IEDM – Projet de loi 21 : l’IEDM aurait bien voulu participer aux consultations – Miguel Ouellette
February 23, 2022 | 13 min. 04 sec. | Philippe-Vincent Foisy (QUB Radio) Interview (in French) with Miguel Ouellette, Director of Operations […]
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Et les gens des régions dans tout ça?
Alors qu’il y a pénurie mondiale de gaz naturel et que les prix battent des records, le Québec balaye du revers de la main une occasion en or. C’est à n’y rien comprendre.
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Cancelling the proposed carbon capture tax credit will do more harm than good
Carbon capture technologies are currently responsible for capturing and storing at least 4 million tonnes of carbon per year in Canada.
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Interdiction de l’exploitation des hydrocarbures: Ne faisons pas rire de nous à l’international
Montréal, le 2 février 2022 — Aujourd’hui, le ministre de l’Énergie et des Ressources naturelles, Jonathan Julien, a déposé son projet de loi visant à interdire l’exploitation des hydrocarbures au Québec. Les chercheurs de l’IEDM croient que le gouvernement du Québec fait fausse route en offrant des indemnisations inéquitables aux entrepreneurs et sont d’avis que l’interdiction de l’exploitation des hydrocarbures est une bien mauvaise décision tant pour l’économie que pour l’environnement.
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Gaz naturel et lutte aux changements climatiques: les deux font la paire
C’est en exportant notre gaz naturel pour remplacer des méthodes plus émettrices en équivalent CO2 que le Québec va réellement contribuer à la réduction des gaz à effet de serre, partout sur la planète.
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Electricity, CCUS, and net-zero
A new report by the International Energy Agency states that to achieve the climate goals the federal government has committed to, Canada would need to double or triple the electrical power generated from non-GHG-emitting energy sources.
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Pipelines are safe and green despite Suzuki’s dangerous rhetoric
Considering pipelines as an enemy instead of an ally in the fight against climate change speaks to a serious misunderstanding of the issue.
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Meeting Canada’s Energy Needs (2021)
With COP26 just coming to a close in Glasgow, only 25% of Canadians (and 36% of Quebecers) are of the opinion that this conference helped find solutions to climate change. Health care and the economy clearly remain the top priorities for the Canadian population, and 65% of Canadians are not prepared to pay a single cent more to fight climate change.
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Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage: Concrete Market-Based Recommendations to Reduce GHG Emissions
With the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) set to begin in a few short days, governments are expected to double down on GHG emission reduction targets. A recent MEI publication described how carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) technologies can allow governments to reach their targets without compromising our standard of living. This follow-up publication offers tangible solutions to encourage uptake of this new technology by entrepreneurs.
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My energy transition
As manager of my own financial assets, I am a supporter of passive management. But since the start of 2021, I’ve made an exception with my family’s two TFSAs.