A Clean Economy and Jobs Plan for British Columbia
Economic analysis finds steady GDP growth and 900,000 new jobs by 2050 as British Columbia cuts carbon pollution VANCOUVER — Renewing British Columbia’s commitment to climate leadership would...
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Media releases
Canada can Lead on Climate and Clean Energy with new Liberal Government
MEDIA STATEMENT: October 20, 2015 VANCOUVER — Merran Smith, Executive Director of Clean Energy Canada, made the following statement in response to the outcome of the federal election: “Canadians...
Media Release: A Strong Vote For Canada’s Clean Energy Sector
A new Clean Energy Canada report offers federal candidates and constituents plenty of good news to contrast the turmoil underway in the nation’s oil and gas markets. Last year, the nation’s clean...
Media Statement: Alberta Moves Forward With Climate Change Consultation
The Government of Alberta has moved another step closer to a climate action plan that will deliver meaningful greenhouse-gas reductions. This morning, the province announced the members of a climate...
Media Statement: Canadian Energy Strategy Doesn’t Go Far Enough
Today, the leaders of Canada’s provincial and territorial governments finalized and released a Canadian Energy Strategy that seeks to guide development of Canada’s energy resources. The premiers...
Media Release: New Report Flags the Top 10 Clean Energy Trends of 2014
TORONTO — As leaders from across the Americas kick off a three-day climate summit, a new online report details the top trends that are defining and driving the global shift to clean and renewable...
Media Statement: Transit and Transportation Infrastructure Still Needs Sustainable Funding
Today Elections B.C. announced that the Metro Vancouver Mayors’ Council on Regional Transportation Proposal failed to secure the necessary majority support of voters in the March plebiscite. The...
Media Statement: Alberta Takes Positive First Steps Toward Greater Climate Action
Today the Government of Alberta renewed and slightly strengthened the system it relies on to encourage large polluters to reduce their greenhouse gas pollution. The Specified Gas Emitters...
Media Statement: G7 Leaders Agree to Phase Out Fossil Fuels by 2100
Today, German Chancellor Angela Merkel—host of this year’s G7 meeting—announced that G7 nations have agreed to phase out of fossil fuel combustion by the end of the century. “Deep cuts in...
Media Statement: British Columbia Recommits to Clean Fuel Standard
British Columbia’s Ministry of Energy and Mines yesterday confirmed that it would leave the province’s Renewable and Low Carbon Fuel Requirements Regulation unchanged in the wake of a year-long...
Media Statement: Ontario and British Columbia Sign Global Climate Memo
Today the governments of Ontario and British Columbia joined nine other subnational jurisdictions from around the world in signing an agreement that seeks to protect global climate systems from...
Media Release: Clean Energy Canada's Director Appointed to B.C. Climate Advice Panel
The Province of British Columbia today appointed Merran Smith, executive director of Clean Energy Canada, to a new team charged with advising the government on how best to strengthen its leadership...