Blog: LNG, hydrogen, carbon capture: More of all
The reports from market-watchers keep coming in: World demand for liquefied natural gas continues to grow, and LNG is going to be around for decades. One reason is the impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and Russia’s reduction of natural-gas exports to European political opponents who normally rely on Russian gas. So today we…
Blog: Our LNG exports: Is there a Catch 3?
We see that Ottawa has signalled there are two catches or hurdles in its consideration of exporting LNG to Europe via the Maritime provinces. Now we’re wondering if there will be a third catch that would apply to all new LNG-for-export projects in Canada. The first two hurdles: Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson says Canada…
Blog: LNG exports from Eastern Canada?
The federal government, which in February vetoed the planned Energie Saguenay LNG export project in Quebec, has suddenly decided that LNG exports in the Maritime provinces could be acceptable. Thus we have federal officials talking with two potential LNG exporters. Ottawa is looking at Spanish company Repsol’s LNG import facility in New Brunswick, for one,…
Blog: BC Hydro’s hypocrisy on LNG
BC Hydro made a holier-than-thou post on Twitter on May 4: “‘Natural’ doesn’t mean clean. #FarewellFossilFuels.” It carried the following illustration: Other tweets from Hydro around that time promoted the merits of electric vehicles and home heat pumps. All well and good (the greener the better, of course) but the snide slap at natural gas…
Blog: Renewable energies: favoured but formidable
We often have to remind non-Indigenous people that Indigenous Peoples do not automatically speak with one voice. Some favour natural-resource development; some do not. Some are for oil and gas pipelines, and some are against. But First Nations people do agree on this: They care for the natural environment. They have done so for countless…