On climate, Trudeau is no Trump
Even the very best get it wrong sometimes. That’s the only explanation we’ve got for a recent column from environmentalist Bill McKibben. In it, McKibben calls Justin Trudeau a “stunning...
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Pricing carbon drives innovation and creates local jobs
If you want proof that carbon pricing is both an environmental and economic solution, take a walk through the headquarters of Markham-based Pond Technologies. What you’ll find are containers and...
Would you know a cleantech job if you saw one?
Looking for a job in clean technology? They must be easy to spot, with more than 850 firms nationally employing more Canadians than the forestry, pharmaceutical, or medical device industries. In...
Canada’s niche in the clean energy transition
“We are witnessing a transformation of global power markets led by renewables.” Those were the words of Fatih Birol, executive director of the International Energy Agency—an institution often...
Ontario sees strong results from first carbon pricing auction
TORONTO—Sarah Petrevan, senior policy advisor at Clean Energy Canada, commented today on the release of the summary report from Ontario’s first cap and trade auction: “Today’s results are a...
Budget 2017 positions Ottawa as first customer for clean energy innovation
Opening the Government of Canada’s budget papers last week felt strangely celebratory. Budget day happened to fall on my birthday, and one of the policies I care about most is getting public...
Ontario's first cap and trade auction is best viewed through a wide-angle lens
Amidst the flurry of headlines about the 2017 federal budget, Ontario held its first cap and trade auction last week. While it will take a few more weeks for the results to be calculated and posted,...
The point of great returns: why clean energy is irreversible
Tipping points: those elusive moments when a technology goes mainstream. Much has been written in the debate over whether that moment for renewable energy has passed, is fast approaching, or is still...
2016 demonstrated clean energy is here to stay, with or without Trump: report
VANCOUVER—As Canadian clean energy companies look to sell their solutions abroad, it’s clear who’s buying. New analysis from Clean Energy Canada shows the world’s three largest electricity...
L’énergie propre continuera sur sa lancée, avec ou sans le président Trump : faits saillants de 2016
Vancouver, le 30 mars 2017. – Pour les entreprises canadiennes d’énergie propre qui cherchent à vendre leurs solutions à l’étranger, l’identité des acheteurs est clairement établie....
A clean energy cheat sheet for budget 2017
Finance Minister Bill Morneau tabled his second budget last week, and we saw a lot to like in its pages. The headline we took from this year’s edition is that Ottawa is not backing off on climate...
Despite Trump, Canada’s budget stays the course on climate change
From a climate perspective, two big events set the context for Finance Minister Bill Morneau’s second budget. In December, Prime Minister Trudeau got his provincial and territorial counterparts...