MEDIA STATEMENT: October 20, 2015 VANCOUVER — Merran Smith, Executive Director of Clean Energy Canada, made the following statement in response to the outcome of the federal election: “Canadians...
It’s Day 74 and we’re on the home stretch of the longest federal campaign since Sir John A. MacDonald took on Edward Blake in 1872. A lengthy writ can make it challenging to wade through the sea...
“While Canada could be a world leader in renewables, it instead runs the risk of missing a window of opportunity.” The CBC’s Amanda Lang sits down with our Merran Smith to talk a...
That amount of construction is “astounding” and represents almost double the amount of money spent on agriculture, fishing and forestry combined, said Merran Smith, executive director of Clean...
A new Clean Energy Canada report offers federal candidates and constituents plenty of good news to contrast the turmoil underway in the nation’s oil and gas markets. Last year, the nation’s clean...
Clean energy investment surged last year, alongside renewable power that flowed into provincial grids from new solar, wind, and hydro projects. Our latest report plugs in. As federal candidates...
Introducing our first annual salute to five citizens who have shown exemplary leadership in working to reduce fossil fuel reliance and accelerate our nation’s shift to a clean-energy economy. From...
Here’s what Charlotte Argue wants you to know about electric vehicles: They’re a hoot to drive. They’re also many times more efficient than gas-fueled cars, and cost 90 percent less to operate...
To Ron Dizy, energy transformation isn’t a technical issue; it’s social. “These are solvable problems; we have the technologies,” says Dizy, managing director of the MaRS Advanced Energy...
Think of her as the Rosie The Riveter of Ontario’s clean-energy revolution—except with a neon high-viz vest instead of coveralls. Officially, Meredith Smith, 29, is an assistant construction...
Christopher Huskilson is pretty modest about the work he’s done—“everyone is focused on cleaning up their energy system,” he recently told an audience of energy-conference attendees. But...
Thanks to Ontario’s Green Energy Act, these days there’s no shortage of clean electrons feeding into the province’s grid. Annette Verschuren offers them a place to park. NRStor, where she is...