New Scientist By Michael Le Page July 29, 2015 2015 is shaping up to be a scorcher (Image: Mohammed Salem/Reuters) IT’S the outcome the world wants to avoid, but we are already halfway there. All but one of the main […]
Clean Energy Canada by Matthew Klippenstein July 30, 2015 Whoomp. That’s the sound of Electrifying Vehicles: Insights From The Canadian Plug-in Electric Vehicle Study landing on our desks—a massive new piece of research from British Columbia’s Simon Fraser University. The […]
National Observer by Barry Saxifrage July 22, 2015 The Alberta tar sands contain a gargantuan 170 billion barrels of oil that are economically viable to extract using today’s technology. Unfortunately, the climate pollution from extracting it all using current technology […]
Huffington Post July 22, 2015 On July 15, a state-of-the-art new pipeline near Fort McMurray, Alberta, ruptured, spilling five million litres of bitumen, sand and waste water over 16,000 square metres — one of the largest pipeline oil spills in […]
Financial Post July 22, 2015 ANZAC, Alta. — A major oil pipeline leak detected last week in northern Alberta started some time within a two-week period dating back to late June, Nexen Energy said Wednesday. Ron Bailey, the company’s senior […]
The New York Times by Gaia Pianigiani July 21, 2015 VATICAN CITY — About 60 mayors from around the world gathered here on Tuesday and pledged to combat global warming and help the poor deal with its effects, at a […]
The Guardian July 21, 2015 Leader of country’s biggest province condemns Stephen Harper ahead of elections: ‘There isn’t a collaborative process around any of this’ The leader of Canada’s biggest province has escalated her feud with the country’s prime minister, […]
CBC News July 16, 2015 Nexen Energy spill south of Fort McMurray covers about 16,000 square metres One of the largest leaks in Alberta history has spilled about five million litres of emulsion from a Nexen Energy pipeline at the […]
PRESS RELEASE For immediate release Premiers’ climate commitments require priority be given to clean energy investments. Ottawa, Canada. July 17, 2015 – Premiers today agreed to a Canadian Energy Strategy that fails to strongly steer the country toward the clean, renewable […]
Executive Summary We kicked off last year’s inaugural edition of this report with the observation that clean energy had made the leap from “boutique” to “big.” That trend continued in 2014, as the global energy revolution went into high gear. The […]
