renewable energy

As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine raises questions about global energy security, Canada’s environment minister is blasting Alberta Premier Jason Kenney’s assertion Canada must “get some pipelines built” to help “defang” Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The continent has grown over-reliant on Russian gas — but Putin knows he is vulnerable to Europe cleaning up its energy sector.

Nova Scotia Power has backpedalled on its proposed fee for solar customers after a huge backlash. However, the solar community says the series of events have laid bare systematic problems faced by the industry.

Most Canadians think clean energy is critical for Canada’s economy and its importance will only grow over time while the significance of oil and gas will recede, according to a poll released Thursday.

Seems porpoises are steering clear of the turbines, but it is bad if they are losing habitat in the process.

In an effort to reduce dependency on hard-to-source cobalt and Chinese manufacturing, American makers are finally getting into the cathode business.

The German government said on Monday, January 3, 2021, that it considers nuclear energy dangerous and objects to European Union proposals that would let the technology remain part of the bloc’s plans for a climate-friendly future.

Several of Germany's neighbours have already ended nuclear power or announced plans to do so, but others are sticking with the technology.

Renewable energy skeptics argue that because of their variability, wind and solar cannot be the foundation of a dependable electricity grid. But the expansion of renewables and new methods of energy management and storage can lead to a grid that is reliable and clean.

President Joe Biden on Wednesday, December 8, 2021, signed an executive order to make the federal government carbon-neutral by 2050, aiming for a 65% reduction in planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 and an all-electric fleet of car and trucks five years later.

Markets that connect businesses hoping to offset their carbon emissions with climate change mitigation projects have been plagued by problems. But an economist and his co-authors argue carbon markets can be reformed and play a significant role in slowing global warming.

Casey Harrell, the 43-year-old co-founder of BlackRock’s Big Problem, knows he may not have long to live thanks to the neurodegenerative disease ALS. But that won’t stop him from holding the U.S.’s biggest investors to account.

What would be the best speech from the throne Canadians could hear later this month? Here's an imaginary take on one that would put Canada on a path to replacing fossil fuels with renewable energy right away.

A pro nuclear energy campaigner confronted Canada’s new environment minister at the UN climate change conference in Glasgow Wednesday and tried to grill him about the anti-nuclear stance he held before entering politics.

Alberta's top representative to the global climate conference taking place in Scotland says Alberta is not alone when it comes to feeling pressure to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.