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Worker at a green building site
Equitable Transition
December 14, 2023
Article

The Sustainable Jobs Blueprint positions workers to lead in clean energy economy

Part II of the Pembina Institute and Canadian Labour Congress’s blueprint series provides worker-informed solutions for the energy transition
Portrait of Megan Gordon
Cover of Sustainable Jobs Blueprint with workers at outdoor job site in winter
Equitable Transition
December 14, 2023
Publication

A Sustainable Jobs Blueprint

Part II: Putting workers and communities at the centre of Canada’s net-zero energy economy
Portrait of Megan Gordon
December 13, 2023
Media Release

Pembina Institute reacts to conclusion of COP28 in Dubai

Final agreement highlights first global commitments to transition away from fossil fuels and triple renewable energy capacity by 2030
Portrait of Chris Severson-Baker
Photo of flaring
Oil & Gas
December 12, 2023
Article

Methane state of play, Part 1: Policies and pathways

What Canada and other governments are doing to regulate methane emissions
Portrait of Amanda Bryant
Oilsands operation in Fort McMurray
Oil & Gas
December 7, 2023
Op-ed

Federal oil and gas emissions cap shines harsh spotlight on Alberta’s lack of action

Cap addresses a competitive weakness of Canada’s high-carbon oil
Portrait of Janetta McKenzie
New cars in lot
Transportation
December 7, 2023
Op-ed

Canada can’t hit its net-zero goals without phasing out gas-guzzling vehicles

Why did our delegates show up at COP28 without a final plan for getting us off fossil fuel-burning cars?
Adam Thorn
Oil & Gas
December 6, 2023
Media Release

Federal cap on oil and gas emissions is responsible and realistic—Pembina Institute

Cap completely in line with aspirational statements already made by oilsands companies and the Government of Alberta
Portrait of Janetta McKenzie
Oil & Gas
December 4, 2023
Media Release

Pembina reacts to federal draft methane regulations

New draft methane regulations represent an important cut in oil and gas emissions
Portrait of Amanda Bryant
Cover of submission
Electricity
November 30, 2023
Publication

Transmission Policy in Alberta

Pembina Institute comments and recommendations
Portrait of Jason Wang various old Pembina Institute logos
Road through a new growth forest with a burnt forest in the distance
November 30, 2023
Article

Canada needs to commit to ambitious climate action at COP28

As we continue to break environmental thresholds, this year's COP needs to address reducing global emissions and tripling renewable energy capacity
Portrait of Chris Severson-Baker
Electricity
November 27, 2023
Media Release

Pembina reacts to Alberta Government’s threat to block progress on clean electricity

Challenge to the federal government’s draft Clean Electricity Regulations
Portrait of Chris Severson-Baker
Cover of Survival of the Cleanest: Assessing the cost and carbon competitiveness of Canada’s oil
Oil & Gas
November 27, 2023
Publication

Survival of the Cleanest

Assessing the cost and carbon competitiveness of Canada’s oil
Portrait of Janetta McKenzie Portrait of Scott MacDougall various old Pembina Institute logos
Semitrucks and passenger vehicles on the highway in Canada
Transportation
November 23, 2023
Op-ed

Ambitious, staggered sales mandates a key to meeting zero-emission MHDV targets

Recommendation tops a set of policies Canada needs to steer the MHDV transition
Adam Thorn
Cover of Grid-Locked with Enmax Energy Centre plant
Electricity
November 23, 2023
Publication

Grid-Locked

Risks of unabated gas-fired electricity for a clean grid in Alberta
various old Pembina Institute logos Portrait of Will Noel Portrait of Scott MacDougall
Electricity
November 23, 2023
Media Release

Alberta on collision course with international expert recommendations to reduce generation from unabated natural gas

Alberta needs to start deploying carbon capture and storage on gas or risk locking in costly emissions for decades
Portrait of Scott MacDougall