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A new forecast says Canada is on track for a significant reduction in fossil fuel use by 2050, even as electricity demand grows and demand for crude oil continues.

After dilution of COP26 wording, China says developing nations cannot make the green transition without support.

Seven major offshore wind farms would be developed on the East and West coasts and in the Gulf of Mexico under a plan announced on Wednesday, October 13, 2021, by the Biden administration.

The International Energy Agency warned new investment in clean energy was needed to “jolt the energy system onto a new set of rails.”

Swiss scientists have developed a prototype "nanogenerator" that produces renewable energy when it is walked on.

With the era of building big dams over in the U.S., a growing number of existing dams are being modified to produce hydropower. These projects, advocates say, avoid the damaging impacts of new dams and could generate enough renewable electricity for several million homes.

Senior policymakers and high-level public and private actors joined the World Climate Forum Europe to discuss what is needed to achieve net-zero targets and limit global warming to 1.5 C.

Almost two-thirds of wind and solar projects built globally last year will be able to generate cheaper electricity than even the world’s cheapest new coal plants, according to a report from the International Renewable Energy Agency.

As city planners and building managers move to crack down on energy use and carbon pollution coming out of the built environment, the gas-powered swimming pool could become another example of how natural gas heating in buildings is being singled out for scrutiny.

The federal government owes Canadian families in three provinces more than $200 million after underestimating how much it would raise from the carbon tax during the first year of the program.

Charles Mandel, who lives off grid in Nova Scotia, says chopping wood for home heating is hard work, but it's good for the body, the mind, and the soul.

Most solar manufacturers claim their panels will last for about 25 years. That means the solar e-waste glut is coming.

The federal environment minister is backtracking on a previous decision to keep Ottawa out of the approval process for a major coal mine expansion in Alberta.

The end of the COVID-19 pandemic may be a long way off, but analysts are already looking ahead to how Canada could hasten its recovery and position itself for a low-carbon economy.

Ontario’s energy ministry and the premier won’t say whether the government will push utilities to drop peak electricity rates for the next three weeks of extended school break, when daytime residential usage is expected to spike, despite holding a surplus of funds for rebates.