Trudeau calls for more EVs and doesn't rule out nuclear power
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he wants to make it easier for more Canadians to drive electric vehicles and he isn't ruling out nuclear power as a cleaner source of energy.
Merran Smith
How the IEA graded Canada’s energy policies — and how everyone else reacted
Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson says a new report from the International Energy Agency vindicates the government’s climate progress, but he adds more must be done to decarbonize.
Clean Energy Canada calls for massive ramp-up of renewables — and fast
A new report from Clean Energy Canada is calling on the federal government to swiftly ramp up clean electricity production to both prepare for and build a climate-safe world.
Justin Trudeau hopes this endorsement will swing B.C. voters, but will it?
Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau was in Richmond, B.C., Tuesday to flex an endorsement from former B.C. Green Party leader Andrew Weaver in an attempt to lock down climate-conscious voters.
What’s in the Liberals’ $78B platform? Plenty of green
Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau unveiled his party’s platform Wednesday, with more than $78 billion in new spending over the next five years largely focused on health care, child care, and economic recovery.
How B.C. can use green edge to capture global cleantech market
B.C. has all the building blocks to take advantage of the newly emerging global low-carbon market, but it must make investments, identify and address gaps, and set out a plan to reach its own climate targets.
More aid for fossil fuels than clean energy in COVID-19 response
Federal energy and environment officials were warned in late April that Canada's clean-tech sector was in danger as COVID-19 knocked the bottom out of the industry.
'Job intensive:' Study says clean energy fast track to employment growth
New research says job growth from clean energy will dramatically outpace that from fossil fuels over the next decade — as long as future Canadian governments maintain or increase attempts to fight climate change.
Ottawa, B.C. to push electrification of gas industry to cut carbon emissions
The federal and British Columbia governments want to power the production of the natural gas industry in the province using electricity.
Clean energy one of Canada's fastest-growing industries
Canada's clean-energy sector is growing faster than the economy as a whole and is rivalling some of the more well known industries for jobs, a new report shows.
High gas prices? There’s a policy for that, and it helps combat climate change
There's at least one solution that can help reduce the pain at the pump.
Clean energy transition is irreversible. Even Trump can't stop it
The message in China this week was clear and forceful: the transition to clean energy is irreversible.
New B.C. climate plan "full of holes," say environmentalists
Two leading environmental groups say the B.C. plan won’t reduce emissions for more than a decade.
The rainforest negotiator
One woman's fight to save the largest coastal temperate rainforest left on Earth.
This climate summit is not like the others
A close read of U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry's remarks in Paris highlights three ways in which Paris is very different from previous climate summits.