Sam Harrison

Working on climate policy. Former legislative intern. U of T grad in energy systems engineering and econ. Opinions = mine.

[Sam Harrison @Samhharrison]

@SimonMahan Hi Simon, the US EPA dataset should have what you need:
https://t.co/Zts3s24BCl

[Sam Harrison @Samhharrison]

We need honest dialogue about what it will cost to meet Canada’s GHG targets. Nobody is saying the cost of technology to avoid emissions is zero, or cheap. But the idea that zero tech is available, and the ONLY option is to shutter production should not be viewed as credible.

[Sam Harrison @Samhharrison]

It’s one thing for CBOC and Deloitte to do a bad job when the draft regs weren’t even out yet, but the PBO needs hold itself to a higher standard. Publishing analysis of GHG mitigation policies assuming zero GHG mitigation is available is just ridiculous. What’s the point?

[Andrew Leach 🇨🇦 @andrew_leach]

Did the PBO actually do an analysis of the oil and gas cap assuming that a) the only way to reduce emissions in response to new policy was to reduce production; and b) that because pathways hasn't decided on an investment, that no ccus would happen in their analysis? Good grief.

[Sam Harrison @Samhharrison]

@andrew_leach I don’t think you are missing anything

[Kent Fellows @GK_Fellows]

There's a much better way to use this trade war weapon.

https://t.co/l06v1wfbVr

[Sam Harrison @Samhharrison]

@WillWJGreaves @liberal_party Congratulations, Will, and good for you for putting your name forward.

[Sam Harrison @Samhharrison]

If anyone has questions, feel free to tweet me, or send me an email/text :)

[Sam Harrison @Samhharrison]

New from @enviroeconomics , Jotham, and me: estimates of all-in costs to households from Canadian carbon pricing! and comparisons to the PBO and ECCC.

https://t.co/nYE0tz9A2u

[Sam Harrison @Samhharrison]

Credible modeling matters, and can help policymakers and the public avoid unreasonable expectations about costs – either too high or too low – of taking action on climate change, and the policies we currently have in place to do so. We hope this op-ed contributes to that.

[Sam Harrison @Samhharrison]

@andrew_leach As are TIER credit prices, too... And unfortunately we don't even have credit price data for the remaining 7 OBPS systems in Canada.

[Sam Harrison @Samhharrison]

@BrendanDawe It does raise new questions for me though….

[Sam Harrison @Samhharrison]

@BrendanDawe That’s what I thought, but apparently the snowbirds are somewhere else. Turns out it’s the Italian Air Force! https://t.co/1US4nWYmEa“Frecce%20Tricolori”%20will%20perform,the%20prow%20at%20Canada%20Place.

[Sam Harrison @Samhharrison]

@andrew_leach @bataille_chris I found this on the PBO site, looks like the fact they submitted the request and ECCC responded as they did was already public (though not super easy to find):
PBO: https://t.co/743FukTHW0
ECCC: https://t.co/zSBUKXkgle

PBO site doesn't seem to publish the excel file.

[Sam Harrison @Samhharrison]

@andrew_leach @bataille_chris Is the ECCC report available somewhere? I heard the testimony they tabled it to the committee but couldn't find anything on the FINA committee web page.

[Sam Harrison @Samhharrison]

Neat to be flipping through the federal budget and come across a callout box and figure citing your work. Congrats @ClimateInstit @enviroeconomics on the the ongoing high-impact of this report.