March 20, 2009
Green Energy Companies Take a Shine to Ontario
by Chris HatchIf anyone should get credit for the stampede of new green investment into Ontario, it’s the United Steelworkers, farmers, First Nations, enviros, unions and others that made up the Green Energy Act Alliance. The Alliance successfully rallied for feed-in-tariffs and a Green Energy Act to fire up independent power producers and lay a foundation for clean-tech manufacturing. And the indomitable Tyler Hamilton reports that it is working already.
The Act, championed by McGuinty and Smitherman is attracting new investment, independent power producers and clean-tech manufacturing firms only weeks after being introduced.
Has Ontario surpassed BC, Quebec and Manitoba? Time for everyone else to ramp up.
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Canada's 66,000 Lost Clean Energy Jobs
Eric, Wednesday, May 5th, 2010 Canada continues to fall behind the USA (and other countries like Germany) in the race to create clean energy jobs. Please sign the petition from Environmental Defence, pushing for more clean energy jobs in Canada : http://www.cleanenergyjobs.ca Read More 4 comments
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BC’s Clean Energy Act: Balancing Government Control and Independent Regulation
Rogerlg, August 24, 2010 Admittedly, Alberta is a late starter in the clean energy revolution. We could... Read MoreBC Energy Watchdog Sides With Fossil Fuels
allalonestone@hotmail.com, June 11, 2010 For example the Taku River Tlingit built a run of river project and took Atlin off diesel generators... Read MoreCanada’s 66,000 Lost Clean Energy Jobs
handydan, June 3, 2010 The real problem building renewable energy projects in Canada is Ontario, which is by far the largest producer and... Read MoreTarsands Now Number 1 Souce of U.S. Crude (and just getting started)
bouchecl, May 21, 2010 Since transportation represents 70-80% of our oil needs, higher gas taxes, huge investments... Read MoreTarsands Now Number 1 Souce of U.S. Crude (and just getting started)
Barry Saxifrage, May 20, 2010 Can you imagine being as addicted and dependent on imported oil as the USA is?... Read More
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Final Day Video Blog: The Copenhagen Accord, Canada, and wrap-up of the week
Tzeporah Berman, December 19, 2009 The UN Climate Summit has ended with a so-called "Copenhagen Accord. Read MoreOpen letter to Harper on UN Climate Summit Copenhagen
Tzeporah Berman, December 3, 2009 Tzeporah Berman addressing Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Read MoreIn the Fight Over Clean Energy, Will “Environmentalists” Stand With Science?
March 23, 2009 By Professor Andrew Weaver, Lead author for the Nobel Prize-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Read MoreBacklash Against the Green Economy in BC
Tzeporah Berman, March 19, 2009 "You mean they want to ban all renewable energy companies from your province?" This is the point when I sigh inwardly during conversations with colleagues from outside B. Read MoreWhat Is The Next Generation of Environmentalism?
Tzeporah Berman, March 5, 2009 I'm planning a series of posts on the state of play of "environmentalism" in Canada and to work through the thorny questions over what environmental "leadership" (icky term I know) means at this pivotal moment on Earth. Read More
Canada helps create an oil sands world.
Huge unconventional fuel reserves, like oil sands and oil shale, lie untapped worldwide.Shun oilsands, save 'billions': Greenpeace.
Canadians could save billions of dollars while reducing greenhousegas emissions and creating thousands of jobs if the country plots a new energy strategy that turns away from the oilsands industry, says a new report to be released today.Calgary scientist develops controversial tools aimed at reducing climate change.
A Calgary researcher has developed two new approaches to the controversial science of geoengineering – a tool its proponents say could one day prevent global warming, but which some environmental groups dismiss as a coverup of political inaction.Analyst says carbon market would work here.
The cap-and-trade system of reining in greenhouse gas emissions is working in Europe and would work in Canada as well, says a London-based carbon trading research analyst.Arctic ice melt threatens the iconic narwhal.
The ongoing disintegration of Arctic sea ice cover is posing a particular hazard for the narwhal according to a new U.Open letter to Harper on UN Climate Summit Copenhagen
Tzeporah Berman, December 3, 2009 Tzeporah Berman addressing Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Read MoreCanadian Industry Leaders Call For Carbon Caps
Chris Hatch, October 20, 2009 Some of the leading player in Canadian industry are calling on the federal government to set hard, declining caps on global warming emissions in a statement released today. Read MoreOttawa Dashes Hopes? Not Of the Canadians I’m Meeting
Tzeporah Berman, October 23, 2009 Ottawa Dashes Hopes for Climate Treaty in Copenhagen blares the front-page headline facing Canadians across the country today. Read MoreHope Blowing in the Wind
Tzeporah Berman, August 12, 2009 I wrote a piece based on my visit to BC's first wind farm which is published in today's Vancouver Sun. Read MoreTime To Fire Up A Clean Energy Economy
Tzeporah Berman, May 22, 2009 My Op-Ed in the Vancouver Sun earlier today. Read More
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I would give a shout out to Environmental Defence too. They were very helpful in organizing against the NIMBYs. And if the wind power opponents had gained steam (!) the McGuinty government woulnd’t have the cahones to do the Green Energy Act.