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#1801 Victoria Watcher

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Posted 30 September 2024 - 07:52 PM

After nearly 143 years of power generation, the era of coal in the United Kingdom has drawn to a close, with the 2GW Ratcliffe-on-Soar facility in the East Midlands officially ceasing operations at midnight on Monday UK time.

 

The Ratcliffe-on-Soar power plant, located in Nottinghamshire and operated by German energy company Uniper, officially ceased operations at 9am AEST on Tuesday, bringing to an end an era that began when the Edison Electric Light Station was began operating in January of 1882.

 

https://reneweconomy...after-143-years


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#1802 Mike K.

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Posted 01 October 2024 - 06:32 AM

Soon it’ll be opportune once more to invade the UK militarily. Can’t built much of a war arsenal on wind farms and solar panels, can you?

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#1803 Victoria Watcher

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Posted 01 October 2024 - 06:36 AM

The electricity sector's grid supply for the United Kingdom in 2023 came from 33% fossil fuel power (almost all from natural gas), 50.3% zero-carbon power (including 14.2% nuclear power and 36.1% from wind, solar and hydroelectricity), 5% from biomass, 10.7% imports, and 1% from storage.

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Posted 01 October 2024 - 06:39 AM

I love biomass!

I heat my home with biomass, too.
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#1805 Victoria Watcher

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Posted 01 October 2024 - 06:45 AM

I use lots of water to grow my grass long all summer, then burn the clippings for heat in winter.

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#1806 Mike K.

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Posted 01 October 2024 - 07:07 AM

That’s one way to do it, for sure.

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Posted 01 October 2024 - 02:33 PM

The electricity sector's grid supply for the United Kingdom in 2023 came from 33% fossil fuel power (almost all from natural gas), 50.3% zero-carbon power (including 14.2% nuclear power and 36.1% from wind, solar and hydroelectricity), 5% from biomass, 10.7% imports, and 1% from storage.

 

36% surprises me...



#1808 Victoria Watcher

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Posted 13 October 2024 - 01:38 PM

See, this is whay you cannot practically have 700 "nations within a nation" and have economic prosperity.

 

 

https://www.timescol...plained-9647593

 

 

 

As a key decision about the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission pipeline looms, the party that forms government following the Oct. 19 B.C. election will face a quagmire of conflict and tough decisions about how to navigate the unfolding situation. 

 

The Narwhal dug into the complicated history behind the conflict, connecting the dots between political parties, industry and government deals. Here are five key takeaways.

How is the PRGT conflict related to Coastal GasLink?  

The agreements and approvals for the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission pipeline happened around the same time as those for the Coastal GasLink pipeline. Until recently, both projects were owned by the same company, multinational pipeline giant TC Energy. 

 

When construction on Coastal GasLink got underway in 2019, B.C. quickly became a focal point for conflict between industrial development and Indigenous Rights. The B.C. government and TC Energy had signed deals with five of six elected Wet’suwet’en band councils but did not receive free, prior and informed consent from Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs, who opposed the pipeline. 

 

In early 2020, the world watched as Wet’suwet’en opposition to Coastal GasLink led to Indigenous-led solidarity protests that shut down railways and ports across the country. It was a flashpoint that signalled growing frustration with carbon-intensive resource extraction proceeding without consent from Indigenous leaders, held in stark contrast against political commitments to reconciliation and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. 

 

Conflict over the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission project is a bit different, because agreements were signed with a mix of elected band councils and some Hereditary Chiefs across the north. But it’s been 10 years since the ink dried and some Indigenous leaders believe the pipeline should be subject to a new environmental assessment — or scrapped entirely. 

 

Making things more complicated, TC Energy sold the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission line to the Nisg̱a’a government and its industry partners earlier this year. The Nisga’a government says the pipeline — along with the proposed Ksi Lisims LNG project it co-owns that the pipeline will supply — will help build economic prosperity.

 

In late August, as construction began on Nisga’a territory, Gitanyow Hereditary Chiefs burned agreements and set up an on-going blockade to stop traffic related to the project from crossing their territory. Indigenous leaders have said they plan to take whatever action is necessary to stop the project.

 

“​​I think everyone has the Coastal GasLink scenario in mind in the context of what is developing around PRGT,” Gavin Smith, lawyer with West Coast Environmental Law, told The Narwhal. He said if the project proceeds, he anticipates “very pronounced opposition.”


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#1809 Victoria Watcher

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Posted 04 November 2024 - 09:36 PM

Oil and gas producers in Canada will be required to cut greenhouse gas emissions by about one-third over the next eight years under new regulations published Monday.

