Canadians need to see climate change solutions work
In a time not so long ago, few Canadians would have said they really felt climate change. It was a scary idea, sure, but ominous abstractions hardly inspire true fear. Canadians are afraid...
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Creating jobs and fighting climate change by buying clean
Parliament is beginning its term on the heels of the devastating flooding in B.C. and the global COP26 climate summit. Climate action is high on the agenda, as the recent speech from the throne...
Can Canada actually produce enough clean electricity to power a net-zero grid by 2050?
Canada is an electricity heavyweight. In addition to being the world’s sixth-largest electricity producer and third-largest electricity exporter, Canada can boast an electricity grid that...
British Columbia in need of a radically retooled economic strategy
B.C. has a once-in-a-generation opportunity to do what few places in the world have managed. The province will soon release its new economic strategy, following the recent release of its Roadmap...
The Glasgow Climate Pact: What does it mean for Canada’s climate policy?
COP26 ended on Saturday with a new deal to try and limit global temperature rise to 1.5C: the Glasgow Climate Pact. Reaction to the deal has been mixed, ranging from anger and disappointment to...
Canada’s election comes at a critical time in the climate fight
Canada is entering an election amid record-breaking wildfires, heat waves, and floods that have wiped out towns and destroyed communities. There’s no doubt this is a critical time in the climate...
Innovation can help ensure hydrogen becomes B.C.’s new natural gas
The B.C. government’s recently released hydrogen strategy—a thoughtful plan to create and use clean hydrogen—contains an implicit acknowledgement: the world is moving away from fossil fuels and...
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...
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...