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Dan Woynillowicz

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Dan Woynillowicz is the Principal of Polaris Strategy + Insight, a public policy consulting firm focused on climate change and the energy transition.

11 Articles

Should taxpayers be forced to foot the bill for oil and gas sector’s carbon capture plans?

When it comes to delivering pollution reductions from the oil and gas sector, an aggressive push from the oil and gas lobby has the government focused on carrots.
Opinion | February 3rd 2022

Now, every election is a climate election and every vote, a climate vote

What the federal government does (or doesn’t do) is not the sole determinant of emissions in our federation. It’s a shared responsibility with provinces, writes Dan Woynillowicz.
Election 2021
Opinion | September 17th 2021

Let’s come out of COVID-19 with a new economy

Canada’s traditionally strong oil and gas sector will never return to its halcyon boom days of the early 2000s. We need to rebuild the economy we want: a cleaner, resilient one.
Coronavirus in Canada
Opinion | April 8th 2020
Photograph by Andrew S. Wright for National Observer, oil sands, 2013

The Frontier decision is symbolic, but not in the way you’ve been led to believe

Opinion | February 21st 2020

False hope or a fair energy transition? Both are on the ballot

Opinion | October 19th 2019

Pundits' whataboutism threatens Canada's climate progress

A false equivalency has been drawn between the Conservative and Liberal climate plans, which couldn’t be more different. 
Opinion | October 3rd 2019

We must make Canada's power grid even cleaner

If we’re to hit our climate targets and decarbonize Canada by 2050, we’ll need more electricity. After all, electrification — that is, getting everything onto our increasingly clean power grid — is the ribbon that ties all of our climate efforts together.
Opinion, Energy | August 23rd 2019

How to misrepresent good climate policy

In an argument put forward to scrap the clean fuel standard, Conservative Party Leader Andrew Scheer claimed it was ‘a secret fuel tax’ that would increase the cost of gas by four cents.
Opinion | July 22nd 2019

In praise of the Liberals' electric-vehicle incentives

Given that transportation is one of Canada’s highest-emitting sectors, the government should be applauded for its suite of policies aimed at increasing demand for low-emission automobiles.
Opinion, Energy | June 17th 2019

How Canada is both leading and falling behind on electric buses

Buses. Yes, they’re better than cars because they move more people, but they are nonetheless a sizable source of emissions. The good news is there’s a solution, and it’s a big opportunity for Canada.
Reports from the Race to a Safer World
Analysis | March 21st 2019
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