On climate, Trudeau is no Trump
Even the very best get it wrong sometimes. That’s the only explanation we’ve got for a recent column from environmentalist Bill McKibben. In it, McKibben calls Justin Trudeau a “stunning...
Headlines from the clean energy transition
Read the latest on the shift to clean energy here in Canada and around the world.
Pricing carbon drives innovation and creates local jobs
If you want proof that carbon pricing is both an environmental and economic solution, take a walk through the headquarters of Markham-based Pond Technologies. What you’ll find are containers and...
Would you know a cleantech job if you saw one?
Looking for a job in clean technology? They must be easy to spot, with more than 850 firms nationally employing more Canadians than the forestry, pharmaceutical, or medical device industries. In...
Canada’s niche in the clean energy transition
“We are witnessing a transformation of global power markets led by renewables.” Those were the words of Fatih Birol, executive director of the International Energy Agency—an institution...
The point of great returns: why clean energy is irreversible
Tipping points: those elusive moments when a technology goes mainstream. Much has been written in the debate over whether that moment for renewable energy has passed, is fast approaching, or is still...
Despite Trump, Canada’s budget stays the course on climate change
From a climate perspective, two big events set the context for Finance Minister Bill Morneau’s second budget. In December, Prime Minister Trudeau got his provincial and territorial counterparts...
Why clean electricity is a competitive advantage Canada needs to harness
Last December, most premiers and the prime minister adopted a landmark national climate plan to cut carbon pollution and spur clean growth. For Canada’s clean energy sector, a national climate plan...
The Canada that prospers in the decades ahead will be electric, connected—and clean
It’s early morning, 2067. You tap your phone to silence the buzzing alarm, which activates your home’s automated ‘wake up’ setting. A soft glow fills your room as a network of LEDs reaches...
Clean energy is too good a deal for Trump to pass up
In the days following the election that will put Donald Trump in the White House, media coverage about the prospects for America’s clean energy sector read like an obituary. After all,...
Does Canada’s new climate plan get us on track?
It’s a whole new ballgame for climate action and clean growth in Canada. The climate deal struck late Friday in Ottawa committed premiers and the prime minister to work together to hit our...
Canada's electric vehicle future is closer than you think
A decade ago, there were only a couple thousand electric vehicles on the road worldwide. Last year, they cruised past a million—and kept going. But that’s nothing compared with what’s to...
B.C. is proof that carbon pricing doesn't hinder economic growth
Recent Canadian headlines reveal a country trying to figure out how to spur clean economic growth in a way that includes and empowers the people, communities and sectors that built Canada into the...