Alberta must seize energy transition opportunity
In the last year, global economies have bet trillions on the energy transition. The billions of clean energy investments in Canada’s recent budget was spurred by the half a trillion dollars...
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Media Brief: Canada’s new zero-emission vehicle regulation and how it will affect consumer choice
Clean Energy Canada is a clean energy think tank at the Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue at Simon Fraser University. Through media briefs, we aim to provide useful factual and contextual...
Canada’s emissions moving in the right direction
OTTAWA — Rachel Doran, director of policy and strategy at Clean Energy Canada, made the following statement in response to the latest emissions data from Canada’s National Inventory Report:...
New U.S. tailpipe regulations are a turning point on North America’s EV journey—but Canada must still take the wheel on its own rules
TORONTO — Ekta Bibra, senior policy advisor at Clean Energy Canada, made the following statement in response to the U.S.’s proposed new light duty vehicle standards: “With EV sales shattering...
Canada’s chemical and fertilizer makers are escaping carbon scrutiny
Heavy industry represents one of Canada’s biggest sources of carbon. It includes things like steel, mining and forestry and is responsible for over 10 per cent of the country’s emissions....
Budget 2023 a smart response to America’s clean energy investments
OTTAWA — Mark Zacharias, executive director at Clean Energy Canada, made the following statement in response to the federal government’s Budget 2023: “With the U.S. investing half a trillion...
Most oil jobs will vanish by 2050 – that’s why the federal budget’s clean-energy stimulus is vital
With its half-a-trillion dollars in clean-energy incentives, the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act threatens to siphon away similar investments from other countries, including Canada. In the face of this...
Biden speech emphasizes a shared prosperous U.S.-Canadian clean economy
VICTORIA — Mark Zacharias, executive director at Clean Energy Canada, made the following statement in response to President Joe Biden’s speech to Parliament: “Today, President Biden spoke to...
Canada’s EV target puts consumers before automakers
By the year 2035, automakers will be legally required to sell only zero-emission vehicles in Canada, with interim regulated sales targets of 20 per cent by 2026 and 60 per cent by 2030. A first...
A net-zero Canada will see 700,000 more energy jobs than exist today as clean energy job gains outpace fossil fuel declines: report
OTTAWA — Canada will see 700,000 more energy jobs in a net-zero 2050 than we have today, according to a new report from Clean Energy Canada with modelling from Navius Research. While there will be...
Canada must act now to remain competitive
This post originally appeared as an advertisement in the National Post and the Hill Times. As the world rapidly moves towards a net zero economy, Canada has a generational opportunity to position...
B.C.’s move to lower fossil fuel emissions signals a more sustainable, competitive direction for the province’s economy
VICTORIA — Mark Zacharias, executive director of Clean Energy Canada, made the following statement in response to new B.C. government rules to lower emissions in the fossil fuel sector and create a...