renewable energy

In addition to the province's economy, Alberta's ban on renewable project approvals is a setback for rural municipalities that need the estimated $28 million in tax revenue.

Banks are using the term "sustainable finance" too broadly and not backing up the claims with data, Investors for Paris Compliance said in its submission Tuesday to the Ontario Securities Commission and the Autorité des marchés financiers of Québec.

Battery plants themselves are large GHG emitters, requiring fossil fuel burning and large amounts of electricity.

Given the enthusiasm of all interested parties, why aren’t small solar farms rolling out on orphaned well sites across Alberta?

It was the hottest year on Earth in 125,000 years, and #ClimateScam is taking off.

Dutch bank ING says it is accelerating its phasing out of funding for oil and gas exploration and production activities while it increases financing for renewable energy.

But there’s a disconnect between what politicians say and what the public wants.

The latest United Nations climate conference will almost certainly fail to meet its stated goals. But as a flurry of recent news shows, the energy transition is already well past the point of no return — and picking up speed every day.

If ambitious regulations are put in place, a net-zero electricity grid will be within reach by 2035, with massive benefits for human health.

The company said it will partner with developer Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners on a 495-megawatt capacity wind farm to be built in Vulcan County in southern Alberta.

Alberta is following Ontario's playbook: Sharpening knives that will be plunged into the backs of renewable energy workers, landowners and diversified energy companies across the province. 

The majority end up in landfills. Advocates say we can do better.

Canada needs to move faster on renewable energy as a new international energy outlook forecasts demand for all fossil fuels will peak in seven years, Energy Minister Jonathan Wilkinson said on Wednesday, October 25, 2023.

A renewable energy windfall of nearly $300 million for the Alberta government should be used to expand the industry and help low-income people pay power bills, say the provincial New Democrats.

Tensions from the war in Gaza could help accelerate the move away from planet-warming fossil fuels like oil and gas and toward renewable energy, electric cars and heat pumps — similar to how sharp increases in the price of oil during the 1970s unleashed efforts to conserve fuel, the head of the International Energy Agency said.