Carbon Pricing

ChatGPT generated panoramic aerial of LNG Canada’s Kitimat facility on British Columbia’s coast, illustrating the scale and setting of Canada’s new LNG export terminal

Billions In Subsidies Flow To LNG Canada As Kitimat Terminal Nears Launch

As Kitimat prepares to ship its first liquefied natural gas cargoes in the coming couple of weeks, billions more in subsidies and favorable fiscal treatment for fossil fuel infrastructure come sharply into focus, along with the 2.2 billion tons of greenhouse gases the facility will be responsible for over its … [continued]

ChatGPT generated this dramatic image of cargo ships at sea emitting thick exhaust plumes against a fiery sunset, underscoring the urgent need for maritime decarbonization

IMO’s Crucial Moment: How Shipping Finally Started Tackling Climate Change

In the wake of the International Maritime Organization’s vote to price carbon in shipping fuels, I had the opportunity to sit down with an insider and expert on maritime decarbonization, Tristan Smith. He’s the director of a maritime advisory services consultancy, UMAS, and professor at University College London. This is … [continued]

ChatGPT generated image of container ships navigating Vancouver’s port, symbolizing Canada’s economic resilience amid U.S. trade tensions and Carney’s pivot to new global markets

Carney’s Challenge: Steering Canada through Housing, Climate, and Trump’s Trade Storm

On election night, Mark Carney stepped onto the stage with a blend of cautious optimism and measured pragmatism. As Canada’s new Prime Minister, the former Bank of Canada governor, UN climate envoy, and Brookfield executive and director offered a reassuring message to a nation facing multiple crises—economic, geopolitical, climatic, and … [continued]

ChatGPT generated panoramic image of a Canadian wearing a red flannel shirt at a cross roads

Carney Takes The Helm: What’s Next for Canada’s Carbon Policy?

With Mark Carney stepping in as the new leader of the federal Liberal Party, Canada’s carbon pricing system faces a critical juncture. Long a proponent of market-driven climate policy, Carney inherits a system designed to reduce emissions while maintaining economic competitiveness. The current framework consists of a consumer-facing fuel charge, … [continued]

ChatGPT & DALL-E generated panoramic image of an electric cement truck covered in circuitry delivering cement to a construction site.

Cement Decarbonization Policy Makers Need To Understand All Levers

The global cement industry, long recognized as a backbone of infrastructure development, faces mounting pressure to reduce its environmental impact. Responsible for approximately 7–8% of global carbon emissions, cement production is one of the most carbon-intensive industrial processes. Yet, as climate policies tighten and innovation accelerates, the industry stands at … [continued]

ChatGPT generated panoramic image of a shattered mirror reflecting American symbols, illustrating themes of division and a fractured sense of identity

World Moving On Without USA As It Declines

For the past eight years, the United States has been missing in action in climate leadership globally. Biden’s climate policy experiments, aimed as much at attempting to deal with the root causes of working class and middle class grievance as at useful emissions reductions, will persist in some diminished form. … [continued]

ChatGPT generated panoramic image of a cow with a big bubble labeled "Methane" coming out of its mouth

Methane Expert Rob Jackson Of Global Carbon Project Talks Solutions

Recently I had the opportunity to sit down with Rob Jackson, scientist, author, and director of the Global Carbon Project to talk cow burps, landfills, and shale oil, all in aid of the very big global warming problem that is methane. This is the second half of our conversation, lightly … [continued]

Slide from ISGF India utility professionals seminar on carbon capture led by Michael Barnard, Chief Strategist, TFIE Strategy Inc.

We Can’t Wait For Carbon Removal Technologies To Reduce GHG Emissions

In 2015 world leaders gathered in Paris and sang praises about their collective ability to set measured goals to stop anthropogenic climate change. Limiting global warming to 1.5°C would require “rapid and deep and in most cases immediate GHG emission reductions in all sectors,” the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change … [continued]

ChatGPT generated panoramic image of a house of cards with hydrogen supported at the top

$360M Discrepancy In Brampton Transit Study: Hydrogen Mix Falsely Positioned As Lower Cost Option

In recent days I’ve become aware that a purportedly neutral and data-centric transit organization, the Canadian Urban Transit Research and Innovation Consortium (CUTRIC), has been advancing hydrogen for urban transit in contradiction of global evidence of failure. A contact forwarded me a more detailed study that they’d done for the … [continued]