renewable energy

It seemed oddly perverse to many critics and observers when TransCanada Corporation announced its decision last week to sell off its solar assets and invest the proceeds in new natural gas projects.

Following the National Energy Board's projection that Canadians' fossil fuel use will peak in 2019, then decline, Alberta's environment minister says the province — known for its oil production — will have a big stake in an energy future that shifts to renewables.

TransCanada Corp. is offloading its only solar power holdings in a $540-million deal as it moves against the industry trend of investing more in renewables.

Jacinda Ardern's plan is for New Zealand to reduce net greenhouse gas emissions to zero by the year 2050.

Halifax environmental consultant Peggy Cameron's open letter to Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil calls on the provincial government to get serious about renewable energy.

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Canadian cities hoping to lead the charge on climate change action should be taking notes from the Texan capital of Austin, writes columnist Hamish Stewart.

Market demand for the dirtiest of fossil fuels is plummeting worldwide, according to industry data published on Tues. June 13, 2017.

Energy ministers from around the world gathered in Beijing this week to report increased spending to help counter climate change.

President Donald Trump's decision to pull out of the Paris climate-change agreement is disappointing, but the world is marching inexorably towards a greener future with or without the US, says McKenna

Fishermen have failed to persuade a court that Nova Scotia's environment minister was wrong to approve a tidal energy test project in the Bay of Fundy.

A request by the state of Massachusetts for a supply of clean, renewable electricity could give a boost to proposals to carry Canadian renewable energy to southern New England.

Community engagement is a key to renewable energy development, say industry advocates.

The federal government has handed out one of its first major contracts as part of a promise to run all of its operations on renewable energy within a decade.

Was Musk for real? Was his next venture going to involve digging tunnels? Probably not, but it provided a little light relief from the ugly stuff that was going on in the real world.