Canada’s emissions moving in the right direction
OTTAWA — Rachel Doran, director of policy and strategy at Clean Energy Canada, made the following statement in response to the latest emissions data from Canada’s National Inventory Report:...
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Budget 2023 recognizes B.C.’s generational economic opportunity, but a clean industrial strategy is needed to realize it
OTTAWA — Mark Zacharias, executive director of Clean Energy Canada, made the following statement in response to the release of B.C.’s 2023 budget. “B.C.’s new budget takes important steps...
As Canada builds a net-zero electricity grid, good decisions must start with good data
In 2023, some things are impossible to ignore. One is climate change: from floods to heatwaves, it’s clear the climate clock is ticking. Then there’s energy: whether it’s $2...
There is only one path to long-term energy security and affordability: clean energy
Europe’s recent spike in electricity prices—made worse by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine—lays bare one of the major economic risks of depending on fossil fuels: it exposes countries to the...
Fossil fuels are the path to an unaffordable future, not carbon pricing
VICTORIA — Mark Zacharias, special advisor at Clean Energy Canada, made the following statement in response to the scheduled April 1 federal carbon price increase from $40 to $50 per tonne of...
Emissions Reduction Plan charts ambitious but achievable path to meet Canada’s climate goals
VANCOUVER — Merran Smith, executive director at Clean Energy Canada, made the following statement in response to the federal government’s Emissions Reduction Plan to cut emissions...
Will the new Conservative leader miss the forest for the trees?
As people who work on climate policy for a living, the news that Conservative leader Erin O’Toole had been unseated brought to mind four unsettling words: Here we go again. While it’s true that,...
British Columbia in need of a radically retooled economic strategy
B.C. has a once-in-a-generation opportunity to do what few places in the world have managed. The province will soon release its new economic strategy, following the recent release of its Roadmap...
B.C.’s climate roadmap sets the right course, but the clock is ticking
VANCOUVER — Merran Smith, executive director at Clean Energy Canada, made the following statement in response to the release of B.C.’s updated climate plan. “The updated CleanBC roadmap is a...
Feds’ carbon pricing plan will leave you better off
VICTORIA — Merran Smith, executive director at Clean Energy Canada, made the following statement in response to the federal government’s detailed plan to put a price on carbon pollution:...
The dollars and sense of putting a price on carbon pollution
The carbon tax in B.C., a carbon levy in Alberta, cap and trade in Ontario and Quebec. As far as political footballs go, carbon pricing sees a lot of action. No doubt you’ve heard the phrase...
Federal policy protects competitiveness, ensures pollution priced across Canada
VICTORIA—Dan Woynillowicz, policy director at Clean Energy Canada, made the following statement in response to the federal government’s release of draft legislative proposals for the federal...