We were honoured and inspired to hear Canada’s Minister of Finance and National Revenue, François-Philippe Champagne, address our annual #unGALA in Toronto last week. (🧵1/5)

Real benefits for Alberta ranchers and farmers to make money from renewables on their land - unless you happen to live in an area where the Alberta Government took away your property rights and banned it, I suppose.

Didn't have the Alberta government trying to legalize canned fenced hunts as "red tape reduction" in Bill 10 on my bingo card. This will be very controversial. www.assembly.ab.ca/assembly-bus...

Alberta’s Mature Asset Strategy: another exercise in buck-passing www.pembina.org//blog/albert...

Amazing story that Alberta taxpayers are paying up to 10x the compensation necessary to coal companies as the Alberta Government extricates itself from the mess it created by selling coal leases in previously protected Eastern Slopes thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...

Did you know Alberta ranchers and farmers can get annual payments of $96,000 to $192,000 per quarter section (160 acres) by choosing to host solar energy projects on portions of their land?

Danielle Smith’s pipeline still doesn’t have a business case www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/23/o...

A strange start for “climate competitiveness” www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/07/o...

Lesueur Ridge in the Ghost Public Land Use Zone is a beautiful little September hike

NEW: Our early estimate of Canada’s national emissions is out and shows progress stalled in 2024. The country’s 2030 targets are now out of reach, emphasizing the need for a coordinated policy reset with the federal and provincial governments. ⬇️ climateinstitute.ca/news/2024-em...

Alberta’s move to undermine TIER industrial carbon pricing challenges integrity of ‘grand bargain’ www.pembina.org//media-relea...

Where should we build electric truck chargers first?🔌 Our new report maps priority zones in the GTHA using truck traffic data, helping identify where to build charging infrastructure for #ElectricFreight. The framework can be applied in CA cities. 1/2 buff.ly/zzKmkxu

#Alberta paid $30M+ in land rents for delinquent oil & gas companies in 2024, according to media reports this week. It’s just one of the financial, health and safety risks posed by the 500K+ unused wells across Canada. More in our new report 👇 1/2 buff.ly/Fhcc7YZ

Good news out of Alberta - the final legal establishment of the expanded Gipsy-Gordon Wildland Provincial Park covering more than 186,000 hectares of boreal forest. First announced in 2012 as part of the Lower Athabasca Regional Plan www.alberta.ca/release.cfm?...

Minister Jeremy Harrison has just directed SaskPower to rebuild its coal-fired power plants and continue running them past 2030. The letter directs SaskPower to begin by putting Boundary Dam unit 4 back in service. This decision is problematic for many, many reasons and I list some of them below:

I'm surprised this line from the Premier didn't get more attention "Banning industries is just not something we are going to do" when the government has *LITERALLY* banned wind development in the same area where Albertans have repeatedly said they don't want coal open.alberta.ca/publications...

Alberta continues its record of punitive rules for renewables while treating oil and gas extremely permissively. Strict 30% up front security for renewables while conventional oil and gas has no clear mandatory security and oilsands mines are less than 3% security. Sounds fair, right?

The plan fails to uphold the province’s legal requirement for caribou conservation and recovery, and significant revision is needed to ensure the protection of the species. Respond to the Upper Smoky Sub-regional Plan public survey 👇 buff.ly/K3ev6l6

Latest Pembina report - Down But Not Out - highlights the impact unfair changes to renewable energy rules have had on renewable energy investment in Alberta

New coalition files challenge against the Alberta Energy Regulator to ensure polluters pay for orphan well cleanup - "Despite Sequoia bankruptcy, Alberta Energy Regulator gives the oil and gas industry a staggering 83% discount on its 2025 orphan cleanup fee" c4re.ca/new-coalitio... #ABLeg #ABPoli

Congratulations Stephen! Look forward to checking this out. Hope Lizzie Lake and the Gates of Shangri-La made the cut.

This is a great opportunity for a senior leader with a track record of creating change in the energy space leading teams working on electricity, oil and gas, renewables in remote communities and carbon dioxide removal.

Beverly Yee, Marlo Raynolds join Pembina Institute board of directors www.pembina.org//media-relea...

With CBC now having called all ridings it's time for the land-vs-people-vote animation.

Very rigorous report shows how Alberta’s draft Upper Smoky plan will extirpate caribou.

Excellent annual report card from CPAWS on conservation progress across Canada. Sad to see my home province of Alberta stalling and failing to protect nature

This is a great Toronto-based opportunity to increase Pembina’s impact through leading our fundraising team. Come join us!

#RiRC2025 is just around the corner, and we're thrilled to announce the conference agenda! Be part of: 📝 21 diverse workshops on tech, policy, and more ⚡ Site visits to #CleanEnergy projects 🗣️ Regional discussion rooms Discover the full agenda 👇

Pembina Insitute is looking for a new Director of Finance based in our Calgary office. Come work with me and make a difference with our growing organization. #climatejobs

Here are the coal leases (in black) many of which were sold when the Alberta Government removed the coal policy in 2020. Cancelling all these leases would be necessary to show the Alberta Government is serious about protecting the Eastern Slopes.

Government of Alberta sold hundreds of thousands of hectares of coal leases when they removed the coal policy 4 years ago and they haven’t cancelled them. Landscapes like around Crescent Falls still not permanently protected #abcoal #ableg

Pembina Institute's reaction to Canada's finalized clean electricity regulations

Thank you Margaret and Frederick Van De Pitte - a 600 acre land donation - what a Christmas gift for nature and all [email protected] edmonton.ctvnews.ca/a-safe-haven...

🌬️ Clean #electricity is critical to powering the new #energy economy. B.C.’s approval of 9 new wind projects shows the province is setting itself up for continued leadership in #CleanEnergy, meeting rising demand while striving for #NetZero.

I was pleased to attend the announcement on the BC Hydro call for power. 9 wind projects, 8 with majority First Nations equity partnership, will receive 30 year contracts for enough electricity to power 500,000 homes. See the full Pembina Institute react below ⬇️ www.pembina.org/media-releas...

In Gov.of AB's announcement to "ensure pristine viewscapes are conserved through the establishment of buffer zones" wind energy was banned in 70,000km2 of AB's mountains. Here are some impacts that are still allowed. Can we have consistency and fairness in protecting our precious Eastern Slopes?

Still assessing impacts of new rules for renewables in AB. One thing that jumps out, is that AB's new no go zone for wind projects at 70,384km2 is almost twice as large as its no go (Category 1) zone for coal mining at 41,551km2. Don't think that passes fairness test. open.alberta.ca/dataset/fb73...

🏢Concrete is the foundation of our communities—but traditional cement production drives 7% of global GHG emissions. How can BC seize the opportunity to reduce emissions while protecting jobs and driving innovation? Find out in our new report⬇️ https://buff.ly/3CW6sEl

Why are other leading jurisdictions achieving wind and solar levels 2-4 times higher than Alberta? New Pembina report outlines the best practices we could be following - storage, interties and better planning by system operators and government #ableg

Excellent remarks Simon. It is the interest of Canadians to hold Canada’s oil and gas sector its promises to reduce their emissions. Enough greenwashing!

Tawatinaw River near Athabasca

Albertans have until Dec 6. to comment on the review of the South Saskatchewan Regional Plan. Worth pointing out 14 promised provincial parks still have not been designated 10 years later! your.alberta.ca/ssrp-review/...

I was honoured to present today at the Senate on the need for Canada’s oil and gas sector to keep its promises to reduce emissions.