clean electricity

Canada's push for a zero-emission electricity grid will get a significant funding boost in the federal budget on March 28, 2023, including with new tax credits expected to encourage the development of renewable power sources like wind and solar.

As the federal government readies its spring budget, a climate group is urging Ottawa to pursue a "made-in-Canada" response to U.S. clean energy incentives.

Five days after Steven Guilbeault was appointed Canada's environment minister in October 2021, he headed to Scotland for the annual United Nations climate talks being held in Glasgow.

Samsung Electronics is shifting away from fossil fuels and aiming to entirely power its global operations with clean electricity by 2050, a challenging goal that experts say could be hampered by South Korea’s modest climate change commitments.

Hydro-Québec may have won a court battle to sell its power to Massachusetts, but the legal battle exposed weaknesses in an approval process that pits neighbours and communities against each other.

It’s increasingly clear that future growth must be clean growth, and that clean and affordable electricity will power that growth. The sooner governments can flip that switch, the better.

The hotly debated transmission buildout divided environmentalists, but experts say it was the only real hope for the state's — and the country's — climate goals.

As a transplanted British Columbian, Jesse Mason views the extreme and shifting weather patterns unfolding in his native province with a high level of concern.

This is the second article in three-part series on "Electrify Everything" in Canada. It covers our least electrified sector: transportation. (Spoiler alert: Fossil burning is rising hundreds of times faster than electricity use).

The climate crisis requires we "electrify everything." But in Canada, we're cranking up fossil fuel burning instead. Barry Saxifrage takes us on a chart-filled tour of where we are in our climate-required energy transition.

Canada needs more transmission lines to connect provincial grids and allow us, as a nation, to play to our strengths.

But does that mean the decades-old dream of a pan-Canadian power grid is finally about to become a reality? Not likely.

Train, plane, bus or car? Here are your 2C-compatible travel options…