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Net-zero US economy not difficult or expensive – study

February 21, 2021 Markham Hislop

Rating: High school and post-secondary Summary: Markham interviews economist Jim Williams of the University of San Francisco about his co-authored paper, Carbon-Neutral Pathways for the United States. Related links: Carbon‐Neutral Pathways for the United States [Read more]

Student Resources

Carbon pricing is over-hyped…more regulation, industrial policy needed to reduce emissions

January 20, 2021 Markham Hislop

Rating: High school and post-secondary Summary: Markham interviews Dr. Danny Cullenward, Stanford energy economist and lawyer, and co-author with Dr. David G. Victor, of the new book, “Making climate policy work.” Related links: Klein vs [Read more]

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Ontario failing on climate change as GHG emissions rise

January 5, 2021 Energi Staff

Rating: High school and post-secondary Summary: Markham interviews Sarah Buchanan, Program Manager, Clean Economy for Environmental Defence, about her organization’s December, 2020 study, Yours to Recover: A Progress Report on Ontario’s Climate Change Actions. The [Read more]

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Innovation

Strong policy and falling battery costs drive another record year for electric cars – IEA

May 31, 2018 Markham Hislop

EV growth largely driven by government policy, including public procurement programmes, financial subsidies The number of electric and plug-in hybrid cars on the world’s roads exceeded 3 million in 2017, a 54% increase compared with [Read more]

Innovation

Corporate sourcing of renewables growing, taking place in 75 countries

May 28, 2018 Markham Hislop

Countries in Europe and North America continue to account for the bulk of corporate renewable sourcing Companies in 75 countries actively sourced 465 terawatt hours (TWh) of renewable energy in 2017, an amount close to [Read more]

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Opinion

Canadian climate change costs are rising – CBOC

May 18, 2018 Markham Hislop

Governments across Canada engaged in trying to promote reduction in GHG emissions at lowest possible cost By Glen Hodgson, Senior Fellow, Conference Board of Canada Debate about reducing Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions frequently references the costs of [Read more]

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News

Powerful new policy options to scale up renewable energy – IRENA report

April 18, 2018 Markham Hislop

Transport is second largest energy end‑use sector, accounting for 29% of total final energy use in 2015, 64.7% of world oil use A new report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), the International Energy [Read more]

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Canada

Lack of pipelines, not carbon tax, hurting Western Canadian oil and gas competitiveness

February 1, 2018 Markham Hislop

Alberta well has $770,000 in policy-induced costs, about same as oil well in Saskatchewan February 1, 2018 – Government policies are piling on to reduce the competitiveness of energy producers in Western Canada, according to a new [Read more]

Canada

2018 will be a year of difficult economic policy decisions for Canada – CBOC

January 12, 2018 Markham Hislop

Exports expanded last year, but entirely from energy sector. Canada continues to lose market share in many core non-commodity export markets By Craig Alexander, senior VP and chief economist, Conference Board of Canada Policy makers in [Read more]

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Innovation

Smarter ‘demand-side management’ matches electricity supply and consumption – IEA

January 11, 2018 Markham Hislop

Wind and solar are intermittent sources of power generation, making balancing supply and demand more difficult By International Energy Agency analysts Stéphanie Bouckaert, Timothy Goodson and Brent Wanner As a fundamental rule, electricity supply and [Read more]

In the Spotlight

Huge battery plant subsidies are price Canada pays for lagging in clean energy industry

by Markham Hislop in Markham on Energy

China dominates clean energy industry, US and Europe race to catch up Government subsidies totalling $28.2 billion for two Ontario battery plants require 20-year pay back, according to Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) Yves Giroux. Clean [Read more]

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