Graham Harris
Emerging Innovators Challenge offers $40m funding for SMEs engaged in GHG reduction
Emission Reduction Alberta (ERA) has announced a new round of funding for innovative greenhouse gas reduction projects - this time aimed...
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Graham Harris
- Dec 15, 2022
- 3 min
Alberta's TIER expands, gets tougher - and finally provides cost certainty to the carbon market
A summary of the key changes announced in the TIER Amendment Regulation in Alberta.
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Graham Harris
- Nov 16, 2022
- 2 min
$50 million in funding available for transformational technologies for net zero in Alberta
Submissions to ERA's Industrial Transformation Challenge are due Jan 19 and must be supported by a high quality GHG assessment.
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Graham Harris
- Jul 4, 2022
- 2 min
The Alberta government is proposing changes to TIER. What are they?
Alberta's government has begun the process of reviewing TIER - the Technology Innovation and Emissions Reduction Regulation. This is the...
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Graham Harris
- Apr 26, 2022
- 1 min
Our Carbon Footprint report for 2021
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.
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Graham Harris
- Mar 31, 2022
- 4 min
Has the future of carbon pricing in Canada just become more certain?
Following the "polluter pays" principle, the Federal Government in Canada has required a price on carbon since 2019. With the publishing...
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Graham Harris
- Feb 22, 2022
- 1 min
Now owners of small solar PV and wind in Alberta can get paid for their carbon emissions reductions
Solar Offset allows small renewable energy system owners in AB to create and be paid for Offset Credits.
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Graham Harris
- Jan 7, 2022
- 4 min
One year later: results from my home solar PV system (Part 2)
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...
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Graham Harris
- Dec 6, 2021
- 2 min
Clarification on Project Eligibility for Pneumatic Instruments and Pumps in Alberta
In July of this year (2021), Alberta Environment published a Memorandum, outlining draft guidance for how pneumatic instruments and pump...
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Graham Harris
- Nov 22, 2021
- 1 min
Hiring! Carbon Reduction Program Developer (Internship)
This position is ideal for someone that has strong programming skills and wants to be part of the climate change solution.
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Graham Harris
- Nov 4, 2021
- 2 min
Carrots, sticks, oil and gas: the VGR Protocol and COP26
Two very different announcements were made this week regarding emissions from the oil and gas sector in Alberta. One got lots of...
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Graham Harris
- Oct 5, 2021
- 3 min
One year later: results from my home solar PV system (Part 1)
Part 1 of 2 exploring the real world performance of a residential solar PV system in Calgary, AB
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Graham Harris
- Aug 5, 2021
- 1 min
A closing window: changes to pneumatics offset project eligibility in Alberta
Presenting a flow-chart showing changes to the eligibility of offset projects using the pneumatics Protocol in Alberta.
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Graham Harris
- Jul 16, 2021
- 4 min
Understanding Alberta's draft Vent Gas Reduction Protocol (now published for public comment)
Alberta Environment and Parks today released the Vent Gas Reduction Protocol for public comment. This is a totally re-booted version of...
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Graham Harris
- Jun 18, 2021
- 3 min
Visualizing three decades of Canada's GHG emissions
Visualization of Canada's GHG emissions from 1990-2019
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Graham Harris
- Apr 30, 2021
- 4 min
Compliance routes in Alberta's carbon markets: a look at past trends and future possibilities.
In previous blog posts, we have used animated bar charts to examine different aspects of greenhouse gas emissions in Alberta...
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Graham Harris
- Mar 22, 2021
- 1 min
We're carbon neutral, and we'll stay that way
We are pleased to publish our 2020 Carbon Footprint and Climate Commitment report!
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Graham Harris
- Feb 5, 2021
- 4 min
There's a right way and a wrong way to set a GHG emissions reduction target.
A discussion on why your organization should select an "independent" target and not a "dependent" one.
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Graham Harris
- Dec 14, 2020
- 3 min
What does a $170/tonne CO2e carbon price mean for electricity prices across Canada?
On December 11th, the Federal Government announced some big news in the world of carbon management and policy: an increase in the price...
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Graham Harris
- Dec 10, 2020
- 2 min
Finding reverse gear. Or, why we chose tree-planting to achieve carbon neutrality.
At Firefly, we believe that the issue of climate change can only be solved by collective action, which means everyone playing their part,...
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Graham Harris
- Nov 10, 2020
- 3 min
The size of your (Scope 3) emissions footprint may surprise you.
The idea behind preparing a greenhouse gas inventory - also commonly known as a 'carbon footprint' - is a simple one. Until you have...
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Graham Harris
- Oct 13, 2020
- 2 min
Where have Alberta's emission offsets come from? (A bar chart race).
An animated visualization of Alberta's emission offsets over time, by project type.
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Graham Harris
- Sep 23, 2020
- 1 min
Going, going...SOLAR!
This month I got to realize a long-held personal ambition – going solar! Having my own renewable energy system has been something I’ve...
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Graham Harris
- Aug 2, 2020
- 4 min
More ambition, please - corporate GHG emission reduction targets in Alberta's oil and gas sector.
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...
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