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Go Bigger: Experts say nation-building means retrofits, not just megaprojects

September 12, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Sept. 10, 2025. By Chris Bonasia As Prime Minister Mark Carney releases his first official list of large infrastructure projects of “national interest,” a broad wave [Read more]

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Canada has a chance to lead on AI policy and data governance at the 2025 G7 Leaders’ Summit

May 27, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Conversation on May 27, 2025. By E. Richard Gold, Cristina Vanberghen Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming sectors from health care to climate science. But amid the global scramble [Read more]

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Opinion: Alberta has long accused Ottawa of trying to destroy its oil industry. That’s a dangerous myth

May 8, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Conversation on May 8, 2025. By Ian Urquhart “Alberta is a place soaked in self-deception.” Those words began Alberta-based journalist Mark Lisac’s 2004 book aimed at shattering the myths that have [Read more]

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Opinion: Mark Carney wants to make Canada an energy superpower — but what will be sacrificed for that goal?

May 5, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Conversation on May 5, 2025. By Leah Levac, Jane Stinson, Leah M. Fusco Canada’s recent federal election was regularly dubbed one of the most consequential of the last 50 years. [Read more]

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Trump promised to help Big Oil. Its revenues plummeted.

May 5, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by Grist on May 2, 2025. By Tik Root This story is part of a Grist package examining how President Trump’s first 100 days in office have reshaped climate and environmental [Read more]

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Opinion: Trump is serious about annexing Canada. How will climate and energy policy bring us the allies we need?

April 28, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on April 26, 2025. By Mitchell Beer This Weekender mostly combines material we published in late February and early April, but the context is a bit more urgent…again. [Read more]

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Opinion: On climate and energy, Canada needs pragmatics, not performance pieces

April 14, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on April 13, 2025. By Mitchell Beer There’s still a long way to go before the votes are counted in Canada’s April 28 federal election, longer still [Read more]

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Opinion: GHG emissions likely to rise if Conservatives win April 28 election

April 10, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by Policy Options on April 9, 2025. By Emma Starke, Katya Rhodes Reducing Canada’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is not rocket science. Our policies need to make climate-related pollution more expensive [Read more]

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Industrial carbon pricing tied to major projects worth over $57 billion

March 27, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by 440 Megatonnes on March 21, 2025 By Ross Linden-Fraser Industrial carbon pricing is Canada’s single-most important climate policy. Its importance rests not only on its emissions-reducing potential—greater than that of any [Read more]

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Wall of criticism greets PBO analysis of oil and gas emissions cap

March 18, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on March 18, 2025. By Mitchell Beer The Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) is running into a wall of criticism for an analysis of the federal oil and [Read more]

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Opinion: A least-cost energy strategy would bring Carney’s climate policy home

March 17, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on March 17, 2025. By Mitchell Beer Prime Minister Mark Carney and his new cabinet took office Friday with some tough, momentous questions on their agenda, most [Read more]

Opinion

Opinion: The year of living dangerously – Canada, Australia and the global order

February 28, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by Policy Options on Feb. 28, 2025. By N. Leo Crabe  The first year of Donald Trump’s return to the White House is sure to reshape global affairs. But 2025 also [Read more]

Opinion

Opinion: Why Canada must look beyond the U.S. to Africa’s economic boom

February 27, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by Policy Options on Feb. 26, 2025. By Zack Ahmed As Canadians prepare to choose their next government in the face of a protectionist and unpredictable White House, Canada risks turning [Read more]

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Trump departs Paris Accord, bans new wind permits in day 1 executive orders

January 21, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Jan. 21, 2025. By Mitchell Beer and Christopher Bonasia Donald Trump pulled the United States out of the Paris climate agreement (again) and issued a comprehensive [Read more]

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Ottawa cancels popular EV rebate after funds run out ahead of schedule

January 14, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Jan. 13, 2025. By Mitchell Beer The federal government is pausing its $5,000 rebate for drivers who buy battery-electric vehicles ahead of the March 31 deadline [Read more]

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Chicago switches its 400+ City buildings to 100 per cent clean power

January 9, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Jan. 9, 2025. Eight years ago, the City of Chicago vowed to eventually run all its operations on carbon-free power. Now, it has fulfilled that promise, [Read more]

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Major clean power announcements in Canada’s biggest provinces while Alberta slams the brakes

December 13, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Dec. 13, 2024. By Mitchell Beer Major clean electricity announcements swept through provinces representing three-quarters of Canada’s population this week, even as the province with by [Read more]

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Solar, wind projects could fail under new Alberta grid regulations

December 13, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Dec. 13, 2024. By Mitchell Beer Renewable energy projects could fail and their borrowing costs may rise after Alberta introduced plans to “rewire” its provincial electricity [Read more]

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UK city clean heat project cuts emissions by 75 per cent, offers ‘blueprint’ for national rollout

December 12, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Dec. 11, 2024. A city in Yorkshire, England is on track to reduce heating emissions by 75 to 80 per cent across a network of large [Read more]

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Massive Alberta coal mine expansion goes ahead without federal review

December 10, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Dec. 9, 2024. By Mitchell Beer Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault is taking fire for allowing work to proceed on what will be North America’s biggest thermal [Read more]

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“Cost and Carbon Competitiveness” was an Alberta rallying cry for years. What happened?

by Markham Hislop in Markham on Energy

Reducing methane emissions to zero is important for Canada’s competitiveness as global markets increasingly price carbon For all the noise surrounding climate policy, this is the rare file where ideology doesn’t change the physics, and [Read more]

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