On Location: ElectraFest 2014
From classic California road trip tales with modern electric twists to labour-of-love projects like sprucing up a Porsche with an electric motor, there was no shortage of stories to illustrate how...
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We can kick the carbon habit. Here’s how.
A heavyweight team of experts, headed by economist Jeffrey Sachs, produced the new Pathways to Deep Decarbonization analysis. The UN-backed project asked research teams from 15 countries to come up...
B.C. Carbon Tax Doesn't Hurt Agricultural Sector: Study
Despite industry claims to the contrary, British Columbia's carbon tax has not hurt the province's agricultural sector, a new Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions study concludes. Further, the...
Deep in the Heart of Texas: A Wind Energy Maverick Takes an Alberta Field Trip
At a recent Calgary luncheon, Texas Renewable Energy Association cofounder Michael Osborne shared the story of how his conservative, oil-and-gas state came to lead the nation in wind power and blast...
Media Statement: Provincial Study Assessing Air Quality Impacts of Proposed LNG Developments on Kitimat Airshed
The provincial government says the impacts of the proposed LNG plants will be manageable, but the reality is that burning natural gas to make LNG elevates levels of air pollutants that create acid...
Why Texas Beats Alberta With Wind Energy
Were Alberta and Texas separated at birth? How Texas has manages to beat Alberta on wind energy....
Canadian Firm Drives Strong Global Clean Energy Results
A Canadian company's record investment in a massive new Dutch wind farm—one of the biggest deals in the industry's history—helped drive strong second-quarter results across the global clean...
The report cards are in, and there’s room for improvement
If you’re looking for good news from a trio of new provincial climate action assessments, here it is: accountability is alive and well in Canada. We know what’s working, and we know what’s...
Media Statement: Ontario Throne Speech and Climate Action
We welcome the Premier’s and Ontario’s leadership on climate change and clean energy; Canada clearly needs an energy strategy that looks beyond pipelines and fossil fuels and enhances clean...
Separated at Birth? Alberta, Texas, and the Renewable Energy Opportunity
We’re bringing Austin-based renewable energy pioneer Michael J. Osborne to Calgary to help shed some light on how conservative, market-oriented, oil-and-gas focussed Texas emerged as a national...
Climate Disruption and Canada: A New Report Updates The Scale of Our Challenge, While Another Outlines the Size of the Prize
This week saw the release of two important new climate reports—one outlining the risks for Canada, the other the potential...
Expanded Canadian Renewable Energy Database Points To Growing Role for Wind, Solar, and Biomass
Falling water still provides the lion's share of the nation's total clean electrons, but wind, solar, and biomass are growing in importance, says a new Simon Fraser University report and...