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Media releases

Canada Faces Pivotal Time for Clean Energy Growth

Canada saw 15 per cent less spent on new clean energy development in 2015 than in the previous year, and future growth in this sector will depend largely on policies being developed provincially and...

Ontario releases commendable climate action plan

Province charts course to cut pollution and grow the clean economy TORONTO—The Government of Ontario today released its Five Year Climate Action Plan, which outlines 28 key initiatives to help the...

Alberta Moves to Implement its Climate Leadership Plan

EDMONTON—Today the Alberta government introduced Bill 20, the Climate Leadership Implementation Act. The new legislation will achieve the following: Set in law Alberta’s carbon levy and rebate...

Time to reclaim B.C.’s climate leadership

VANCOUVER / COAST SALISH TERRITORY — Seven members of Premier Christy Clark’s Climate Leadership Team are voicing concern that the B.C. government has still not released a new Climate Leadership...

Ontario Continues to Lead in Renewable Energy

TORONTO—Ontario Energy Minister Bob Chiarelli announced today the province will add 930 MW of renewable energy—enough to power approximately 250,000 average Canadian homes—from solar...

Ontario Launches Cap-and-Trade System

February 26, 2016 TORONTO — The Ontario Government released its 2016 Budget today, along with a regulation to implement a cap-and-trade system on greenhouse gas emissions. The system will operate...