CanadaB次元官网网址檚 transition to B次元官网网址渘et zeroB次元官网网址� greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 includes not only B.C.B次元官网网址檚 liquefied natural gas exports, but NewfoundlandB次元官网网址檚 offshore oil, AlbertaB次元官网网址檚 oil sands and OntarioB次元官网网址檚 nuclear power, federal Natural Resources Minister Seamus OB次元官网网址橰egan says.
OB次元官网网址橰egan kicked off an energy and climate conference in Vancouver Dec. 3 with an upbeat speech on the future of the Canadian oil and gas industry, battered as it is by world market slumps, COVID-19 and a flight of international investment capital from Canada.
A few surprising comments from Natural Resources Minister today. Oil sands, nuclear part of Canada's "net zero" plan
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B次元官网网址淐anada cannot reach its climate goals without the oil and gas industry,B次元官网网址� OB次元官网网址橰egan said by video link from his office in St. JohnB次元官网网址檚, Newfoundland, where the offshore oil industry is at a near standstill and construction of Husky EnergyB次元官网网址檚 latest offshore platform is being kept alive with federal aid of $41.5 million announced this week.
Key to the net zero goal is B.C.B次元官网网址檚 LNG industry, led by the LNG Canada export facilities at Kitimat and the Coastal GasLink pipeline from northeast B.C.B次元官网网址檚 shale gas resources. Bryan Cox, CEO of the Canadian LNG Alliance, said LNG CanadaB次元官网网址檚 plan to be the lowest-emitting producer in the world is getting international attention of investors.
Hosted by the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade and law firm Bennett Jones, the conference included Anna Stukas of , which has a direct air capture plant at the demonstration stage, pulling carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere. Stukas said the facility not only creates B次元官网网址渘egative emissionsB次元官网网址� to balance emitting activities such as oil and gas, the captured CO2 can be converted to lower-emission diesel and jet fuel. This is a way reduce emissions in truck and air transportation, two of the most difficult areas to make progress, she said.
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Doug Slater of FortisBC, the provinceB次元官网网址檚 main private electricity and gas provider, said his company is pursuing innovations such as compressed natural gas for transport trucks, LNG for shipping to replace diesel and bunker fuel, and applications for hydrogen fuel.
Fortis is putting $100 million a year into incentives for household retrofitting and high-efficiency appliances, an approach endorsed by OB次元官网网址橰egan.
B次元官网网址淚 have become a convert of retrofitting homes and businesses,B次元官网网址� he said, estimating that as much as 40 per cent of CanadaB次元官网网址檚 commitments to the Paris climate agreement in 2016 can come from that strategy.
OB次元官网网址橰egan acknowledged that investment has drained away from Canada, after years of international protest targeting AlbertaB次元官网网址檚 oil sands and B.C.B次元官网网址檚 natural gas production. Canada became B次元官网网址渁 box to checkB次元官网网址� for big companies like Total, Shell and others to demonstrate to shareholders they are doing something about climate change, he said.
