Parliamentary Secretary Mike Bernier summarizes British Columbia’s positive experience with its revenue-neutral carbon tax

New Study Finds Expected Savings from School Energy Efficiency Upgrade Outpace Actual Returns

Posted on September 27th, 2017 by tagadmin

Innovative study finds energy efficiency investments made at California public schools may not provide as much benefit as officials expected.

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Parliamentary Secretary Mike Bernier summarizes British Columbia’s positive experience with its revenue-neutral carbon tax

Fuel-efficient Cars Often Paired with Gas Guzzlers, Study Finds

Posted on September 26th, 2017 by tagadmin

A study released Tuesday by economists at UC Davis, Yale, and MIT shows that families who own fuel-efficient cars tend to buy big, powerful gas guzzlers as their second vehicle, largely defeating the purpose of the little petrol sippers in their garages.

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Parliamentary Secretary Mike Bernier summarizes British Columbia’s positive experience with its revenue-neutral carbon tax

Replacing Coal by Gas: An Effective Strategy to Reduce CO2 Emissions?

Posted on September 15th, 2017 by tagadmin

Now more than ever, natural gas is hoped to effectively help shale gas producing regions reduce their CO2 emissions, by largely replacing their coal energy input. At the same time, the domestic replacement of coal by gas releases amounts of tradable coal, whose supply meets the foreign energy demand, contributing to increase emissions in the rest of the world.

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