World’s biggest oil producer says it wants to make a 100% switch from fossil fuels to clean energy
Saudi Arabia, the world’s biggest oil producer, has plans to become …
As countries struggle with the immediate challenges of stretched public finances and high unemployment, they must not neglect the longer term. Action needs to be taken now to prevent irreversible …
Ontario got a second wind farm approval through a tribunal appeal under the Green Energy and Green Economy Act. The appellant, the Middlesex-Lambton Wind Action Group Inc. withdrew its appeal suddenly, …
Renewable energy is surpassing fossil fuels for the first time in new power-plant investments, shaking off setbacks from the financial crisis and an impasse at the United Nations global warming …
WWF-Canada, Blue Green Canada and the Green Energy Act Alliance.
Ontario could create up to 90,000 jobs through investments in green energy and grid upgrades, according to this report released …
Cherise Burda ans Roger Peters – The Pembina Institute
http://www.pembina.org/pub/1530
The purpose of this solutions paper is to describe how Ontario’s base load power can be met through the deployment …
By Cherise Burda and Roger Peters – The Pembina Institute.
This proposal examines the role of clean alternative energies in Ontario’s energy mix. Particular attention is given to Ontario’s aging …
Government of Ontario
Ontario’s Long Term Energy Plan outlines the reasons behind Ontario’s massive investments in energy infrastructure while providing insight into future long-term energy goals. Detailed explanation of past …
By John Farrell
This paper details Ontario’s FIT and Micro-FIT policies. It illustrates the contributions and opportunities these policies create that increase environmental and fiscal sustainability while providing local job …
This article gives a good introduction to tar sands lobbying occurring in Washington.
“Big-league players step up for oil sands.” Claudia Cattaneo, Financial Post. March 11, 2009.…
Environmental Defence
Only a year old, the Green Energy & Green Economy Act has tapped into Ontarians’ long history of energy resourcefulness. In a province whose prosperity was first powered …
Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy
The present brief analysis provides an overview about costs and benefits of the promotion of renewable energies in the framework of the Green …
Energy [r]evolution – A sustainable energy outlook for Canada
![E[R]canada](http://climateactionnetwork.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/ERcanada-119x152.jpg "E[R]canada")
Greenpeace 2010
This 113 page research paper is a detailed report on Canadian energy outlook scenarios. Includes extensive descriptions on the capabilities, shortcomings and future potentials of fossil fuel, nuclear …
Renewable is Doable
May 2009
The assumptions used by the Ontario Power Authority in 2005 when it planned for an expansion of nuclear power and placed a limit on renewable generation …
Pembina Institute
January 2009
This report presents a comprehensive analysis of Alberta’s power production and energy efficiency opportunities and demonstrates the dominant role that renewable energy and improved efficiency can …
Saskatchewan Environmental Society
January 2007
This report is intended to help decision-makers to begin taking seriously the possibility of a sustainable, safe, environmentandclimate-friendly energy future for Saskatchewan. We identify the …
Pembina Institute
May 2004
The new provincial government, elected in October 2003, has made a strong commitment to the phase out of OPG’s coal-fired plants by 2007 due to the …