Clean energy

The U.S. president would have been included in a G7 working session devoted to "climate change and clean energy" on the second day of the summit, officials had confirmed this week.

Ontario voters go to the polls on June 7 and the results are sure to affect clean tech startups in the province like Jerry Flynn's.

Asia is leading the global surge in renewable energy jobs. In 2017, the renewable energy industry broke a symbolic threshold, employing over 10 million people, according to the International Renewable Energy Association's latest research.

In a letter penned to the prime minister, the Canadian Gas Association asks the federal government to spare the Centennial Flame from an environmental study that could see its fire snuffed by a more eco-friendly alternative.

Looming over the discussions, however, was another major issue — one that Trudeau wouldn’t raise until the very end of his remarks. Most climate policy experts say a low-carbon future that addresses climate change will necessarily mean fewer jobs in fossil fuels, and require what labour leaders describe as a "just transition" for displaced workers to find jobs in emerging industries.

At a G7 ministerial meeting on the future of jobs, employment and innovation ministers called for measures to address violence and harassment in the workplace and close the gender gap in the economy.

Climate change is disruptive. We can all agree on that. But there is a path forward where we can rise above the disruptions: electrification. It’s the best way to bridge the gap to meet our greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction goals.

A new agreement between Ontario First Nations, the federal government and the province will see 16 northern communities connected to the power grid.

Canada's natural resources minister says Ottawa is determined to see the Trans Mountain pipeline expanded, despite an interprovincial dispute on whether the project should go ahead.

Days before setting off to Davos to address world leaders attending the 2018 World Economic Forum, U.S. President Donald Trump fired what may come to be seen as the opening shots in a global trade war — choosing clean solar power as one of two targets for crippling new American tariffs.

Some in the U.S. solar−power industry are hoping a decision this week by President Donald Trump doesn’t bring on an eclipse.

After spending the past two weeks criss-crossing the country to speak with ordinary Canadians in town hall meetings, Justin Trudeau is heading to Switzerland where he'll rub elbows with the rich and powerful at the World Economic Forum in Davos.

The G7 summit taking place in Quebec's Charlevoix region later this year is an opportunity to have "frank and open" discussions on environmental and economic issues, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Wednesday, January 17, 2018.

An independent energy agency on Monday, January 8, 2018, rejected a Trump administration plan to bolster coal-fired and nuclear power plants, dealing a blow to President Donald Trump's efforts to boost the struggling coal industry.

In October, the federal department was slammed for inaction on meeting Canada's 2020 greenhouse gas emissions targets. Today, it said the country has made "good progress" on implementing its first nationwide climate change plan.