Poll: Support for energy transition is strong and broad
86% say Canada can be among the world’s most successful countries in developing and using clean energy technologies. 71% say if we are thoughtful about transition from fossil fuels,...
Author: Clean Energy Canada
Canada’s clean energy sector set to accelerate amid fossil fuel slowdown
Canada’s energy sector: its future is often seen as foggy and facing inevitable decline. But the fossil fuel energy sector does not equal our entire energy sector. Canada’s clean energy...
Liberal climate platform builds on policy foundation laid in first term
VICTORIA — Dan Woynillowicz, policy director at Clean Energy Canada, made the following statement in response to the Liberal Party of Canada’s platform commitments to fight climate change. In the...
Climate strike a wake-up call, and politicians should listen
Merran Smith, executive director at Clean Energy Canada, made the following statement in response to the youth-led climate strikes happening across Canada today: “Today’s climate strike sends a...
Poll: 3 out of 4 Canadians welcome student marches for climate action
87% would allow their children to march In the wake of several recent marches for climate action and with mass marches approaching on Friday (September 27), including one in Montreal with climate...
Green Party of Canada sets a high bar with climate platform
VICTORIA — Dan Woynillowicz, policy director at Clean Energy Canada, made the following statement in response to the federal Green Party of Canada’s costed climate platform. Clean Energy Canada...
Quebec pledges to support cleaner trucks and buses
French version below. VANCOUVER—If you think low- and zero-emission vehicles stop at electric cars, think again. Trucks, buses, even port and garbage trucks — there are many types of vehicles...
Media brief: The link between climate change and the health of Canadians
Clean Energy Canada is a climate and clean energy program at the Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue at Simon Fraser University. Through media briefs, we aim to provide journalists with useful factual...
Poll: 1 in 2 Canadians say action to reduce emissions is ‘urgent’
Most say they can and should do more personally As the country enters an election campaign, the latest Abacus Data–Clean Energy Canada poll reveals that 9 in 10 voters see climate action as...
Poll: Extreme weather spurs demand for climate action
Greenland melting, Amazon burning latest signs From hurricanes to melting ice in Greenland, the large majority of Canadians believe that these situations are linked to human- and industrial-caused...
B.C. and Canada take key step forward to electrify industry
VICTORIA — Merran Smith, executive director at Clean Energy Canada, made the following statement in response to the memorandum of understanding made between the federal government and the...
Media brief: The carbon price in B.C. and its impact on emissions, jobs and the economy
Carbon pricing is a regular feature of Canadian headlines, as parties and governments clash over the right to impose a price on pollution across Canada. Many of these discussions are centred around...