| SASKENERGY, THE SALVATION ARMY AND SIAST ARE ONCE AGAIN TEAMING UP FOR THE SASKENERGY HOME ENERGY EFFICIENCY PROJECT |
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SaskEnergy, The Salvation Army and SIAST are once again teaming up to provide
communities across Saskatchewan with a little extra warmth this fall from the 2010 SaskEnergy Home Energy Efficiency Project (HEEP).
SaskEnergy is currently looking for five (5) Saskatchewan communities with populations fewer than 5000 to take part in this rural energy efficiency initiative. Selected homeowners in the community will receive energy efficient products and upgrades for their home valued up to $200. The energy efficient upgrades can save each household, on average, up to $100 a year on their utility bills. A project day will be held in the selected communities where local volunteers will install energy efficient products such as programmable thermostats, low-flow showerheads, insulation for leaky windows and weather stripping on doors.
In addition to the project day, each community will receive a $5,000 grant from SaskEnergy to put toward a community improvement project which will benefit the entire community.
Selection of the communities will be based on the number of possible residential upgrades to be performed in the community, the number of local volunteers willing to participate and the merits of the proposed improvement project that will be assisted by the $5,000 grant.
For further information, please contact SaskEnergy at 306-777-9814 or go to www.saskenergy.com.
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Shannon Doka
Community Involvement Coordinator
SaskEnergy
(306) 539-2169
About HEEP: The goal of this project is to improve the energy efficiency in the homes of lowincome Saskatchewan families, especially during challenging winters. Families benefit from lower energy costs while learning about simple and inexpensive home energy efficiency options. Program partners and other community volunteers come together to perform energy efficiency upgrades in low-income homes in both urban and rural communities throughout Saskatchewan. The SaskEnergy Home Energy Efficiency Project has helped 1954 families to become more energy efficient since 2005. The project is in its fifth and final year and expects to achieve the goal to help 2,500 Saskatchewan families. |
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| STAKEHOLDER CONSULTATIONS ON SASKATCHEWAN CLIMATE CHANGE REGULATIONS |
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| Consultations with stakeholder groups on proposed regulations for greenhouse gas emissions in Saskatchewan are beginning March 24, 2010. |
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| SASKATCHEWAN SIGNS MOU WITH THE STATE OF VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA |
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Saskatchewan and the Australian State of Victoria have become partners in researching and developing low-carbon technologies, renewable energy sources and plans for adapting to climate change with today's signing of an agreement in Copenhagen.
Environment Minister Nancy Heppner signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Victoria's Minister for Energy and Resources, Peter Batchelor.
"By forging a stronger relationship and sharing information and best practices, both Saskatchewan and State of Victoria will benefit from emerging clean energy technologies that will help reduce greenhouse gas emissions and promote innovation and green jobs," Heppner said.
"Saskatchewan and the State of Victoria have many similar challenges in reducing emissions," Batchelor said. "We are pleased to partner with Saskatchewan in research and demonstration projects for carbon capture and storage and other clean coal technologies and to develop cost-effective climate change solutions."
Priority areas for collaboration include research and development on carbon capture and storage and clean coal technologies, renewable energy systems (wind, solar, storage and biomass), alternative energy technologies such as energy conservation and efficiency, development of a green economy and effective adaptation planning (drought management, water conservation and fire management).
The agreement also allows Saskatchewan and the State of Victoria to jointly pursue emerging research and development and commercial opportunities to advance environmental management and sustainable development priorities.
Heppner is in Copenhagen to attend the Conference of the Parties (COP15) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
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For more information, contact:
Jennifer Redston
Environment
Regina
Phone: 306-787-5796
Email: jennifer.redston@gov.sk.ca
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| SASKATCHEWAN SIGNS MOU WITH THE STATE OF VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA |
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| ENVIRONMENT MINISTER TO REPRESENT SASKATCHEWAN AT UN CLIMATE CHANGE MEETING |
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Environment Minister Nancy Heppner heads to Copenhagen, Denmark tomorrow to represent Saskatchewan's interests at international climate change negotiations during the United Nations Conference of the Parties (COP15).
"The Saskatchewan government is committed to taking action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to meet our national and international obligations," Heppner said. "It is vital to our economy that Saskatchewan's plan be aligned with a prospective international climate change agreement. Saskatchewan introduced legislation on December 1 that provides the flexibility to accommodate any adjustments in Canada's policy framework, American legislation and international policies that emerge from this conference."
Leading up to the Copenhagen conference, Saskatchewan finalized preparations to sign an agreement with the State of Victoria, Australia to promote research and development on emission-reducing technologies. A formal signing event will take place in Copenhagen on December 16, 2009.
Heppner will also attend meetings with federal Minister of Environment Jim Prentice and with the International Institute for Sustainable Development.
COP15 is being held under the auspices of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the lead international agency for climate change decision-making.
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For more information, contact:
Jennifer Redston
Environment
Regina
Phone: 306-787-5796
Email: jennifer.redston@gov.sk.ca
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| ENVIRONMENT MINISTER TO REPRESENT SASKATCHEWAN AT UN CLIMATE CHANGE MEETING |
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| GOVERNMENT RE-INTRODUCES CLIMATE CHANGE LEGISLATION |
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The Government of Saskatchewan re-introduced its climate change legislation that establishes the framework for how the province will meet its target for reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 20 per cent from 2006 levels by 2020 and foster innovation in low-carbon technologies.
"Saskatchewan is offering real solutions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through this legislation," Environment Minister Nancy Heppner said. "We are making strides to reduce our emissions while supporting the development of technologies that can be used around the world to help meet reduction targets."
The Management and Reduction of Greenhouse Gases Act contains two key elements:
The creation of a Saskatchewan Technology Fund that collects carbon compliance payments from large emitters to invest in low-emitting technologies and processes that reduce greenhouse gas emissions; and
A Climate Change Foundation that promotes research and development of low carbon technologies, promotes adaptation and fosters public education and awareness.
Changes to the Act, which was introduced to the legislature last May, but do not alter the original bill's fundamental approach, include:
Adding the authority to establish performance agreements with large emitters to reduce greenhouse gas emissions outside of regulated activities and with non-regulated emitters in the agriculture, transportation and commercial and residential building sectors; and
Providing for an Environmental Code to establish standards, guidelines and best practices for reducing emissions by large emitters and other sectors, which ensures the consistency of this Act with the province's results-based environmental regulatory framework.
Heppner will be accompanying the Canadian delegation to Copenhagen Dec. 13-19, in order to ensure Saskatchewan's unique environmental and economic circumstances are considered and also to share the Saskatchewan solution to reducing greenhouse gasses with the world.
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For more information, contact:
Jennifer Redston
Environment
Regina
Phone: 306-787-5796
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