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Federal Budget Puts $17.6 Billion into Green Recovery, Tips 36% Emissions Cut by 2030
The federal government is getting decidedly mixed reviews for a 2021 budget that announces but doesn’t quite spell out C$17.6 billion in green recovery ... -
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IEA Projects Alarming 5% Growth in CO2 Emissions This Year
Renewable energy is the success story of the COVID-19 era, but the global economic recovery may see energy-related carbon dioxide emissions rise by nearly ... -
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‘Checking the Boxes’ in Federal Climate Plan Won’t Deliver on Canada’s Paris Targets, Researchers Warn
Two veteran public interest researchers have come up with a troubling equation they say is at the heart of the federal government’s climate strategy: ... -
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Decolonize Climate Policy, Address Structural Inequalities, Indigenous Climate Action Urges Ottawa
Canada needs to rethink its climate policies to stop excluding Indigenous people from decision-making, respect Indigenous rights to self-determination and free, prior and informed ... -
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Site C Man Camp Makes Good Use of Waste Food on Project Meant to Inundate Prime Farmland
A B.C. man camp operator’s well-intentioned plan to keep waste food out of the nearest landfill is colliding with the permanent food security impact ... -
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Renewable Stocks Deliver 422% Return in 10 Years, Outperform Fossils Seven-Fold
Investors’ overall returns on their renewable energy stocks have outperformed fossil fuels three-fold over the last five years and seven-fold over the last 10, ... -
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U.S. Looks to Canada as ‘51st State’ for Supplies of Electric Vehicle Minerals
Less than two weeks before U.S. President Joe Biden unveiled a US$2-trillion infrastructure plan with heavy emphasis on electric cars and clean electricity, U.S. ... -
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Growth of Canada’s Renewable Energy Capacity to Slow Through 2023
Renewable electricity capacity in Canada will grow over the next few years at less than half the rate it’s seen in recent years, according ... -
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‘Conventional Energy Bubble’ Could Cost Utilities $1 Trillion as Cheap Renewables Undercut Fossil Plants
Power utilities are on track to lose US$1 trillion over the next 15 years after analysts, agencies, and bankers grossly overestimated the revenue they’re ... -
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Lion Electric to Build $185-Million Battery Plant in Saint-Jérôme, Quebec
Electric school bus and truck manufacturer Lion Electric is building a new C$185-million battery pack assembly plant near its headquarters in Saint-Jérôme, Quebec, after ... -
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Canadian Wind, Solar Boost Market Share Tenfold in a Decade—to 6%
The market share of power generation from wind turbines and solar panels in Canada’s electricity mix has jumped tenfold in the past decade—from a ... -
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Brookfield to Supply Hydro-Generated Electricity for U.S. Green Hydrogen Plant
Toronto-based Brookfield Renewable Partners is planning to supply electricity from its Holtwood hydropower plant in Pennsylvania to a U.S. fuel cell company aiming to ... -
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War-Torn States Look to Local Renewables, Rooftop Solar for Greater Stability
Desperate to improve energy access for their citizens, some of the world’s most fragile states have delivered an open letter to wealthy nations, development ... -
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B.C. Pushes Forward with Site C Hydro Megaproject Despite $16-Billion Price Tag
Premier John Horgan has given the green light for work on British Columbia’s Site C hydroelectric dam to proceed, citing termination costs of more ... -
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Quebec River is First in Canada to Gain ‘Legal Personhood’
With its kilometres of rapids and deep blue waters winding through Quebec’s Côte-Nord region, the Magpie river has long been a culturally significant spot ...
