This article was published by the Pembina Institute on Sept. 27, 2024. By Betsy Agar While Canada tackles the country-wide housing and affordability crisis, making investments in existing homes and buildings is the only viable [Read more]
This article was published by the Pembina Institute on Aug. 14, 2024. By Amanda Bryant Researchers across the country are submitting full project proposals this week as part of Natural Resources Canada’s developing Methane Centre of Excellence. Environment [Read more]
This article was published by the Pembina Institute on July 31, 2024. By Margret Nellissery The challenge: women represent about half of the population and nearly half of the Canadian workforce, but only represent about [Read more]
This article was published by the Pembina Institute on July 24, 2024. By Sarah McBain Canada’s electric vehicle sector is about to enter a period of explosive growth. Domestic consumer purchases of electric cars continue to [Read more]
This article was published by the Pembina Institute on July 19, 2024. By MC Bouchard A few weeks ago, within minutes of Bill C-59 – which strengthened the Competition Act on environmental claims – being [Read more]
This article was published by the Pembina Institute on July 18, 2024. By Chandan Bhardwaj Of the many challenges that fleet operators face in switching from fossil-fuelled commercial vehicles to electric ones, sufficient charging infrastructure [Read more]
This article was published by the Pembina Institute on July 10, 2024. By Megan Gordon July is Alberta’s first coal-free month in well over a century. This is an historic milestone that has been widely [Read more]
This article was published by the Pembina Institute on July 9, 2024. By Sarah McBain and Thomas Gunton, PhD Let’s start with some good news: Canada’s climate policies are starting to pay off. That is [Read more]
This article was published by the Pembina Institute on July 6, 2024. By Chris Severson-Baker At 10:57 p.m. on Sunday, June 16, Alberta’s last coal plant went offline. An official announcement shortly followed, quietly signalling [Read more]
This article was published by the Pembina Institute on June 27, 2024. By Chandan Bhardwaj Consider the plug-in hybrid electric vehicle. In a sense, plug-ins operate in a climate policy grey zone: far less carbon-intensive [Read more]
This article was published by the Pembina Institute on June 5, 2024. By Rachel Sutton Governments across Canada are tackling the critical housing shortage while also addressing the climate crisis. We have a generational opportunity [Read more]
This article was published by the Pembina Institute on June 21, 2024. By Megan Gordon The passage of Bill C-50, the Canadian Sustainable Jobs Act, was celebrated by labour organizations and environmental organizations. The Act [Read more]
This article was published by The Energy Mix on May 8, 2024. By Gaye Taylor Upgrading buildings with deep retrofits is a “clear pathway” to meet Canada’s climate and affordability goals while increasing household resilience [Read more]
This article was published by Pembina Institute on April 25, 2024. By Betsy Agar, Rajeev Kotha Deep retrofits are holistic energy efficiency home upgrades that also improve occupant thermal comfort and resilience to extreme weather events, [Read more]
This article was published by the Pembina Institute on April 19, 2024. CALGARY, AB — The Government of Alberta has made no meaningful progress on the commitments made in its Emissions Reduction and Energy Development Plan, [Read more]
This article was published by the Pembina Institute on April 17, 2024. By Chandan Bhardwaj Canada is entering a new era in clean transportation. The adoption of zero-emission road freight has been picking up and a [Read more]
This article was published by the Pembina Institute on April 16, 2024. OTTAWA — Scott MacDougall, Director of the Electricity program at the Pembina Institute, made the following statement in response to the 2024 Federal Budget: [Read more]
This article was published by the Pembina Institute on April 12, 2024. Betsy Agar, director of the Buildings program at the Pembina Institute, made the following statement in response to Canada’s Housing Plan, announced on Friday. [Read more]
Dear Minister Guilbeault, On behalf of the Pembina Institute, I would like to thank you for the opportunity to provide input into Canada’s 2035 emissions reduction target. With this letter, I am summarizing our position, which calls for an ambitious 2035 target that enables [Read more]
This article was published by the Pembina Institute on March 21, 2024. By Courtney Smith, Jason Wang, Karambir Singh The end of Alberta’s seven-month moratorium on renewable energy development has been far from breezy. Initial announcements made on [Read more]
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