Canada91裸聊视频檚 transition to 91裸聊视频渘et zero91裸聊视频� greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 includes not only B.C.91裸聊视频檚 liquefied natural gas exports, but Newfoundland91裸聊视频檚 offshore oil, Alberta91裸聊视频檚 oil sands and Ontario91裸聊视频檚 nuclear power, federal Natural Resources Minister Seamus O91裸聊视频橰egan says.
O91裸聊视频橰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.
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91裸聊视频淐anada cannot reach its climate goals without the oil and gas industry,91裸聊视频� O91裸聊视频橰egan said by video link from his office in St. John91裸聊视频檚, Newfoundland, where the offshore oil industry is at a near standstill and construction of Husky Energy91裸聊视频檚 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.91裸聊视频檚 LNG industry, led by the LNG Canada export facilities at Kitimat and the Coastal GasLink pipeline from northeast B.C.91裸聊视频檚 shale gas resources. Bryan Cox, CEO of the Canadian LNG Alliance, said LNG Canada91裸聊视频檚 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 91裸聊视频渘egative emissions91裸聊视频� 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 province91裸聊视频檚 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 O91裸聊视频橰egan.
91裸聊视频淚 have become a convert of retrofitting homes and businesses,91裸聊视频� he said, estimating that as much as 40 per cent of Canada91裸聊视频檚 commitments to the Paris climate agreement in 2016 can come from that strategy.
O91裸聊视频橰egan acknowledged that investment has drained away from Canada, after years of international protest targeting Alberta91裸聊视频檚 oil sands and B.C.91裸聊视频檚 natural gas production. Canada became 91裸聊视频渁 box to check91裸聊视频� for big companies like Total, Shell and others to demonstrate to shareholders they are doing something about climate change, he said.
