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An open letter from Canada’s clean energy sector

April 3, 2020 Dear Prime Minister Trudeau, As the Government of Canada develops and deploys its response to the unprecedented impact COVID-19 is having on our health and economy, we offer your...

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Carbon pricing and the need for a climate action plan

Senior policy advisor Joanna Kyriazis made the following testimony on January 30, 2019 to the Federal Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development on the costs of climate inaction,...

Feds’ carbon pricing plan will leave you better off

VICTORIA — Merran Smith, executive director at Clean Energy Canada, made the following statement in response to the federal government’s detailed plan to put a price on carbon pollution:...

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Can Canada get to 90 per cent non-emitting by 2030?

Energy: it’s a topic Canadian politicians can’t stop talking about. But the energy conversation is often framed around what we need to cut in the decades ahead—oil production, carbon pollution....

Energy efficiency is Canada’s unsung hero: report

VANCOUVER / OTTAWA — It may sound like an elusive unicorn—a win for our economy, consumers, and the climate—but energy efficiency checks all of the above. Canada’s GDP will see a 1 per cent...