VANCOUVER — Climate change has arrived in British Columbia, and British Columbians have taken note. An overwhelming majority (87%) now say that climate change has impacted people in their province,...
VICTORIA — Merran Smith, executive director at Clean Energy Canada, made the following statement in response to the B.C. government’s Budget 2022: “British Columbians have it tough these...
With a looming deadline to deliver a clear plan for reaching Canada’s 2030 climate target, the Liberal government has put all climate policies on the table. Elected officials and government staff...
In the latest round of survey work by Clean Energy Canada and Abacus Data, Canadians expect the next 20 years will see rising investment around the world in renewable and lower carbon forms of...
As people who work on climate policy for a living, the news that Conservative leader Erin O’Toole had been unseated brought to mind four unsettling words: Here we go again. While it’s true that,...
In the latest round of survey work by Clean Energy Canada and Abacus Data, for every person who thinks oil and gas will be very important for Canada’s economy in 10 years, twice as many feel that...
OTTAWA — Today saw the release of the International Energy Agency’s new Canadian energy policy review, the global agency’s first Canadian update since 2015. The lengthy report examines a...
Let’s start with the bottom line: electric vehicles are not a question. In 2022, they’re an inevitability. That’s certainly what the world’s big automakers think. General Motors, Ford Motors,...
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...
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...
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...
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...