Pembina Institute

The search for oil and gas regulations continues

On the eve of new GHG regulations, new questions about the weather

The NDP leader lays out his vision for resource development

Clean-tech sector grows

On Friday, the Harper government’s new fuel efficiency regulations were published in the Canada Gazette, including the full cost-benefit analysis.

Clare Demerse provides a very useful overview of policy options for reducing greenhouse gas emissions (if it had been published earlier I would’ve included it in my rough guide).

Trying harder to clean up our act in Alberta would help our PR efforts

Steven Chase looks at the government’s rhetorical turn towards “ethical oil.”

Contrary to popular belief, it wasn’t the one by the Yes Men.

Various jurisdictions have their doubts about the Harper’s government’s environmental agenda.

Obama announced his energy team yesterday, nominating Nobel physicist Steven Chu to head the Department of Energy. This is an important victory for science and environmentalists, since it is the first time a scientist is heading a major executive branch department since the 1970s, according to Marc Ambinder, political columnist at The Atlantic Monthly. Chu has an impressive resume – he’s a Nobel Prize winning physicist and he’s been the director of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory since 2004, where he has pushed aggressively for research into solar power, biofuels, and other alternative energy as a way to combat global warming. Obama also gave former EPA administrator Carol Brower a new White House position overseeing environmental, energy, and climate policies. Lisa Jackson of New Jersey to be his Environmental Protection Agency head and Nancy Sutley, deputy mayor of Los Angeles, will lead the White House Council on Environmental Quality.