Media Release: How to Succeed with Cap and Trade
New Report Serves as Insider Handbook for Would-Be Climate Leaders As premiers from across Canada converge on Quebec City for a major climate summit, a new report lifts the lid on the policies,...
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Media Statement: British Columbia Issues “Climate Challenge” to Other Governments
This afternoon, British Columbia Premier Christy Clark issued a “meet it or beat it” carbon-pricing challenge to encourage other governments to price carbon pollution at a level that either...
Media Statement: City of Vancouver Recommits to 100 Percent Clean Energy Goal
Noting that “cities, as the most direct level of government, need to take action,” Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson today introduced a motion to make Vancouver the first Canadian city—and one...
Media Statement: British Columbia Reinstates Clean Vehicle Rebate Program
Today the Province of British Columbia restored a previously cancelled program providing point-of-sale rebates on the purchase of battery-electric, plug-in hybrid, or hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles. As...
Media Release: Transportation and Human Connections Grease the Wheels of Metro Vancouver's Economy
The first independent study of how transit and transportation grease the economic wheels of Metro Vancouver suggests that a “no” vote in the region’s upcoming plebiscite could wipe out up to...
Media Release: Clean Energy Canada’s Smith joins SFU Centre for Dialogue
VANCOUVER—Simon Fraser University’s Centre for Dialogue announced today that Merran Smith, Director of Clean Energy Canada, has been named a Fellow within the Centre, effective immediately. Along...
Media Release: Clean Energy Moves From Boutique to Big
The first annual survey of Canada’s clean-energy performance finds that while pipelines grab more headlines, clean energy is grabbing growth. Policy leadership in British Columbia, Ontario, and...
Media Statement: LNG Canada Shows Cleaner Plants Are Well Within Reach
Today, LNG Canada—a joint venture company primarily owned by Shell Canada Energy—announced its proposed Kitimat liquefied natural gas plant will meet and beat British Columbia’s recently...
Media Statement: UN Releases Climate Change 2014 Synthesis Report
Today, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released a Synthesis Report that distils and integrates the findings of the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report—the most comprehensive assessment of...
Media Statement: British Columbia Legislates “Cleanest LNG Terminals”
Today, the Government of British Columbia introduced legislation intended to limit the amount of carbon pollution that the gas industry’s proposed LNG terminals may release. The following remarks...
Media Release: Nations and Companies Making Headway on Climate – Canada Could Become a Global Clean-Energy Leader
As world leaders converge on New York for tomorrow’s UN Global Climate Summit, a new report reveals how falling equipment costs, strong investor interest, and government and business leadership are...
Questions and Answers: Tracking the Energy Revolution
What is it? Tracking the Energy Revolution is the first of a pair of annual graphic publications that will highlight where and how the shift to cleaner energy sources and electrified transportation...