Integrated energy systems key to low-carbon future at home and abroad
We know the problem—climate change—and while there is no single solution, we at the University of British Columbia have developed a model that is working and is scalable.
When the law fails to protect public health: opposing the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion
The federal government continues to promote fossil fuel extraction, including assuming direct ownership of TMX.
No space in Canada’s energy policy for methane gas
Contrary to oil and gas sector positioning, methane gas is not a benign ‘bridge’ fuel to transition from polluting fossil fuels to clean renewables.
Newfoundland and Labrador still rock
Every time I visit, I am reminded how very lucky Canada was when Newfoundland and Labrador chose to join it in 1949.
Fossil fuel reps on clean electricity council a concern for NDP critic, environmentalists
The Canada Electricity Advisory Council has a one-year mandate to advise on achieving the federal government’s target of net-zero emissions in the electricity sector by 2035.
Automakers aren’t serious about the all-electric future
A strategy that just focuses on bigger incentives without also increasing taxes on polluting cars would cause Canada to significantly miss its ZEV sales targets, and would cost $54-billion.
Ready! Fire! Aim!: Cost-benefit analyses should determine strength of emissions control measures before implementation
Values for factors such as the ‘social cost of carbon’ assume too much importance in determining cost-benefit outcomes.
New StatsCan data reflects steady decline in Newfoundland’s offshore oil production
Newfoundland and Labrador’s GDP from oil and gas extraction fell by more than 10 per cent in 2022, compared with increases in Alberta and Saskatchewan.
As supporters celebrate the Liberals’ ‘return to nuclear,’ critics decry ‘dangerous’ distraction
Speaking alongside MPs from the Green Party, the Bloc Québécois and the NDP, Liberal MP Jenica Atwin told reporters on April 25 that she is concerned about proposals to build new nuclear reactors near the Bay of Fundy.
Canadian ownership is critical if we are to prosper from minerals strategy
Some degree of long-term public equity may be the only answer if we want to ensure that a reasonable share of our mining sector is Canadian-owned, and that younger Canadian companies don’t have to feel that selling is their only option.
