Dave Sawyer @enveco.bsky.social · 08/08/202682,000 estimated excess health events today in BC with some readings of smoke PM2.5 30x a clean air day. envireco.github.io/Wild_Fire_Sm...envireco.github.ioWildfire Smoke Health Tracker — Ontario, Alberta & BC 010
Dave Sawyer @enveco.bsky.social · 07/08/2026BC smoke levels are way up. AB is seeing severe conditions in several areas, and across Ontario, BC, and Alberta, many regions are experiencing poor air quality. Track live wildfire smoke exposure, estimated health impacts, and related health costs here: envireco.github.io/Wild_Fire_Sm...envireco.github.ioWildfire Smoke Health Tracker — Ontario, Alberta & BC 000
Dave Sawyer @enveco.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Wildfire smoke health impact tracker is running live, hourly air quality readings and health outcomes for BC, AB, and ON. Wildfire impacts today are severe in AB, high in BC, and improving in ON. envireco.github.io/Wild_Fire_Sm...envireco.github.ioWildfire Smoke Health Tracker — Ontario, Alberta & BC 012
Dave Sawyer @enveco.bsky.social · 11/01/2026The CDN–AB MOU reprises an old debate: do pipelines just move oil, or do they incent production and GHGs? My new wonkery indicates pipelines unlock supply, making emissions policy matter. www.enviroeconomics.org/single-post/...enviroeconomics.orgPipelines create supply. Policy shapes the emissionsThe Canada–Alberta MOU brings into focus an old debate: do pipelines simply move oil, or do they incent new production and emissions? The data indicates pipelines unlock supply, which makes emissions... 020
Dave Sawyer @enveco.bsky.social · 01/05/2025New federal gov’t, new push on clean energy? But how did we get here? Check out this dynamic infographic on the 4 phases of Canadian climate policy since 2016: Rising tides, rocky shores. claude.ai/public/artif... data: 440megatonnes.ca/policy-track...440megatonnes.caClimate Policy TrackerOur policy tracker tracks progress on policy implementation, we’ve compiled a database of emissions reduction policies currently ... 010
Dave Sawyer @enveco.bsky.social · 22/03/2025Alberta ELEC is illustrative. The combo of fed backstop & provincial autonomy: federal coal ban, methane & pricing backstop sets ambition for AB to chart its own equivalent policy course. Minimum national standards with made-in-AB policy. A great model for oil & gas, clean elec regs, & more. 000
Reposted by Dave SawyerKathryn Harrison @profkharrison.bsky.social · 21/03/2025Not the first time the Cdn oil/gas industry proclaimed a commitment to CO2 reductions when a policy mandate seemed inevitable, then backed off. When climate led in polls from 2007-9 they supported emissions trading, but when the economy turned, so did they. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...theglobeandmail.comOil sands show signs of giving up on carbon captureBy calling this week for the federal government to end its industrial carbon pricing system, oil-and-gas executives signaled a lack of faith in the carbon-capture technology they’ve long touted as key... 2177
Reposted by Dave SawyerDale Beugin @dalebeugin.bsky.social · 21/03/2025Here's a roundup of @climateinstitute.bsky.social's research on large-emitter trading systems (aka industrial carbon pricing) in Canada, and their importance for emissions reductions and competitiveness. climateinstitute.ca/reports/the-... A thread: 🧵climateinstitute.caCanada’s large-emitter trading systemsLarge-emitter trading systems (LETS) are Canada’s most important climate policy for driving emissions reductions, protecting industry ... 2166
Dave Sawyer @enveco.bsky.social · 12/03/2025According to the PBO, those incredibly dim money managers in Calgary's office towers (sarcasm, they are anything but) would rather cut production and lose $670 per tonne rather than invest in technology to reduce emissions. My thoughts: www.pbo-dpb.ca/en/publicati...pbo-dpb.caImpact Assessment of the Oil and Gas Emissions Cap 010
