Norway Doubles Carbon Tax, Funds Climate Solutions
How's this for leadership: Norway will double its carbon tax, set up a CAD$1.5 billion mitigation fund, develop renewable energy, and advance food security in developing...
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Canada's Next Top Models?
Chanel made renewable energy the star of its 2013 ready-to-wear show at the Grand Palais in Paris. A line of enormous wind turbines graced the runway, which was paved with faux photovoltaics....
Report: B.C.'s New Economy is Humming
With a boost from supportive government programs and policies, British Columbia's emerging clean tech and clean energy economy is thriving, says a new Globe Advisors...
Canada Must Follow Path to Energy Innovation
A Canadian energy strategy has the potential to do far more than simply help us secure new markets for our petroleum resources. It could unleash the necessary transformation of our...
Media Release: British Columbians Imagine a Better Future
How would you spend $125 million to fight climate change and secure a better future for your community? That’s the question at the core of an innovative new online engagement initiative launched...
Premiers Grab the Climate Change Baton
The Council of the Federation meeting placed the opportunity of the low-carbon transition and the imperative to finally do something about climate change squarely at the centre of the Canadian energy...
Media Statement: Clean Energy Canada Responds to Premiers’ Statement on Canadian Energy Strategy
“It is encouraging that climate change, renewable energy and greenhouse gas emissions reductions are included in the Communiqué about an energy strategy announced today by all of Canada’s...
Media Release: Canadians Want A Bold New Energy Strategy
Canadians believe the country needs an energy plan that reduces fossil fuel dependence, cuts energy waste, creates more clean-energy jobs, fights climate change, and sets aside a portion of oil...
A Bold Canadian Energy Strategy for a Stronger Canada
Kudos to Dalton McGuinty and Alison Redford for mending fences. The leaders of what are respectively Canada’s most populous and resource-rich provinces both now agree that a Canadian energy...
Media Release: “Strange Bedfellows” Call for Low-carbon Leadership
More than 700 companies, governments, and civil society groups challenge Canada’s provincial premiers to work together to develop a Canadian energy strategy that would make the nation a global...
Post media: "Industry Groups, Enviros Call for Clean-Energy Accord
Postmedia covers our work to establish a Clean Energy Accord to plan the nation's energy future and manage the transition to a lower-carbon economy....
Media Release: Energy Ministers Urged to Stay the Course on Clean Energy Strategy
An ad hoc alliance of more than 700 companies, organizations, and governments is urging Canada's premiers to create a “clean energy accord” for...