Our resident climate change expert, Dr. Louise Comeau, recently weighed in on the federal government’s white paper laying out options for reducing carbon emissions from the oil and gas sector; meanwhile, her latest research looking at what it takes to get renewable energy projects off the ground was featured in the National Observer.
July 19 — As the federal government asks Canadians whether oil refineries and pipelines should be included in programmes to cap carbon emissions from the oil and gas sector (our answer: yes, of course they should be included), Dr. Louise Comeau tells the New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal that the bigger question for our province is whether the prospective LNG export plant in Saint John—requested by the German government and supported by Premier Higgs—makes sense as the feds look to slash emissions 40 to 45 per cent below 2005 levels over the next eight years. Read the full article here.
July 8 — Dr. Comeau’s latest Canada-wide research into the factors affecting social acceptance of renewable energy and transmissions projects was recently featured in the National Observer’s Zero Carbon newsletter. Click here to read the full article, which delves into Dr. Comeau’s journey as a climate policy specialist and what it takes to get more wind farms and solar projects in communities across New Brunswick and Canada.