Alberta court rules on federal carbon price
TORONTO — Sarah Petrevan, policy director at Clean Energy Canada, made the following statement in response to the Alberta Court of Appeal’s ruling that Ottawa’s federal...
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Teck withdrawal of Frontier creates space for climate cooperation
VICTORIA — Merran Smith, executive director at Clean Energy Canada, made the following statement regarding Teck Resources’ decision to withdraw the Frontier oilsands mine application...
The Conservative Party’s leadership race is crying out for a clean energy champion
Conservative parties in Canada don’t exactly have a reputation for environmentalism. The language of that movement—green this and radical that—isn’t really in their lexicon, as evidenced by...
The Frontier decision is symbolic, but not in the way you’ve been led to believe
Back in 2015, the founder of Bloomberg New Energy Finance, Michael Liebreich, penned his annual predictions for what would unfold in the energy world. To set the scene, he took the reader...
B.C. budget maintains momentum for CleanBC efforts to cut carbon pollution
VICTORIA — Dan Woynillowicz, deputy director at Clean Energy Canada, made the following statement in response to the B.C. government’s 2020 budget: “Taking action to cut carbon pollution...
Western Canada’s great energy story is being written in B.C.
If you’ve heard the terms energy and Western Canada in the same breath of late, odds are the story was about fossil fuels. Maybe it was about job losses, the price of oil, or a pipeline. It’s a...
New B.C. climate council ushers era of accountability
VICTORIA — Merran Smith, executive director at Clean Energy Canada, made the following statement in response to the announcement of B.C.’s new Climate Solutions Council alongside the release of...
The time for funding electric buses is now
VICTORIA — Merran Smith, executive director at Clean Energy Canada, made this statement following Vancouver transit provider TransLink’s request for funding from the federal government for the...
On climate, remember: Canadians don’t see policy, they see results
Every year, the World Economic Forum tracks the biggest threats facing our planet, from cyberattacks to food and water scarcity. If you’ve been alive over the last decade, it won’t come as a...
Climate and energy transition must be at heart of federal budget
VICTORIA — Merran Smith, executive director at Clean Energy Canada, made the following statement regarding the start of consultations for the next federal budget: “It’s...
Poll: Energy transition a widely accepted concept; Canadians want governments to work on it, not against it
75% say it is a global trend, beneficial for Canada in the long term. Most feel it is necessary and will happen. In Alberta, opinion reveals more discomfort, but most say a transition...
Climate leadership on coal phaseout should extend to mining
VICTORIA — Dan Woynillowicz, deputy director at Clean Energy Canada, made the following statement in response to the federal government’s launch of a strategic assessment of thermal...