VANCOUVER — Merran Smith, executive director of Clean Energy Canada, made the following statement on the conclusion of a meeting of federal and provincial environment ministers in Ottawa today:...
British Columbians have another opportunity to shape the province’s climate action priorities. The B.C. government has just released a consultation guide and is looking for feedback on it before...
As the two-week marathon of climate talks wraps up today in Paris, the release of the final agreement text is already generating the predictable round of mixed reactions. But regardless of what has...
Mark Carney took the stage midway through the recent international climate-change conference in Paris, and his presence turned a few heads. When the floor was opened to questions, someone asked him,...
VANCOUVER — Merran Smith, executive director of Clean Energy Canada, made the following statement on the release of the proposed final text of the Paris Agreement at COP21: “We applaud all...
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivered a barnburner of a speech at the international climate conference in Paris yesterday. His remarks drew a standing ovation from the room, but also offered...
We’re now past the halfway point of the international climate negotiations in Paris. There’s much optimism that a strong agreement will be reached, and clean energy is adding to that sense of...
‘Clean energy is not only a good climate change solution, says Ms. Smith, it’s also “good business” and creates jobs.’ As the 2015 United Nations Climate Change conference in...
The world is gathering in Paris, France, for another round of negotiations that aim to produce a global agreement to ramp up the fight against climate change. While there have been many rounds of...
VICTORIA — Today the Government of British Columbia released the report and recommendations of the Climate Leadership Team, which it established in May to provide expert advice on a new climate...
To significantly affect climate change, we need to fight carbon pollution by the gigatonne. To do this, we have multiple simultaneous paths to take. First and foremost, we must prioritize reducing...
British Columbia is considering its next steps to fight climate change, and increasing the carbon tax is one of the options on the table. B.C.’s carbon pollution is on the rise. To get back on...