Unpacking the carbon intensity of hydrogen
In fall of 2020, hydrogen was big news—and it still is. In advance of the Government of Canada’s launch of a national hydrogen strategy, we released a report titled A New Hope, exploring...
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Opinion
Western Canadians are ready for a new economic era
You’ve probably already heard that the village of Lytton, B.C., broke Canada’s all-time temperature record not once but three days in a row earlier this summer, culminating to an unbelievable...
Ontario is undermining its vision of being an electric vehicle manufacturing centre
When it comes to cars, Ontario knows a thing or two. After all, the province ranks second only to Michigan for North American vehicle production. Ontarians will also know that the auto world is...
Vancouver is leading the charge as Canada switches to electric vehicles by 2035
If you live in Vancouver, you are used to seeing a few things you don’t see in other big Canadian cities. Over 1,000 millimetres of rainfall per year is one thing. Teslas everywhere is another. The...
Energy transition is now Canada’s energy reality, so are the jobs that come with it
Last year, saw a collapse in global energy demand brought on by the pandemic—the biggest drop since the end of the Second World War. It might seem like a sombre lead for an op-ed about Canadian...
Climate targets have never inspired Canadians—but real-world action will
When it comes to climate action, two different worlds exist. There’s the world where its ardent proponents do battle over numbers and details, and there’s the world where everyone else lives. And...
To become a major player on the global battery stage, Canada must act fast
As our largest trading partners rapidly reimagine their economies, one thing is clear: Batteries will be the literal engines of the modern world—powering our cars, our trucks, our ferries, our...
Budget 2021: Investing in clean industry is the right call
It’s easy enough to imagine what the energy transition will look like in your city or neighbourhood: electric cars and buses rolling through the streets, more people walking and biking, solar...
B.C. needs a ‘buy clean’ policy
A Biden administration will undoubtedly mean wide-sweeping economic changes for the U.S. in the years ahead, but it also has big implications for how B.C. does business. While America’s new...
Bold climate targets matter as Canada gears up for U.S. summit, but real action matters more
Joe Biden’s bold vision for a cleaner, more sustainable U.S. economy has been making headlines for a year now, but despite the president’s laudable ambition thus far, his boldest promise...
Canada’s burgeoning clean economy also includes heavy industry
When imagining what will build and power a net-zero world, it’s hard not to contemplate the future of Canada’s largest export: crude oil. One might even conclude that the energy transition puts...
When it comes to building materials, Canada has a climate advantage to use (or lose)
New U.S. President Joe Biden has a US$2-trillion plan to build America’s clean economy. That’s trillion with a t. The plan is sweeping and includes, among many other things, spending on modern...