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We need to flip the script on carbon pricing

A political consensus is emerging that climate policy is not compatible with a fair and prosperous economy, which puts Canada’s broader efforts to tackle the climate crisis at grave risk.

Opinion

By Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood | Opinion | November 9th 2023

In defence of the new carbon tax adjustments

We won’t apologize for fighting for vulnerable Canadians across the country, including the many who live in rural Canada and Atlantic Canada.

Opinion

By Marc Serré, Kody Blois & Francis Drouin | Opinion | November 8th 2023

Pierre Poilievre’s carbon price motion dies, but questions of equity continue

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s symbolic motion calling for more carbon tax carveouts was defeated, but this won’t end the polarizing debate that centres on equity.

By Natasha Bulowski | News, Energy, Politics, Ottawa Insider | November 7th 2023

For better and worse, the heat pump is about to become the next front in Canada's climate culture war. Image by Freepik

The hot air around heat pumps

The federal government wants to get more heat pumps installed in homes across Canada, especially in vote-rich Atlantic Canada. Not surprisingly, Conservatives are already trying to confuse Canadians about their costs and benefits.

Opinion

By Max Fawcett | Opinion, Politics | November 2nd 2023

Energy efficiency programs must be fair for all

By expanding the Oil to Heat Pump Affordability Program, the federal government acknowledges energy efficiency's role in reducing costs for Canadians struggling with high bills.

Opinion

By Abhilash Kantamneni | Opinion | November 1st 2023

Wind turbines work on June 25, 2023, in Kodiak, Alaska. The IEA’s annual world energy outlook, which analyzes the global picture of energy supply and demand, was released on Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel File)

Middle East war could spark shift to renewables, IEA head says

Tensions from the war in Gaza could help accelerate the move away from planet-warming fossil fuels like oil and gas and toward renewable energy, electric cars and heat pumps — similar to how sharp increases in the price of oil during the 1970s unleashed efforts to conserve fuel, the head of the International Energy Agency said.

By David McHugh | News | October 24th 2023

Family-friendly playdate with Climate Papa

Parents want to do something about climate change. But figuring it out isn't easy.

Race Against Climate Change

By Kate Yoder | News | October 16th 2023

A flare stack lights the sky from an oil refinery in Edmonton on December 28, 2018. File photo by The Canadian Press/Jason Franson

Fossil fuel demand to peak this decade so no new fossil fuel projects needed: IEA

The report released Tuesday says the worldwide rollout of key technologies such as renewable power, electric vehicles and heat pumps is happening so quickly that demand for coal, oil and natural gas is set to peak within the next 10 years.

By Amanda Stephenson | News, Politics | September 26th 2023

Released Thursday by the Canadian Climate Institute, the interactive calculator looks at five cities across the country. Photo by Kévin Jiner / Unsplash

Heat pumps will save you big money

A new online calculator shows how much money households in Canada’s largest cities could save by transitioning their homes from gas heat and air conditioning to a heat pump.

By Cloe Logan | News | September 21st 2023

Home upgrade rebates are soaring — but not fast enough

Incentives provided through the province’s CleanBC’s Better Homes program jumped from $3.6 million in 2020 to about $33.5 million in 2022. Those figures include money for air source heat pumps, upgrades to electricity services, insulation and more. That information isn’t publicly available and was provided to Canada’s National Observer by Ecotrust Canada, which received them through a FOI.

By Cloe Logan | News | September 15th 2023

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