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The climate capitalists

If changing the course of a major global industry seems out of reach, you might take heart from the students at Tvind high school in Jutland, Denmark, who built the world’s largest wind turbine in 1978.

Opinion

By Chris Hatch | Opinion | March 18th 2024

Changing the headline on climate progress

What stands in the way of Canada meeting its climate targets? Some provinces, politicians and industries are trying to slow climate action under the dubious guise of addressing affordability.

Opinion

By Theresa Beer | Opinion | February 8th 2024

Technology will shape our future

The relentless technological advances have seen innovations such as solar panels progress from simply heating water for residential swimming pools to utility-scale solar farms.

Opinion

By Rob Miller | Opinion | January 24th 2024

The deceptive politics of winter in Alberta

Conservatives are using familiar cold weather power disruptions to attack the clean-energy transition.

Opinion

By Rob Miller | Opinion | January 17th 2024

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith speaks to delegates at the Global Energy Show in Calgary, Alta., on Tuesday, June 13, 2023. File photo by The Canadian Press/Jeff McIntosh

Premiers dump on renewable energy as Alberta's electricity grid strains under the cold

"Right now, wind is generating almost no power. When renewables are unreliable, as they are now, natural gas plants must increase capacity to keep Albertans safe," Alberta Premier Danielle Smith posted on social media Friday, shortly after the province's grid operator issued an appeal for consumers to conserve electricity to protect the system.

By Rob Drinkwater | News, Politics | January 15th 2024

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz arrive for a dinner in Toronto on Monday, August 22, 2022. File photo by The Canadian Press/Chris Young

Canadian LNG should power low-carbon revolution: Chamber of Commerce

As the world struggles to find the right balance between a carbon-free future and a present that still runs on fossil fuels, Canada could be leveraging its natural-gas riches to help fuel both, a new report suggests.

By James McCarten | News, Politics | April 3rd 2023

Climate activists shout slogans during a protest in front of the ministry for economy and climate in Berlin, Germany, on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Germany likely missed climate target, angry activists say

Data published on Wednesday, January 4, 2023, by a respected environmental think tank indicates Germany likely missed its target for reducing greenhouse gas emissions again last year, despite a big effort by the new government to expand the renewable energy use.

By Frank Jordans | News | January 5th 2023

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz addresses the German parliament Bundestag ahead of an EU summit at the Reichstag building in Berlin, Germany, on Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Russia's war on Ukraine should not spark a 'worldwide renaissance' for coal, German leader says

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Thursday, October 20, 2022, that Russia's war in Ukraine mustn't lead to a “worldwide renaissance” for coal — comments that come as Germany itself brings coal-fired power plants back online in an effort to prevent an energy crunch this winter.

By Associated Press | News | October 20th 2022

German Climate envoy Jennifer Morgan speaks during an interview at the German Mission to the United Nations on Monday, Sept. 19, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Robert Bumsted)

Ukraine war heightens Germany's resolve on climate action

Germany remains committed to phasing out coal as a source of power by 2030 even as it reactivates coal-fired power plants, the country's climate envoy said on Monday, September 19, 2022. Germany says it took the step to get through the coming winter amid energy shortages as a result of Russia’s war in Ukraine.

By Aya Batrawy | News | September 20th 2022

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz delivers a speech during a meeting of the German Federal Parliament, Bundestag, in the Reichstag building in Berlin, Germany, on Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022. (Michael Kappeler/dpa via AP)

Germany has enough energy to survive winter, says Chancellor Olaf Scholz

While the nuclear shutdown is supposed to go ahead as scheduled, the government wants to keep the option of reactivating two of the three reactors in case of an energy shortage in the coming months.

By Associated Press | News, Energy | September 7th 2022

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