 

The government is also going to establish a cap-and-trade system that Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault said will reward lower-emitting producers and incentivize higher-polluting ones to do more.

 

The regulations, which are still only in draft form and about two years behind schedule, were met with dismay from industry leaders and are further straining relations between Ottawa and the Alberta government.

 

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith called the measures “unrealistic targets” and said her government would act quickly to challenge the regulations in court. She accused Guilbeault of having a vendetta against Alberta.

 

For the Liberals, the regulations fulfil a 2021 election promise to force the energy sector to pull its weight in the fight against climate change.

 

 

https://cheknews.ca/...ed-cap-1222484/


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#1810 Mike K.

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Posted 05 November 2024 - 07:18 AM

You think energy prices are high now? Just wait until these measures to self-destruct Canadian energy become law. You’ll be longing for the food prices you see today.
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#1811 Victoria Watcher

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Posted 05 November 2024 - 08:36 AM

PP gonna axe the tax, and right that energy policy.

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Posted 05 November 2024 - 08:38 AM

Only question is how far Trudeau can get with smashing the furniture on his way out... completely on Singh now.



#1813 Victoria Watcher

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Posted 01 December 2024 - 09:24 PM

There's lately been a lot of talk in Washington about resurrecting the Keystone XL pipeline, the 1,897-kilometre pipeline that was designed to take oil from northern Alberta to the U.S. Midwest.

 

The project was first proposed by Calgary-based TC Energy in 2008. It was scrapped under the Obama administration, then revived by Donald Trump during his first term in the Oval Office. Then it was killed again by President Joe Biden on his first day in office in January 2021 — after Alberta had already invested more than a billion dollars in the project. 

 

Now, Trump is headed back to the White House and reportedly plans to restart the project, generating plenty of excitement on both sides of the border. After the U.S. election, Alberta's premier reportedly reached out to TC Energy to see if Keystone XL could be revived or if there were other ways to increase the province's oil and gas pipeline export volumes to the U.S. 

 

 

https://www.cbc.ca/n...-plan-1.7394741


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#1814 Victoria Watcher

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Posted 28 December 2024 - 01:23 PM

Machinery fire put out at Delta, B.C., coal port terminal: Port authority

 

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Edited by Victoria Watcher, 28 December 2024 - 01:24 PM.

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#1815 Victoria Watcher

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Posted 06 January 2025 - 06:28 PM

Smith strikes oil patch deal on cusp of Trump presidency

 

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Keystone XL might be dead for the time being, but Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, who plans to double the province's crude oil production, isn't lollygagging when it comes to striking new energy deals.

 

Fresh off Justin Trudeau's resignation on Monday, Smith announced the province will work with Enbridge, via a working group with the Alberta Petroleum Marketing Commission, to increase oil exports to the U.S.

 

The initiative may find support with President-elect Donald Trump who has bragged about the U.S. becoming a global energy powerhouse.

 

Alberta delivers over 4.3 million barrels of oil per day to the U.S. Pipeline capacity will be added to Enbridge's existing footprint.

 

“The world needs more Alberta oil and gas, and we need to make sure Alberta is meeting those needs," said Smith on Monday.


Edited by Victoria Watcher, 06 January 2025 - 06:28 PM.


#1816 Victoria Watcher

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Posted 13 January 2025 - 01:48 AM

Paying for too much with the carbon tax

How many people thought that the B.C. carbon tax was applied against the amount of gas used? Not so. There’s a much bigger gouge to be had.

 

From Nov. 22 to Dec. 24, I used $50.18 worth of natural gas. (There are seven additional taxes and fees added to this, bringing my bill up to $334.68!)

 

The carbon tax on my $50.18 worth of natural gas was $90.48 — and the government wants to increase that.

 

Only a few years ago, I was encouraged and assisted by government grants to switch from oil heat to natural gas. Now, I am increasingly being made to feel like a criminal for having accepted their help.

 

The B.C. government already owns the record for bringing in more new taxes than any other in our history. When will they think enough is enough?

 

 

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Posted 13 January 2025 - 01:55 AM

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That’s a nice percentage of tax on that bill. Look at all this affordability!
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#1818 Victoria Watcher

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Posted 13 January 2025 - 05:52 AM

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Posted 13 January 2025 - 06:18 AM

^ Didn’t take long for that post to be deleted.

#1820 Victoria Watcher

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Posted 16 January 2025 - 04:31 AM

Freeland to scrap consumer carbon tax if she becomes next Liberal leader: source

 

 

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