Setting the record straight on the day’s top anti-oil and gas media stories
ACTIVIST CLAIM: Anti-LNG activists stunt claims LNG is a false solution to emissions ahead of LNG conference in B.C.
THE FACTS: Canadian-made LNG is one of the cleanest forms of reliable energy in the world – and innovative solutions like carbon tech will only make it better.
THE SOURCES:
Environmentalists protest fracking ahead of province-backed corporate pro-LNG conference
Here are some facts and sources to have a reasoned conversation about LNG:
- By replacing conventional coal with Canadian natural gas, approximately 40–45% and 26%–32% emissions reductions can be obtainable for Chinese textile and chemical industries, respectively. The highest emissions reduction of approximately 60% was observed when coal is replaced with natural gas for district heating
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0959652622009210#:~:text=By%20replacing%20conventional%20coal%20with,with%20NG%20for%20district%20heating - This International Energy Agency analysis concludes that 98% of gas consumed today has a lower lifecycle emissions intensity than coal when used for power or heat. On average, coal-to-gas switching reduces emissions by 50% when producing electricity and by 33% when providing heat.
https://www.iea.org/reports/the-role-of-gas-in-todays-energy-transitions - According to the U.N.’s International Panel on Climate Change, carbon tech solutions will capture almost as many emissions as renewables will reduce by the end of the century.
https://www.ipcc.ch/site/assets/uploads/2018/03/srccs_chapter8-1.pdf - The International Energy Agency notes that when oil and gas are produced with carbon tech it can be net-zero or even carbon negative.
https://www.iea.org/commentaries/can-co2-eor-really-provide-carbon-negative-oil
Stories that get it right
Taxpayers score a victory with court ruling against No More Pipelines Law
“Today’s court decision against Ottawa’s No More Pipelines Law is a big win for taxpayers,” said Franco Terrazzano, Federal Director of the CTF. “We need to be able to develop Canadian resources to create jobs and get our neighbours back to work, and we also need these projects to help us pay for hospitals, schools and lower taxes.”
The CTF’s lawyer argued that the law blurs federal and provincial accountability for resource development and creates duplication within federal and provincial bureaucracies.
The CTF calculated that the pipeline deficit could cost taxpayers across the country $12.8 billion between 2013 and 2023 by reducing the federal government’s revenue
