Can Canada get to 90 per cent non-emitting by 2030?
Energy: it’s a topic Canadian politicians can’t stop talking about. But the energy conversation is often framed around what we need to cut in the decades ahead—oil production, carbon pollution....
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A Canadian first: a vision that bridges energy and climate change
WINNIPEG — Natural Resources Canada today released the Generation Energy council report, which envisions a roadmap for Canada’s energy future. Clean Energy Canada’s executive director Merran...
Electric buses and trucks a big (rig) opportunity for Canadian innovators
Today the federal government announced new regulations for heavy- and medium-duty vehicles, including school buses, transport tractors and trailers, garbage trucks, delivery vans, and larger pickup...
Ontario is a cleantech leader, but momentum must continue
OTTAWA — Sarah Petrevan, senior policy advisor at Clean Energy Canada, made the following statement in response to Ontario’s 2018 election: “The economic benefits of fighting climate change are...
The dollars and sense of putting a price on carbon pollution
The carbon tax in B.C., a carbon levy in Alberta, cap and trade in Ontario and Quebec. As far as political footballs go, carbon pricing sees a lot of action. No doubt you’ve heard the phrase...
Stronger energy-saving measures just makes sense
A win for our economy, consumers and the climate? It may sound like an elusive unicorn, but energy efficiency checks all of the above boxes. Although they are under-reported, measures to help homes,...
Energy efficiency is Canada’s unsung hero: report
VANCOUVER / OTTAWA — It may sound like an elusive unicorn—a win for our economy, consumers, and the climate—but energy efficiency checks all of the above. Canada’s GDP will see a 1 per cent...
Canada’s energy opportunity is bigger than a pipeline
Protests. Politics. Polarization. Pipelines are dominating our national discourse once again. Is it a serious issue? Certainly. And yet the time and attention it’s consuming risks distracting...
As the world transitions to clean energy, are Canadian companies ready?
Change happens, with or without us. Just as social media upended communications, the transition to clean energy is rapidly undoing century-old expectations around electricity, transportation and oil...
In the face of energy disruption, some Canadian companies are trying harder than others: report
VANCOUVER — Change happens, with or without us. And as the transition to clean energy gains momentum, Canada needs to be deliberate about positioning itself to succeed. Clean Energy Canada’s new...
Budget delivers on climate change and clean growth implementation
VICTORIA — Dan Woynillowicz, policy director at Clean Energy Canada, made the following statement in response to the federal government’s 2018 budget: “Today’s budget announced support for...
Ontario PCs: abandon carbon pricing at your own risk
Ontario politics has been turned on its head, again. With less than four months until the general election, Ontario’s Progressive Conservative party is leaderless, and would-be-leaders have already...