Canadian workers are speaking out against the possibility that their retirement savings could fund the #LNGCanada liquefied natural gas megaproject. While the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) has repeatedly signalled interest in the oil and gas sector.
Google is partnering with virtual power plant (VPP) operator Voltus to form a network of distributed energy resources that can be used to manage electricity demand during peak periods and free up grid capacity for its data centres without building new infrastructure.
“Most Albertans simply want politicians to present a reasonable economic plan that goes beyond an exclusive focus on oil and gas—rather than letting a single industry continue to set the whole agenda”: new polling released by Pembina Institute.
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AI data centre projects like #WonderValley in Alberta "are not data centres in any familiar sense of the term,” writes Utah State University's Dr. Robert Davies. They're "Gigascale AI Smelters, smelting data and material strip-mined from people and planet.”
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As Ksi Lisims LNG and its prospective partners try to move from their preliminary MOUs toward final, binding contracts, the spectre of "demand destruction" hangs in the air.
More on the global gas glut's impact on Ksi Lisims: www.theenergymix.com/global-gas-g... @ieefainstitute.bsky.social
Rising utility costs are "adding pressure to budgets that many Canadians already feel are stretched to their limit,” reports Abacus Data. In overwhelming numbers, survey respondents said they “increasingly see energy efficiency as a practical way to ... improve affordability over the long term.”
A partnership between a Port Alberni-based housing construction startup and a local college is poised to provide dozens of full-time manufacturing jobs and thousands of new energy-efficient, low-embodied carbon homes per year, in/around the former forestry town. #housing #transition #PortAlberti
Globally, banks are upping financing for fossil fuels, but that support is consolidating. This year's Banking on Climate Chaos report shows financing was $906B in 2025, while 26 banks reduced their support.
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Inspections show growing failures in modern glass #solar panels in response to increasing demand for larger, thinner, and lighter panels. Manufacturing errors have been identified by global quality inspection company Intertek CEA, with the U.S. recording the highest number of deficiencies.
Highlights from that week when government found it hard to ignore the voices of thousands of Canadians. www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
Six in 10 Albertans don’t want taxpayer money to support a new oil pipeline, and two-thirds say their province’s economy is too dependent on oil and gas, according to new polling released this morning...
As Ottawa looks to pension funds to finance major energy projects and LNG Canada moves to double production in Kitimat, beneficiaries warn their retirement savings could become their “biggest contribu...
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Google is paying households and businesses to let it dial down their energy use, freeing up grid capacity for its data centres without building new infrastructure.
Canadians see energy efficiency is an essential tool to deal with the rising cost of living, and more than three-quarters say it’s up to federal and provincial governments to help households seize the...
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With two tentative international deals announced in the last two weeks, B.C.'s LNG would likely become available just as global markets go into a deep glut.
Alberta's Wonder Valley AI data centre will be an “energy-and-heat-behemoth" warns a Utah State University physicist commissioned to assess the project.
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A partnership between a Port Alberni-based housing construction startup and a local college is poised to provide dozens of full-time manufacturing jobs and thousands of new energy-efficient, low-embod...
This year’s Banking on Climate Chaos report shows a “new oligopoly” of a dozen banks responsible for nearly 40% of new fossil fuel financing. JPMorganChase is the “kingpin”, and the Royal Bank of Cana...
