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    Has the future of carbon pricing in Canada just become more certain?
    Graham Harris
    • Apr 1
    • 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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    Now owners of small solar PV and wind in Alberta can get paid for their carbon emissions reductions
    Graham Harris
    • Feb 22
    • 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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    Introducing...ALBERT
    Graham Harris
    • Jan 25
    • 1 min

    Introducing...ALBERT

    ALBERT - the ALBerta Emission Registry Tracker - displays weekly analysis of activity on Alberta's Emission Offset Registry.
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    Carrots, sticks, oil and gas: the VGR Protocol and COP26
    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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    A closing window: changes to pneumatics offset project eligibility in Alberta
    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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    Understanding Alberta's draft Vent Gas Reduction Protocol (now published for public comment)
    Graham Harris
    • Jul 17, 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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    Visualizing three decades of Canada's GHG emissions
    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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    Compliance routes in Alberta's carbon markets: a look at past trends and future possibilities.
    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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    There's a right way and a wrong way to set a GHG emissions reduction target.
    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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    What does a $170/tonne CO2e carbon price mean for electricity prices across Canada?
    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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    Where have Alberta's emission offsets come from?  (A bar chart race).
    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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    More ambition, please - corporate GHG emission reduction targets in Alberta's oil and gas sector.
    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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    A Visualization of Alberta's GHG Emissions since 1990
    Graham Harris
    • Jun 18, 2020
    • 2 min

    A Visualization of Alberta's GHG Emissions since 1990

    What an animated "bar chart race" of Alberta's GHG emissions from 1990-2018 reveals.
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    Viewing the world through a “Climate Lens”: Canada’s ICIP grant funding.
    Graham Harris
    • Apr 10, 2020
    • 3 min

    Viewing the world through a “Climate Lens”: Canada’s ICIP grant funding.

    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...
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    Changes in ISO 14064-2:2019 for GHG Reduction Projects.  What's new?
    Graham Harris
    • Dec 6, 2019
    • 2 min

    Changes in ISO 14064-2:2019 for GHG Reduction Projects. What's new?

    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...
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    What’s new in ISO 14064-1:2018? Updates to version 2 of the GHG standard for inventories.
    Graham Harris
    • Nov 19, 2019
    • 2 min

    What’s new in ISO 14064-1:2018? Updates to version 2 of the GHG standard for inventories.

    The international standard for GHG inventories – ISO 14064-1 – was updated almost one year ago, in December 2018. With the end of the...
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    When is zero not zero?  Or, why you need to understand 'net zero'.
    Graham Harris
    • Oct 18, 2019
    • 2 min

    When is zero not zero? Or, why you need to understand 'net zero'.

    While working on a municipal GHG inventory recently, I got into an illuminating discussion with my client about the meaning of the term...
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    What is the global carbon budget?
    Graham Harris
    • Sep 4, 2019
    • 2 min

    What is the global carbon budget?

    We are all familiar with the concept of a budget when it comes to our household finances or government spending. A nice, simple...
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    What’s new in ISO 14064-3:2019?  Updates to version 2 of the GHG validation & verification standard.
    Graham Harris
    • Jul 3, 2019
    • 2 min

    What’s new in ISO 14064-3:2019? Updates to version 2 of the GHG validation & verification standard.

    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...
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