This article was published by the Canadian Climate Institute on March 21, 2024. By Dale Beugin, Anna Kanduth, Dave Sawyer, Rick Smith Since the 2015 Paris Agreement, Canada’s efforts to combat climate change and reduce emissions have accelerated. [Read more]
This article was published by The Energy Mix on Feb. 15, 2024. By Mitchell Beer The federal government is developing a more targeted approach to its successful Canada Greener Homes energy retrofit grants, aimed at [Read more]
This article by The Pembina Institute was published by the Toronto Star on Feb. 5, 2024. By Chris Severson-Baker, Bea Bruske We face an existential climate crisis and a critical moment for our economy. Make [Read more]
This article was published by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis on Jan. 31, 2024. By Sam Reynolds Last week, the United States (U.S.) announced a pause on permits for new U.S. liquefied [Read more]
This article was published by the Pembina Institute on Jan. 22, 2024. By Matt Dreis Last month at COP 28, 198 countries and coalitions agreed that the world must transition away from fossil fuels, and [Read more]
This article was published by The Conversation on Jan. 17, 2024. By Julia Baird, Gary Pickering and Gillian Dale With all the negative news coming out about climate change, its impacts and its possible trajectory [Read more]
This article was published by Grist on Jan. 3, 2023. By Grist Staff Last year, climate change came into sharp relief for much of the world: The planet experienced its hottest 12-month period in 125,000 [Read more]
This article was published by The Conversation on Dec. 19, 2023. By Sean Cleary, Neal Willcott As the world grapples with the dramatic effects of record temperatures in recent months, the United Nations has issued [Read more]
This article was published by Wood Mackenzie on Sept. 21, 2023. The Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), a policy that will require producers of goods imported into the European Union (EU) to pay an emissions [Read more]
Rating: High school and post-secondary Summary: Markham interviews economist Jim Williams of the University of San Francisco about his co-authored paper, Carbon-Neutral Pathways for the United States. Related links: Carbon‐Neutral Pathways for the United States [Read more]
Rating: High school and post-secondary Summary: Markham interviews Dr. Danny Cullenward, Stanford energy economist and lawyer, and co-author with Dr. David G. Victor, of the new book, “Making climate policy work.” Related links: Klein vs [Read more]
Rating: High school and post-secondary Summary: Markham interviews Sarah Buchanan, Program Manager, Clean Economy for Environmental Defence, about her organization’s December, 2020 study, Yours to Recover: A Progress Report on Ontario’s Climate Change Actions. The [Read more]
EV growth largely driven by government policy, including public procurement programmes, financial subsidies The number of electric and plug-in hybrid cars on the world’s roads exceeded 3 million in 2017, a 54% increase compared with [Read more]
Countries in Europe and North America continue to account for the bulk of corporate renewable sourcing Companies in 75 countries actively sourced 465 terawatt hours (TWh) of renewable energy in 2017, an amount close to [Read more]
Governments across Canada engaged in trying to promote reduction in GHG emissions at lowest possible cost By Glen Hodgson, Senior Fellow, Conference Board of Canada Debate about reducing Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions frequently references the costs of [Read more]
Transport is second largest energy end‑use sector, accounting for 29% of total final energy use in 2015, 64.7% of world oil use A new report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), the International Energy [Read more]
Alberta well has $770,000 in policy-induced costs, about same as oil well in Saskatchewan February 1, 2018 – Government policies are piling on to reduce the competitiveness of energy producers in Western Canada, according to a new [Read more]
Exports expanded last year, but entirely from energy sector. Canada continues to lose market share in many core non-commodity export markets By Craig Alexander, senior VP and chief economist, Conference Board of Canada Policy makers in [Read more]
Wind and solar are intermittent sources of power generation, making balancing supply and demand more difficult By International Energy Agency analysts Stéphanie Bouckaert, Timothy Goodson and Brent Wanner As a fundamental rule, electricity supply and [Read more]
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