Tag: Climate action

Creating jobs and fighting climate change by buying clean

Parliament is beginning its term on the heels of the devastating flooding in B.C. and the global COP26 climate summit. Climate action is high on the agenda, as the recent speech from the throne...

Media Brief: COP26 and the implications for Canada

This media brief summarizes some of the key topics associated with the 26th Conference of the Parties held in Glasgow, U.K., until November 12, with a particular focus on relevancy for...

Canadian Parliament Buildings, Ottawa Ontario Canada

Another election, another clear climate mandate

VICTORIA — Merran Smith, executive director at Clean Energy Canada, made the following statement in response to the results of the federal election: “While the political scorecard may look...

B.C. wildfire

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,...

Forest fire

Denying solutions is the new climate change denial

Imagine you’re buying a car. The first dealership you check out has a number of them. You can test drive these cars, you know other people who have them and you can read reviews online. The second...