Promising prospects for Canada in global transition to new energy world
Despite our boasting, we’re far from a world leader in the energy transition. We will have to push harder to do better. We have potential, but so do many other nations.
New clean energy tax credits must be designed in a way that encourages Indigenous participation, say experts
Indigenous-led renewable energy projects offer an opportunity for economic reconciliation, as well as an opportunity to address past injustices such as the development of large-scale hydro projects from the 1940s onwards that flooded communities and sacred sites, says one researcher.
When planning nuclear waste sites in Canada, consider Ukraine’s potential nuclear crisis
As more countries learn from the Ukraine war, the risk is that many inter-related problems surrounding nuclear power beset future generations for thousands of years.
Our power lines aren’t ready for the future: the Atlantic Loop will help
To decarbonize, we need to interconnect in a way that respects jurisdiction, but harnesses the boon of renewable resources in our backyard.
Wishful thinking about nuclear energy won’t get us to net zero
The climate problem is too serious to engage in unrealistic modelling exercises. Wishful thinking about nuclear energy will only thwart our ability to act meaningfully to lower emissions rapidly.
Canadian LNG: a climate change solution and a path for reconciliation
Indigenous communities like ours are getting involved in natural gas projects not despite the effects on emissions, but because of them.
Looming historic clash over energy will again redraw federal political fortunes
Despite talk about collaboration, the country seems headed for another bruising national fight over energy in the months ahead.
Sustainable Jobs Act promises Indigenous engagement but avoids nation-to-nation language that might upset provinces
The federal government’s newly tabled sustainable jobs plan has been described as a victory for labour, but advocates say it leaves Indigenous nations subject to provincial and territorial approaches to the energy transition.
Canada’s coming announcement on fossil fuel subsidies will be precedent setting
Independent Senator Rosa Galvez says the complex taxonomy of government support for the fossil fuel sector creates ‘grey areas where we still encourage exploration and exploitation and production of oil and gas.’
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