Canada’s Climate Inaction Could Undermine ‘Reputation for Environmental Leadership’ – The Energy Mix: Canada is at risk of undermining its “historic reputation for
environmental leadership” if it fails to match its words on climate
change and an ambitious green recovery with action, former Irish
president and United Nations human rights commissioner Mary Robinson
writes in a post this week for the Globe and Mail.

“We need global leadership to address the climate crisis and build an economy beyond fossil fuels,” says Robinson, who’s now serving as chair of The Elders,
an international group of global leaders. “Canada has an opportunity to
lead from the front and show that climate considerations can and should
be put right at the heart of government decision-making in these
unprecedented times.”

Canada’s Climate Inaction Could Undermine ‘Reputation for Environmental Leadership’ – The Energy Mix: Canada is at risk of undermining its “historic reputation for
environmental leadership” if it fails to match its words on climate
change and an ambitious green recovery with action, former Irish
president and United Nations human rights commissioner Mary Robinson
writes in a post this week for the Globe and Mail.“We need global leadership to address the climate crisis and build an economy beyond fossil fuels,” says Robinson, who’s now serving as chair of The Elders,
an international group of global leaders. “Canada has an opportunity to
lead from the front and show that climate considerations can and should
be put right at the heart of government decision-making in these
unprecedented times.”Read More

Fossil Lobby Demands Changes to ‘Overly Prescriptive’ Federal Bailout Rules – The Energy Mix: Canada’s fossil lobby is complaining about federal bailout programs
designed to help companies weather the economic crisis brought on by the
COVID-19 pandemic, claiming the conditions they’re required to meet are
“ineffective and overly prescriptive,” the Globe and Mail reports.

Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) vice-president Ben
Brunnen said only five of his members have applied for a series of loan
guarantees on offer from Export Development Canada (EDC), the Globe writes,
and only two have been approved, with actual funding yet to appear.
He’s urging the government to restructure funding available through EDC
and the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC), as well as the Large Employer Emergency Financing Facility (LEEFF), “before it’s too late”.

Fossil Lobby Demands Changes to ‘Overly Prescriptive’ Federal Bailout Rules – The Energy Mix: Canada’s fossil lobby is complaining about federal bailout programs
designed to help companies weather the economic crisis brought on by the
COVID-19 pandemic, claiming the conditions they’re required to meet are
“ineffective and overly prescriptive,” the Globe and Mail reports.Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) vice-president Ben
Brunnen said only five of his members have applied for a series of loan
guarantees on offer from Export Development Canada (EDC), the Globe writes,
and only two have been approved, with actual funding yet to appear.
He’s urging the government to restructure funding available through EDC
and the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC), as well as the Large Employer Emergency Financing Facility (LEEFF), “before it’s too late”.Read More

Chevron is installing solar panels — to produce oil more cheaply | Renewables | JWN Energy: Since April, solar panels have been powering oil pumps at Chevron’s Lost Hills 7,981 barrel-a-day oil field, according to the company. The 29-megawatt site, owned and operated by San Jose-based SunPower Corp., is designed to provide the field with 80 per cent of its electricity, equal to taking more than 4,000 cars off the road. In exchange, Chevron will earn so-called low-carbon fuel standard credits worth about $4 million a year at current prices.

“Electricity is one of Lost Hills field’s largest operating expenses, so having solar will be an important factor to help keep those costs down and maintain the planned oil field life,” Veronica Flores-Paniagua, a Chevron spokeswoman, said in an email.

Chevron is installing solar panels — to produce oil more cheaply | Renewables | JWN Energy: Since April, solar panels have been powering oil pumps at Chevron’s Lost Hills 7,981 barrel-a-day oil field, according to the company. The 29-megawatt site, owned and operated by San Jose-based SunPower Corp., is designed to provide the field with 80 per cent of its electricity, equal to taking more than 4,000 cars off the road. In exchange, Chevron will earn so-called low-carbon fuel standard credits worth about $4 million a year at current prices.“Electricity is one of Lost Hills field’s largest operating expenses, so having solar will be an important factor to help keep those costs down and maintain the planned oil field life,” Veronica Flores-Paniagua, a Chevron spokeswoman, said in an email.Read More

Canada, U.S. Pursue ‘Joint Interest’ in Getting Pipelines Built – The Energy Mix: “The Canadian federal government is advocating for the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline to continue,” Bloomberg writes, citing the Globe. “It’s also pushing for movement on the Line 3 replacement pipeline project between the two countries, which is awaiting final approval for the construction to start on the U.S. side.”

But it may take more than a friendly chat between two cabinet ministers, one of whom may well be out of office in another 174 days, to deliver on that agenda. Brouillette’s boss, Donald Trump, has spent much of the last four years trying to get new fossil infrastructure built. That effort culminated three weeks ago with a whirlwind of court or business decisions against the Keystone XL, Dakota Access, and Atlantic Coast pipelines, prompting U.S. campaigners to declare “a turning point in their war against the Trump administration’s effort to cement a fossil-fueled future for the United States,” InsideClimate News wrote at the time.

Canada, U.S. Pursue ‘Joint Interest’ in Getting Pipelines Built – The Energy Mix: “The Canadian federal government is advocating for the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline to continue,” Bloomberg writes, citing the Globe. “It’s also pushing for movement on the Line 3 replacement pipeline project between the two countries, which is awaiting final approval for the construction to start on the U.S. side.”But it may take more than a friendly chat between two cabinet ministers, one of whom may well be out of office in another 174 days, to deliver on that agenda. Brouillette’s boss, Donald Trump, has spent much of the last four years trying to get new fossil infrastructure built. That effort culminated three weeks ago with a whirlwind of court or business decisions against the Keystone XL, Dakota Access, and Atlantic Coast pipelines, prompting U.S. campaigners to declare “a turning point in their war against the Trump administration’s effort to cement a fossil-fueled future for the United States,” InsideClimate News wrote at the time.Read More

Canada Pension Board Invests $141M in Chinese Coal – The Energy Mix:

“It’s completely offside with Canada’s commitments to the Powering Past Coal Alliance and its domestic goal
to retire coal-fired generation,” said Adam Scott, director of
Toronto-based Shift Action. “It’s completely offside with all of
Canada’s climate commitments. And it’s a red flag for Canadians to be
worried about their pension savings.”

Canada Pension Board Invests $141M in Chinese Coal – The Energy Mix: “It’s completely offside with Canada’s commitments to the Powering Past Coal Alliance and its domestic goal
to retire coal-fired generation,” said Adam Scott, director of
Toronto-based Shift Action. “It’s completely offside with all of
Canada’s climate commitments. And it’s a red flag for Canadians to be
worried about their pension savings.”Read More