Simon Donner doesn’t see why some regions should hold the majority back.  Get the feds moving and let laggards lag:

Despite Canada’s international reputation as a laggard on climate change, a large majority of the provinces are in fact prepared to…

The Conference Board of Canada summarizes the consequences of inaction:

Around the world, trade and investment in technologies that reduce greenhouse-gas emissions – such as solar power, energy efficient appliances and hybrid cars – is growing rapidly. Unfortunately, Canadian businesses…

I’ve co-authored an article with Wal van Lierop looking at the inconvenient fact that keeping electricity cheap “cripples conservation efforts, limits innovation in our traditional industries and keeps us addicted to fossil fuels.”

It’s an extremely tough issue for politicians so it’s…

Encouraging to see these deep-thinkers hopeful about progress in shutting down coal and ramping up clean energy South of the border. Richard Heinberg chats with Lester Brown (courtesy of the Post Carbon Institute):

You can get Lester Brown’s Plan B 4.0: Mobilizing…

Manning reviews some new polling and sees just one thing the Conservatives still need to do:

When the pollsters compared the values and policies embraced by the majoritarian centre with those embraced by mainstream conservatives, they found a surprising degree…

Despite pledges to “match US efforts,” U.S. federal spending on renewable energy will outstrip Canada 18 – 1 per capita this year. The ratio for spending on all clean energy (incl. transit, efficiency etc.) comes in at a still whopping…

Chris Turner let ‘er rip at the TEDx event in Calgary recently and the video is now available. The Geography of Hope author takes us through a tour of the world we need in 15 minutes. From ocean acidification to solar…

The federal budget was more disappointing than expected. The federal scene is so depressing that I have to share Tim Weis’ take — he has found a silver lining: “The good news is, we can only improve from here.”

We must be…

Jeremy Leggett argues that Monbiot has feed-in-tariffs all wrong:

The companies who manufacture solar PV in the UK have shown that putting solar panels on all available building surfaces would generate more electricity in a year, under typical cloudy British…

Feed-in-tariffs have become the holy grail of clean energy policy in some circles. But if they’re being used to stimulate roof-top solar and other small-scale renewables, then Monbiot thinks they amount to A Great Green Ripoff:

On April 1st the government…

Update: CBC has obtained an English copy including sections cut by La Presse

Former Foreign Affairs Minister Maxime Bernier is publicly defending climate change “skepticism” and argues “What is certain is that it would be irresponsible to spend billions of dollars and impose…

Bill Gates argues for complete decarbonization of energy systems by 2050 at TED…

Even among those that grok the necessity of the zero carbon vision, Gates’ emphasis on innovation and next-gen nuclear is not an uncontroversial prescription. The Breakthrough boys like…