Dan Woynillowicz

About Dan Woynillowicz

Dan Woynillowicz is a policy director at Clean Energy Canada, a program of the Centre for Dialogue at Simon Fraser University. He is an accomplished analyst and has authored numerous studies and articles on clean energy and climate change policy. He holds degrees in environmental science and management.

10 Articles

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

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

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

This is a solar cell panel array in Manchester, Vermont, USA. Photo by MarkBuckawicki Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication

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

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.

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.

Dan Woynillowicz

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

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

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

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

Pundits' whataboutism threatens Canada's climate progress

We must make Canada's power grid even cleaner

How to misrepresent good climate policy

In praise of the Liberals' electric-vehicle incentives

How Canada is both leading and falling behind on electric buses

Clean energy transition is irreversible. Even Trump can't stop it