Heat pumps can and should be the new AC
If the entire supply of new central air conditioners was replaced with heat pumps starting in 2025, it would mean cumulative energy bill savings of $10.4 billion across Canada by 2035.
Energy
Enbridge relied on faulty study to pitch Ontario gas network expansion
Enbridge is pushing to expand its gas network in Ontario and is using a key study that erroneously inflated the cost of switching from gas to electricity to heat buildings by billions of dollars, evidence filed with the regulator reveals.
Ottawa holds fast to clean power rules amid blowback from Prairie premiers
Ottawa's clean power plans are sparking a provincial backlash, but Environment and Climate Change Minister Steven Guilbeault says he's not backing down.
Feds’ clean electricity approach could ‘raise the temperature’ of an already pretty hot conflict
Alberta and Saskatchewan’s longstanding opposition to a national climate policy could be tested if the federal government forces provinces to fall in line to access funding aimed at ushering Canada into a low-carbon economy.
Alberta puts six-month freeze on all new renewable energy projects
Alberta is pausing approvals for all new renewable energy projects — effective immediately — while it reviews how these projects affect land use, the power grid and how they’ll be cleaned up down the line.
Death by a thousand ships
A booming liquefied natural gas industry on the British Columbian coast promises more skyscraper-sized ships crossing through the waters of Haida Gwaii, representing yet another threat to the Haida Nation's way of life.
Canada ends government subsidies for oil and gas, with exceptions
Canada now has a set of guidelines to restrict federal subsidies to the fossil fuel sector, albeit with numerous exceptions.
The advertising blitz crafted to change your view of Big Oil
As climate action gains traction across Canada, a quiet feud is brewing in the oilsands over the best way to continue extracting fossil fuels in an era of decarbonization.
Big Oil rebrands its lobbying efforts
In an era of decarbonization, the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers appears to be losing its influence on federal policy. But that doesn't mean Big Oil is on the way out.
Climate action hits speed bump as Trudeau and Smith announce new working group
Ottawa and Alberta are forming a working group to find common ground on three areas of climate policy. One side seems dug in.
Environmental advocates slam ‘insufficient’ efforts to cut climate pollution
On the two-year anniversary of a heat dome that killed 619 people, environmental advocates issued a plea to B.C. Premier David Eby to slash greenhouse gas emissions in line with climate targets the province has set for the end of the decade.
World Council of Churches endorses Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty
The World Council of Churches is joining other faith-based organizations in a growing call for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty, as world governments inch closer to COP28.
Canada’s billions in fossil fuel subsidies under mounting scrutiny
Subsidizing fossil fuels while committing to slash greenhouse gas emissions is like trying to push a boulder both up and down a mountain at the same time, so why can't Canada get a plan in place?
Source of poisonous gas leak reported in northern Alberta remains unknown
A poisonous, corrosive and flammable gas has been detected near a TC Energy pipeline roughly 70 kilometres west of Fort McKay, Alta.
Imperial sees its Cold Lake carbon capture project up and running by mid-decade
That's well before the completion of a massive carbon capture and storage transportation line that has been proposed for the Canadian oilsands, the company says.