Canada Election 2019 – Transition Work
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Alberta Looks to Renewables Boom as Corporate Procurement Gains Momentum
Canadian corporations are just beginning to catch on to a wider global trend and speed up their renewable energy purchases, and Alberta has the ... -
Alberta Loses 7,000 Fossil Jobs in Nine Months, En Route to 12,500 for 2019
The first nine months of 2019 saw 7,000 fewer workers on Alberta’s oil and gas drilling rigs thanks to low commodity prices, full pipelines, ... -
Ex-Fossil Workers Call for Fast Transition to Clean Energy Jobs
The climate crisis can unite Canadians rather than dividing us as long as the country can “move forward in a way that leaves no ... -
Job Transition for Coal Workers Faces Uncertainty as Alberta Government Prepares First Budget
The 70 unionized workers and dozen administrative staff who are about to lose their jobs at Alberta’s Highvale coal mine face “a lot of ... -
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Energy Efficiency Day Generates Praise for State and Local Leaders, Promises to Do More
Massachusetts, California, Rhode Island, Vermont, and New York took top billing, while Maryland won honours as the most-improved U.S. state, when the American Council ... -
Fossils Face Crisis Attracting Millennial Work Force
The fossil industry is facing yet another severe challenge as the post-carbon energy transition unfolds: since 2014, there’s been a sharp drop in the ... -
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Climate-Driven Heat Stress Could Put 80 Million Jobs at Risk by 2030, UN Agency Warns
Heat stress caused by climate change could put the equivalent of 80 million jobs at risk by 2030, with poor countries facing the most ... -
Oil Prices Fall, Alberta Fossil Stocks Plummet After Short-Lived ‘Kenney Bump’
Less than two months after fossil analysts celebrated a “Kenney bump” with the arrival of a new government in Alberta, the industry is still ... -
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Clean Energy Jobs Growing 60% Faster than National Average, Study Shows
Clean energy employs nearly 300,000 Canadians from coast to coast, and the sector’s job count was growing 60% faster than the Canadian average in ... -
Energy Efficiency Employs 436,000 Canadians, More Than Twice the Total in Oil and Gas
Canada’s energy efficiency sector accounted for more than twice as many jobs as oil and gas in 2018, with 436,000 permanent positions, and is ... -
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Analysis: Alberta Misses Out on Grown-Up Conversation About Fossil Transition
With Albertans voting tomorrow in the province’s 30th general election, most of the punditry and virtually every opinion poll reinforce the popular wisdom that ... -
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Canadian Utilities Need 20,500 New Workers by 2022 to Replace Departing Boomers
Canada’s utilities will need at least 20,500 new workers by 2022 to keep power plants and transmission systems in operation, the Electricity Human Resources ... -
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Dubitsky: ‘Smoke and Mirrors’ Budget Incentives Leave Canada Behind in EV Deployment
The electric vehicle incentives in Finance Minister Bill Morneau’s 2019 budget are a “smoke and mirrors disappointment” that help demonstrate why North America is ... -
Transition Task Force Urges Financial, Training Support for Workers Caught in Coal Phaseout
A "pension bridging program" for workers who retire early, special provisions for employment insurance and wage top-ups, and funding for private health coverage, education, ... -
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Gap in Low-Carbon Construction Skills Costs Ontario $24.3 Billion Per Year: CaGBC
A gap in low-carbon construction skills—from construction trades to designers, architects, and engineers—is costing Ontario C$24.3 billion in annual economic activity and another $3.7 ...
