Freeland’s meeting with Alberta Premier Smith a continuation of fraught relationship on energy and climate
Danielle Smith has opposed the federal government’s plans on net-zero electricity grids, an emissions cap on oil and gas, and the growth of renewable energy.
Collaborate to make the Columbia River Treaty an opportunity to face today’s challenges
A renewed Columbia River Treaty should be about building ecosystem and community resilience amid the climate crisis.
ESG is collapsing under the weight of its own contradictions
It has become apparent that there are no consistent ESG standards that are applied across the board, while some evaluations result in preposterous conclusions.
‘These fires are different, we have to start doing things differently’: N.W.T. MP McLeod calls for communities, feds to get ‘fire smart’
NDP MP Blake Desjarlais says a truly proactive plan would involve both curtailing climate change and creating a force that can also monitor for other high-risk climate events to better prepare communities before they strike.
Making carbon capture and storage work for the net-zero economy
Carbon capture and storage has the potential to accelerate or hinder the emergence of a thriving net-zero economy, and instead of debating whether it is intrinsically good or bad, it is time to discuss how to advance the technology productively in Canada.
Deluge underlines importance of final hearing for nuclear waste dump
It’s long past time that the government dealt with this environmental catastrophe in the making, a serious problem that will worsen the longer it’s ignored.
Renewable energy industry warns of ‘brain drain’ to the United States if Alberta government doesn’t reverse its moratorium
Alberta’s pause on approvals for new solar and wind projects comes as the United States marks the one-year anniversary of the Inflation Reduction Act, which introduced game-changing incentives for the energy transition and made the U.S. an attractive market for skilled workers.
A vacancy at the top: energy-rich country seeks climate leader
We have a shrill war against the mildest environmental remedies from the right, a plodding agenda from the Liberals, a vanished Green Party, and an NDP that needs to shake off its lethargy and, perhaps, its likable, but lacklustre, leader. It all amounts to a large, dangerous vacancy at the top. If Poilievre ends up filling it, we will be well and truly fried.
Pricing pollution is key
When things cost more, people conserve. When energy costs more, they cut back on use. When transportation costs more, people’s driving habits change.
It’s not too late for Canada to take the lead
We need to quantify the thermal energy produced from the ground by a heat pump as renewable energy. Widespread adoption of this zero-carbon technology would produce more renewable energy than all the hydro dams, wind turbines, and solar panels currently operating in Canada.
