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Manitoba’s energy plan puts B.C. to the test

December 17, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by the Pembina Institute on Dec. 17, 2024. By Jessica McIlroy A critical step in shaping our economic and climate future is crafting a robust energy plan. While B.C.’s newly formed [Read more]

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Green building investments cut energy demand, pay off for Ontario developers

December 5, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Dec. 5, 2024. By Tova Gaster Ontario developers are embracing innovative design to reduce commercial building emissions. In Cambridge, investors are launching the province’s first zero-carbon [Read more]

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Opinion: Every year at COP, Canada shows progress on cutting methane

November 15, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by the Pembina Institute on Nov. 11, 2024. By Amanda Bryant, Jon Goldstein, Thomas Green Amanda Bryant is a senior analyst at the Pembina Institute. Jon Goldstein is associate vice-president, energy [Read more]

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IRA drives cheaper renewables, savings for Americans: RMI

November 12, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Nov. 12, 2024. The United States Inflation Reduction Act faces threats of repeal from the Trump administration, but its policies have already made renewable energy cheaper—and according to [Read more]

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$80B windfall for U.S. trade partners, competitors if Trump cuts clean energy funds

November 12, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Nov. 12, 2024. By Mitchell Beer An $80-billion windfall is in store for the United States’ international trading partners and competitors if Donald Trump follows through [Read more]

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Clean energy community mobilizes as Trump rises, supporters embrace Project 2025

November 8, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Nov. 8, 2024. By Mitchell Beer As leaders, citizens, and climate and energy practitioners around the world absorb the prospect of a second Donald Trump term [Read more]

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Europe’s electricity demand growth may fall short of projections: Study

November 8, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Nov. 8, 2024. By Christopher Bonasia New analysis suggests that Europe’s electricity demand may not grow as expected, with significant implications for the region’s energy transition [Read more]

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Only competitive renewables will thrive during second Trump administration

November 7, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by ReTHINK Energy on Nov. 7, 2024. The second Trump Administration will cut support for renewable energy just like the first one. Just as during the first Trump Administration, this will [Read more]

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B.C. leads Canada’s push to decarbonize building heating

November 7, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Nov. 6, 2024. By Gaye Taylor British Columbia’s municipalities are at the forefront of Canada’s efforts to decarbonize building heating systems, according to the latest report [Read more]

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Oil and gas lobby donates lavishly to Trump, hoping to dismantle Biden climate rules

October 29, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Oct. 29, 2024. By Mitchell Beer With the United States oil and gas lobby set to dismantle climate regulations brought in by the Biden administration, a [Read more]

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Ottawa excludes new fossil investment, sets long implementation timeline for sustainable investment taxonomy

October 11, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Oct 11, 2024. More than two years after experts urged the federal government to develop a sustainable finance taxonomy to guide climate disclosures, Finance Minister Chrystia [Read more]

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Governments have unleashed a wave of clean energy policies to benefit from the new energy economy

September 30, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by the International Energy Agency on Sept. 26, 2024. New IEA report offers first-of-its-kind global inventory of the policies countries are leveraging to advance clean energy transitions and improve energy security [Read more]

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Out of thick air: Converting carbon emissions to fuel

September 12, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by Policy Options on Sept. 12, 2024. By Amir Foroozan, Shardul Tiwari, Laurel Besco, Drew Higgins As global temperatures continue to rise, policymakers need new tools to address climate change. Emerging [Read more]

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Policy, financing key to advancing rooftop solar in Canada

September 12, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Sept. 12, 2024. By Gaye Taylor Rooftop solar has the potential to transform Canada’s energy landscape by cutting costs and emissions, but it needs better homeowner [Read more]

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Carbon price rollback emerges as key voting issue as federal election approaches

August 20, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Aug. 20, 2024. By Christopher Bonasia Promising to roll back carbon pricing is emerging as one of the surest ways to accumulate votes as Canada’s political [Read more]

Opinion

Opinion: How to accelerate Canada’s clean energy transition? Treat it like health care

July 22, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by the Canadian Climate Institute July 11, 2024. By Chris Ragan, Rick Smith, Edward Greenspon Thanks to its vast hydropower resources, Canada is already a clean energy superpower, blessed with 80 [Read more]

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Quebec bans new internal combustion, PHEV sales as of 2035

July 19, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on July 18, 2024. The Quebec government has published the toughest proposed electric vehicle sales mandate in Canada, a draft regulation that would ban the sale of [Read more]

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Canada makes an unprecedented push for multifamily housing

July 18, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by Grist on July 18, 2024. By Akielly Hu For more than a century, zoning ordinances rooted in segregation have encouraged the construction of single-family homes, often at the expense of [Read more]

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Climate policy is economic policy, new report concludes, as Saskatchewan and Alberta lag

July 12, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on July 11, 2024. By Mitchell Beer The two provinces that account for nearly half of Canada’s climate pollution show up poorly while British Columbia, Quebec, and [Read more]

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‘Tsunami’ engulfs Alberta renewables as provincial moratorium unsettles sector

July 2, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on June 28, 2024. By Christopher Bonasia Alberta’s seven-month ban on new renewables projects, lifted earlier this year, continues to unsettle the sector, evident in a slowdown [Read more]

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