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,...

The idea behind preparing a greenhouse gas inventory - also commonly known as a 'carbon footprint' - is a simple one. Until you have...

An animated visualization of Alberta's emission offsets over time, by project type.

This month I got to realize a long-held personal ambition – going solar! Having my own renewable energy system has been something I’ve...

Last month’s blog post presented a visualization of Alberta’s GHG emissions since 1990. This showed how the oil and gas sector has become...

What an animated "bar chart race" of Alberta's GHG emissions from 1990-2018 reveals.

In last month’s blog post I talked about the Climate Lens assessment framework for Canadian infrastructure projects. One of the...

We are living through a time of rapid climate change. As with any system or organism exposed to a changing environment, we need to adapt...

Firefly is proud to announce the publication of our 2019 greenhouse gas inventory and action plan. The full inventory can be downloaded...

Last June I posted a blog about getting my attic insulation upgraded. You can read the full blog post here, but as a quick reminder, I...

This morning’s papers featured some rather unfortunate news for our namesake insect, the firefly. As we talked about in a previous post,...

For the last in our three-part series looking at the changes to the new version of ISO 14064, we’re looking at part 2 – GHG projects (you...

The international standard for GHG inventories – ISO 14064-1 – was updated almost one year ago, in December 2018. With the end of the...

While working on a municipal GHG inventory recently, I got into an illuminating discussion with my client about the meaning of the term...

We are all familiar with the concept of a budget when it comes to our household finances or government spending. A nice, simple...

Everyone knows that Alberta has a “dirty” electricity grid. So, in our province, an electric car can’t actually make good environmental...

At the end of June, I had the pleasure of teaching the CSA’s ISO 14064-3 course on ‘Greenhouse Gas Validation and Verification” to a...

You may be thinking about upgrading the energy efficiency of your building – your home or office, for example – to be more comfortable,...