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2010-2023
pumpjack at well site
Oil & Gas
April 21, 2020
Op-ed

Link orphan-well aid cash with tougher regulations

Financial support for oil and gas sector must uphold the polluter-pay principle
Portrait of Chris Severson-Baker
Oil & Gas
April 17, 2020
Media Release

Pembina Institute applauds funding for orphan well clean-up, methane emissions reductions

Pembina Institute reacts to economic aid announcement for oil and gas sector
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Report cover: Sunset over the oilsands
Oil & Gas
February 19, 2020
Publication

The oilsands in a carbon-constrained Canada

The collision course between overall emissions and national climate commitments
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Cover of Landowners Primer - unreclaimed oil and gas wells
Oil & Gas
November 21, 2019
Publication

Landowners' Primer: What you need to know about unreclaimed oil and gas wells

A tool for landowners who find themselves with inactive, suspended, abandoned or orphaned wells on their property.
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Oil and gas infrastructure on rural Alberta agricultural land
Oil & Gas
November 21, 2019
Article

What do rural landowners need to know about inactive and orphaned wells?

Pembina Institute’s latest primer on oil and gas liabilities in Alberta
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Cover of comments re Clean Fuel Standard
August 30, 2019
Publication

Comments on the Clean Fuel Standard Proposed Regulatory Approach

Pembina Institute and Clean Energy Canada submission to Environment and Climate Change Canada
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August 30, 2019
Publication

Pembina Institute comments on the proposed Technology Innovation and Emissions Reduction (TIER) system

Formal submission to Environment and Parks, Government of Alberta
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August 29, 2019
Media Release

Agreement to electrify B.C. gas fields is positive step

Pembina Institute reacts to federal-provincial commitment on electrification in Northeast
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July 10, 2019
Publication

Technology Innovation and Emissions Reduction (TIER) consultation process

Letter to Government of Alberta
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April 4, 2019
Media Release

Collaboration furthers oil and gas methane emissions research

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Remote Communities
March 27, 2019
Publication

Comments on Qulliq Energy Corporation’s proposed IPP policy

Pembina Institute submission on independent power producer program in Nunavut
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Orphan well site near Carstairs, Alberta
Oil & Gas
February 4, 2019
Op-ed

Redwater decision is progress, but environmental liabilities run deep

Taxpayers still risk being left on the hook for cleanup of oil and gas assets
Portrait of Simon Dyer
Oil & Gas
January 31, 2019
Media Release

Redwater decision reassuring, but we aren’t out of the woods

Pembina Institute reacts to the Supreme Court of Canada’s Redwater decision
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January 23, 2019
Media Release

Saskatchewan methane regulations miss the mark

Pembina Institute reacts to province’s final methane regulations
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December 19, 2018
Media Release

Photos from B.C.’s leaking methane gas wells confirm need for stronger regulations

Earthworks, Pembina Institute, Clean Air Task Force, and David Suzuki Foundation release images
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