Guest Post by Mark Jaccard, professor of sustainable energy at SFU and lead author for energy policy with the Global Energy Assessment. He chaired the BC utilities commission in the 1990s. A shortened version of this article appeared in the…

Canada’s oilsands will become the largest source of US crude oil imports in 2010. A report being released by Cambridge Energy Research Associates speculates that the tar sands could supply 20% to 36% of American imports by 2030.

“The fact that…

The fabulous Peter Sinclair has started a Solution of the Month video series to complement his Climate Crocks of the Week debunking the anti-science crowd. This may be the best short video on wind available. Takes on some of the myths…

Environmental Defence’s Gillian McEachern surveys the damage in Falling Behind: Canada’s Lost Clean Energy Jobs:

We used the ‘investment gap’, the difference between Canadian and U.S. spending on renewable energy, to estimate the number of new jobs that could have been…

Nova Scotia Premier Darrel Dexter is promising to quadruple Nova Scotia’s renewable electricity generation in 10 years. The NDP Premier’s pledge is part of the province’s Renewable Electricity Plan, announced today.

Nearly 90% of Nova Scotia’s electricity now comes from…

Chris Turner reinvents the Grand Tour in this month’s Walrus. Follow along as he encounters a new experience: “naked envy”

“A great chain of innovation stretching from Scandinavia to the south of Spain, ultimately encompassing all the essential infrastructure of…

The IEA issued its review of the Canadian energy scene this week and made some pointed recommendations. As for the greenhouse gas reductions committed at Copenhagen, Executive Director Nobuo Tanaka politely observed that:

“Canada’s record to-date suggests this target will…

Here’s some cosmic symmetry: NASA’s James Hansen has been awarded the Sophie Prize which was established by Jostein Gaarder, author of Sophie’s World; Hansen is (among many other eminent things) the author of Storms of My Grandchildren; the grandaughter in question…

“Harper gambled that he could break both domestic and international law on climate change and get away with it, and he was right.”  Because “a law that the courts will not enforce is meaningless” — like apparently the Kyoto Protocol…

Donner adds to his argument for an “opt-in” climate policy to get Canada unstuck. Arguments are arguments but take a look at his chart — gives new meaning to ’sticking out like a sore thumb.’

I trust that to many…

Are you sick of our addiction to fossil fuels? Want to see someone champion a set of practical alternatives? See Tom Rand (www.tomrand.net), venture capitalist (www.vcigreenfunds.com), philosopher, engineer, author and currently the Cleantech Lead at the highly-respected MaRS Center (www.marsdd.com)…

Please support the First Nations’ campaign being launched today by sending a message from Pipe Up Against Enbridge. If we’re truly going to see a zero carbon Canada we have to stop the expansion of fossil fuel infrastructure. Here’s the…