Clean energy

The scary news about decarbonizing the economy is the scale of electrification and infrastructure requirements that have yet to register with governments and citizens alike, write Luke Faulks and Anil (Andy) Hira.

A forthcoming major UN report will show that nations need to accelerate methane cuts in order to avoid more extreme climate change.

The Ontario government has proposed repealing measures that made it easier to build new renewable energy projects. Critics say the changes would be a significant step backwards.

The new federal budget’s focus on clean industry is the right one, write Clean Energy Canada's Sarah Petrevan and Mark Zacharias.

If the federal government wants to pursue bold climate plans, they can’t do it without cities, and cities can’t do it without more power and fiscal capacity, writes columnist Andrea Reimer.

The U.S. president should spend more money and raise taxes on the wealthy and corporations, writes Julian Brave NoiseCat.

A new book pushes back against the narrative that individual actions make little difference to the climate.

A Montreal-area electric vehicle maker says the $100-million investment from Ottawa and Quebec announced Monday for a battery pack assembly plant will help make its fleet less expensive.

Patricia Lane introduces us to Brandon Sandmaier, who left a well-paying job in the oilsands, went back to school and started his own business, Generate Energy.

In a recent public Conversations event with Canada’s National Observer, Hydro-Québec CEO Sophie Brochu said she believes the cost of the shift to a clean energy economy needs to be shared by all Canadians.

World’s biggest investor wants polluting industries to set targets to cut emissions and reach net zero

Innovative companies across the globe that have been able to adapt, be sustainable and embrace a forward-looking view are thriving and creating jobs, writes Jim Payne.

Two Canadian investment leaders endorsed a transition to clean energy at a virtual Davos World Economic Forum on Wednesday, January 27, 2021, as more investors worldwide push for concrete sustainability commitments.

It was former prime minister Pierre Trudeau who once described sharing a border with America as akin to sleeping with an elephant. “No matter how friendly and even-tempered is the beast,” he said, “one is affected by every twitch and grunt.”

It’s crucial that we don’t accelerate deeper into danger, like we did after the last recession.