Dave Sawyer
@enviroeconomics
Thinking about carbon policy & environmental economics. Often I crash a bike, wipe out on skis, or hook myself. I don't even endorse my own tweets.
These alarmist takes totally ignore the reality of a constantly expanding, highly profitable oil and gas sector choosing to not invest the cents per barrel needed to slow emissions growth. Ridiculous positioning. calgaryherald.com/opinion/column…
This. Ontario’s gutting pipelines of young talent is such an own goal, kneecapping prosperity. Kids just wanting to skill up.
New from me at TVO, on colleges (it's pretty bleak!) tvo.org/article/analys…
Average costs.
Pretending that the barrier to the Pathways project is federal approval is not helping anyone. The barrier is simple: if emissions reduction isn't existential, or if average GHG costs aren't well above today's levels, it won't happen unless gov't pays for almost all of it.
You get the sense the values held by the @nationalpost are fickle - for the last ten years it’s pearl clutching federal overreach with the provinces. Now the assertion is federal power is too weak. Pick a lane … oh right, it’s the right lane. nationalpost.com/opinion/carson…
“Canada has never been a threat to the United States, except in hockey, and Canadians have long seen Americans as their close relatives.“ great read on friends and alliances from Margaret McMillan foreignaffairs.com/united-states/…
Spat my coffee everywhere…
Early morning comedy .... This just made me LMAO 🤣 I don't know who he is but he needs his own show.
We did some math on the proposed O&G emissions cap. It needs a rethink and a rework, with the large emitter trading systems at the heart of a modernized decarb approach. But accept the cap's premise - something needs to be done about oil sands emissions. 440megatonnes.ca/insight/combin…
TMX generated over $7 billion in excess profit for the sector in 2024, equal to about one month’s worth of extra production for suppliers. So yeah, that pipeline is generating cash.
"Completely forgotten: Much of Alberta’s recent success is thanks to the federal government spending $34 billion to triple the capacity of the Trans Mountain energy pipeline."
“GM also saw an impressive 252 per cent year-over-year growth in sales over the first quarter of 2025 in Canada.”
Electric vehicles have been in the spotlight recently, and so have misconceptions about the zero-emissions vehicle mandate. We break down three common myths, and what the facts actually say about the ZEV mandate ⬇️ climateinstitute.ca/debunking-thre…
I’m pretty sure the electorate decides that… sure you can play to it, you can feign that way, but really, it’s not your call.
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Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is demanding the fire-stricken town of Jasper apologize and retract a report criticizing her government for its role in last summer's devastating blaze. cbc.ca/news/canada/ed…
We surveyed 1,000 industrial facilities in China about a decade ago - the number one concern was meeting their energy efficiency targets, not the carbon price. Mandates are many, varied, and non negotiable. Managerial promotion depends on meeting the assigned mandates.
Great thread to add to the convo on China gradually turning itself into a green #electrostate. Heavy industry now has a requirement that a rising % of its power be clean, which will have a larger impact than inclusion in the ETS for some sectors. @ira_joseph @ColumbiaUEnergy
The EV mandate is a tradeable intensity standard, with compliance flexibility such as banking from early action & charging station credits. Its mode is close to a cprice, allowing producers to cost minimize. It was not a bad policy when paired with the ctax & EV subsidies.
I am against EV mandates. The best policy is to price carbon and let people decide what they want to drive as a result. But I find it very troubling that many Conservative supporters and pundits also appear not to be just against mandates but against EVs, period.
Makes me think about the paper carlyle.com/global-insight…, and supply chain vulnerability relying heavily on fossil.
Jet fuel prices soar in Europe as war in Middle East threatens supplies on.ft.com/4eav1ff
Correct me if I’m wrong, but the PBO study mirrored the Deloitte and Conference Board studies that -erroneously- assume no mitigation tech is available with the cap met by pure curtailment. Given the value of a barrel, would a boardroom really curtail over abatement spending?
My latest: the emissions cap is a wildly expensive policy. Based on PBO numbers, it is equivalent to a $2887/tonne carbon tax by 2032. But based on global emissions displaced, it would cost $96k - $289k/tonne for oilsands and is infinite for LNG. cnaps.org/high-costs-low…
Indeed, the electorate pulled the plug.
I almost feel bad for mr Verb the noun
The free Merlin Bird ID from Cornell will make you happy …. This was the first two minutes …
