The Transition Takes Hold: Tracking the Energy Revolution 2017
In developed and developing countries alike, fossil fuels are falling out of favour as a source of electricity. They are being beat out by renewable power that is clean, increasingly...
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Proposal: The Canadian Commission on Clean Growth and Climate Change
In December 2016, most of Canada’s provincial and territorial governments reached agreement with the federal government on a new national climate plan. The Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth...
Q&A: First Ministers’ Meeting on Climate Change and Clean Growth
The First Ministers' Meeting on climate change and clean growth, happening this week in Ottawa, is the next step in the process as provincial and territorial premiers work with Ottawa to develop a...
The Impact of B.C.’s Climate Leadership Plan and Federal Carbon Price
In August 2016 the Government of British Columbia released its Climate Leadership Plan. That plan was announced as the first step in a series of actions B.C. would be taking to meet the...
Canadians’ Opinions on the Clean Energy Transition
Click to download In fall 2016, Clean Energy Canada commissioned Nanos Research to conduct a survey of Canadians' opinions on energy and climate issues, including specific policies that Canada’s...
Building on the Best Climate Policies in Canada
What would happen if you took today's best provincial climate policies and applied them across Canada? Click to download While the prime minister and the provincial and territorial premiers work...
Canadians’ Opinions on Climate Policy and Federal Leadership
Clean Energy Canada commissioned Nanos Research to conduct Canadian opinion polling on climate and energy issues. Respondents were asked about their views on climate change, support for specific...
A Canadian Opportunity: Tackling Climate Change by Switching to Clean Power
Expert assessments are clear: to tackle climate change, we need clean electricity. This comes as excellent news for Canada: our country already has one of the cleanest electricity sectors in the...
Tracking the Energy Revolution – Canada 2016
Canada spent 15 per cent less on new clean energy development in 2015 than in the previous year, and future growth in this sector will depend largely on policies being developed. That's according to...
Climate Action Letter to Premier Christy Clark
British Columbia faces a crossroads: take new action to cut carbon pollution and restore B.C.’s legacy as a climate leader, or fail to meet B.C.'s commitments and forfeit the province's hard-won...
Backgrounder: Evaluating Climate Leadership in British Columbia
OVERVIEW British Columbia’s carbon pollution is growing, despite the province’s claims of “climate leadership”. New action is needed to reverse this trend and get B.C. back on track to meets...
Biofuels in Canada: Tracking progress in tackling greenhouse gas emissions from transportation fuels
Every time you fill your vehicle’s tank, a portion of the fuel you buy comes from plants, not fossil fuels. That’s because, since 2005, provincial and federal policies in Canada have required...