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West Coast Climate Pact Will Give EVs a Jump

The recently signed Pacific Coast Action Plan on Climate and Energy includes a commitment to accelerate the growth of zero emission vehicles. Under the pact, at least 10 percent of all fleet vehicles...

The Three Ingredients of a Smart Energy Community

How do smart energy communities get that way? They find the best and highest use of a given energy source, plan for people, not cars, and make the most of what they have to work with—like sewage....

Why Geothermal Deserves Its Moment in the Sun

Canadian governments have largely ignored and shut out geothermal power and heat from energy conversations. Here's why that needs to change, and what you can to do about...

Health Advocates Press Alberta to Green Its Grid

A coalition of public-health advocates dragged Alberta’s coal-power producers back into the spotlight this week by running a series of advertisements urging the province to accelerate its...

The Case For a National EV Charging Network

Awareness of electric vehicles and their benefits is increasing, electricity systems are getting cleaner, and every major vehicle maker either offers a plug-in model, or is about to. If we create one...

Conference to Spotlight Alberta's Renewable Potential

Alberta is now actively developing and consulting on its Alternative and Renewable Energy Strategy. Premier Stelmach initiated it years ago, but the process was eventually shelved. Premier Alison...

Ottawa Invests $33M+ in Clean Energy Technologies

This week Sustainable Development Technology Canada invested more than $33 million in clean-energy and energy-efficiency startup companies, as part of a larger $61.8 million round of support for the...

Saudia Arabia Charts Zero-Carbon Path

The nation with the world's largest proven reserves of conventional crude oil wants to be 100 percent powered by zero-carbon energy sources so that it can save its oil for other future...