The West Moberly First Nations is located at the west end of Moberly Lake, BC, roughly 90km southwest of Fort St.John. Like many smaller, more remote communities in Canada, access to low-cost but high-quality fresh vegetables is challenging, as vegetables must be trucked in from hundreds of kilometres away. As a result, many vegetables available for sale locally are, unfortunately, best described as ‘compost ready’! This impacts the nutritional health and wellbeing of the lo

A look at EcoTank's windshield washer refill stations and how they reduce GHG emissions and plastic waste.

The Government of Alberta removes price certainty in the TIER marketplace.

As Storm Eowyn rolled over the British Isles on Friday 24th January 2025, the UK Met Office issued a rare ‘red weather’ warning [1] – the highest level of alert – and the Storm duly brought fierce winds across Ireland and Scotland, with windspeeds of up to 114 mph (183 km/h), the highest ever recorded in Ireland. In Northern Ireland, where winds peaked at the lower speed of 92 mph (148 km/h) the damage has nonetheless been widespread, leaving behind over 2,300 road obstruct

Emission Reduction Alberta (ERA) has announced a new round of funding for innovative greenhouse gas reduction projects - this time aimed specifically at small-to-medium sized organizations (SMEs), which it defines at those with fewer than 500 employees. Governments, universities and large corporations are not eligible to apply (although they may be included as a partner). The Emerging Innovators Challenge offers a pot of $40 million, with individual projects being eligibl

A summary of the key changes announced in the TIER Amendment Regulation in Alberta.

Submissions to ERA's Industrial Transformation Challenge are due Jan 19 and must be supported by a high quality GHG assessment.

Alberta's government has begun the process of reviewing TIER - the Technology Innovation and Emissions Reduction Regulation. This is the...

Firefly GHG Consulting is a net zero company. Every year we publish an inventory of Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions and how we reached net zero.

Following the "polluter pays" principle, the Federal Government in Canada has required a price on carbon since 2019. With the publishing...

Solar Offset allows small renewable energy system owners in AB to create and be paid for Offset Credits.

Late last year I posted a review of a year’s worth of solar PV performance at my home. In that blog post, I examined: whether or not the...

In July of this year (2021), Alberta Environment published a Memorandum, outlining draft guidance for how pneumatic instruments and pump...

This position is ideal for someone that has strong programming skills and wants to be part of the climate change solution.

Two very different announcements were made this week regarding emissions from the oil and gas sector in Alberta. One got lots of...

Part 1 of 2 exploring the real world performance of a residential solar PV system in Calgary, AB

Presenting a flow-chart showing changes to the eligibility of offset projects using the pneumatics Protocol in Alberta.

Alberta Environment and Parks today released the Vent Gas Reduction Protocol for public comment. This is a totally re-booted version of...

Visualization of Canada's GHG emissions from 1990-2019

In previous blog posts, we have used animated bar charts to examine different aspects of greenhouse gas emissions in Alberta...

We are pleased to publish our 2020 Carbon Footprint and Climate Commitment report!

A discussion on why your organization should select an "independent" target and not a "dependent" one.

On December 11th, the Federal Government announced some big news in the world of carbon management and policy: an increase in the price...

At Firefly, we believe that the issue of climate change can only be solved by collective action, which means everyone playing their part,...