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...
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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...
Building electric cars in Canada is key to reaching climate goals, recharging auto industry
Canada has a car conundrum. Our transportation emissions are up, and our auto manufacturing sector is down. While these two challenges might sound only tangentially related, they share a common...
Forget Keystone — Canada needs a cross-border clean energy economy
It was our current prime minister’s father, former prime minister Pierre Trudeau, who once described sharing a border with America as akin to sleeping with an elephant. “No matter how friendly...
British Columbians of all political stripes want a cleaner economy. Parties are missing an opportunity
When the federal government delivered its Throne Speech in late September, no words were minced: climate action would be a “cornerstone” of this government’s recovery. And it wasn’t just...
The world is betting on clean hydrogen—and Canada needs to get in the game
Hydrogen as an energy source is hardly new. After all, it was hydrogen that fuelled the first internal combustion engines. But there are plenty of innovations changing how it’s created and how it...
Ottawa wants more electric vehicle manufacturing in Canada. What will it take?
For Canada’s auto sector, the news is coming in fast and furious. On Sunday, the federal government reportedly offered up to half a billion dollars to attract electric vehicle (EV)...
Memo to O’Toole: The road down the middle is paved with a credible climate plan
Most Canadians are only now learning the name Erin O’Toole, who has taken over as leader of the Conservative Party of Canada. And as many pundits were quick to point out, while O’Toole campaigned...
In B.C., support for climate action cuts across political lines. Here’s why
You might be tempted to think that amid an unparalleled pandemic, an economic crisis, and an unseasonably cool summer in B.C., climate action would not be a priority for British Columbians. You might...
‘Clean stimulus’ isn’t idealistic, it’s good economic policy
You may have missed it, but an interesting evolution happened here in Canada over the past two months: the country’s clean energy sector, which employs 298,000 Canadians, rallied together as it has...