Top Clean Energy and Climate Trends For May 2014
We sifted and sorted through months of our Clean Energy Review digest to uncover the most interesting climate and clean energy trends. Today we presented them—and welcomed a few honoured...
Making headlines
Read our media releases, op-eds, and media briefs for the latest on Canada’s shift to clean energy.
Analysis
Prepare to be electrified: Zero-emission cars will soon be a much more common sight on our streets
It’s an internal combustion world out there. Spotting a zero-emission electric vehicle — a Nissan Leaf, say, or a sparkling Tesla Model S — on the streets of Vancouver remains something of a...
As China Declares "War" on Pollution, Ethan Zindler Outlines Beijing's Clean Energy Ambitions
While Ethan Zindler launched into a Vancouver lecture on China's clean energy ambitions, on the other side of the world Premier Li Keqiang announced new measures to address his nation's worsening...
Opinion: LNG Goal is Sustainable Development, Not Boom and Bust
British Columbia's Coastal First Nations are ready to work in partnership with established clean energy companies and responsibly develop the renewables needed to deliver on the promise of the...
Green Bonds: An Investment To Write Home About
This week the Premier of Ontario said that her province will be the first Canadian jurisdiction to issue “green bonds.” The revenue raised will finance public-transit improvements and related...
Analysis: Why the Pacific Coast Action Plan Matters
You wouldn't know it from the lacklustre media response, but Monday’s signing of the Pacific Coast Action Plan on Climate and Energy, by the elected leaders of British Columbia, Washington, Oregon,...
Show Me the Numbers: Why Canada Needs to Get its Energy-Data House In Order
Canada's energy data is all over the map. Trying to find, access, and compile it can feel like an exercise in futility. Here's how we can fix the problem, and why we...
Vancouver Sun: LNG – A Promise to the People
If our province is to create a new fossil fuel industry, and build and retain the confidence of prospective investors and customers, then it must stick to its commitment to do it right. Proven,...
Québec is Making a SWITCH
A new alliance of Québec organizations, private companies, and industry associations is working to accelerate the province’s clean economic...
What Debate? Canada is Ready for a Clean Energy Future
Canada enjoys a wealth of renewable energy sources and clean energy technologies are helping Canadians save energy and money while reducing carbon pollution. So why are we hearing relatively little...
Could Alberta's Crisis Help Us Head Off A Global One?
Canadians must immediately price carbon pollution and eliminate fossil fuel subsidies, suggests Mike Soron, and put use the funds to make our communities more resilient to the impacts of climate...
Cutting Carbon: The Heart of a Canadian Energy Strategy
A Canadian energy and climate strategy, led by the Council of the Federation, offers a promising venue and process for leveraging new opportunities in the growing global market for low carbon goods...