agrees to charges and record fines for Deepwater Horizon disaster</h1> <p>Meribeth Deen — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 22:15:12 +0000</p> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-imagecaption"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>The Deepwater Horizon oil spill, observed from the Internation Space Station.</p> </div> </div> </div> <p><a href="http://www.bp.com/genericarticle.do?categoryId=2012968&contentId=7080497">British Petroleum has reached an agreement with the US government</a> to resolve all criminal charges related to the 2010 explosion of the Deepwater Horizon rig in the Gulf of Mexico.</p> <p><a href="http://www.energyboom.com/oil/guilty-british-petroleum-agrees-charges-and-record-fines-deepwater-horizon-disaster" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Michigan rejects constitutional amendment to Renewable Energy Standards</h1> <p>Meribeth Deen — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 00:39:08 +0000</p> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> </div> </div> </div> <p>63 percent of voters in Michigan rejected a ballot initiative in yesterday’s election, known as <a href="http://www.freep.com/article/99999999/NEWS15/120928074/Proposal-3-To-amend-the-state-Constitution-to-establish-a-renewable-energy-standard">Proposal 3</a>, which would have required utilities to produce 25% of their power from renewable sources - and enshrined that requirement in the constit</p> <p><a href="http://www.energyboom.com/policy/michigan-rejects-constitutional-amendment-renewable-energy-standards" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>India’s Solar Revolution, Small is Big</h1> <p>Justin Guay — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 22:08:33 +0000</p> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-imagecaption"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p> </p> <p> </p> </div> </div> </div> <p>A while back I wrote a post on the need to get India’s solar boom right <a href="//sierraclub.typepad.com/compass/2011/08/getting-indias-solar-boom-right-.html">solar boom right</a>.</p> <p><a href="http://www.energyboom.com/efficiency/india%E2%80%99s-solar-revolution-small-big" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Policies on green energy stand out as Ontario’s premier resigns</h1> <p>Meribeth Deen — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 00:23:24 +0000</p> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-imagecaption"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <p>Rural residents against windpower were blamed for the loss of McGuinty's majority in the last election.</p> </div> </div> </div> <p>This week, just one year after winning his third mandate, Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty, announced his resignation. The announcement has provoked speculation <a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/commentary/mcguintys-strategic-failures-and-successes/article4615026/">on what led to the decision, and what his legacy will be</a>.</p> <p><a href="http://www.energyboom.com/policy/policies-green-energy-stand-out-ontario%E2%80%99s-premier-resigns" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> </main></body></html>