A Heat Pump Success Story – Five Years Later
Some five years ago, Bill and Lenore took an important step toward the decarbonisation of their home in Ottawa by installing a heat pump....
Has the Green Energy Transition Stalled?
For many of us in the climate movement, 2022 was going to be the year the green energy transition would take off, building on...
Living Well On Less Energy
A study published in the Global Environmental Change journal shows that enjoying a decent living with minimum energy—living well with less energy—is possible. Stephen...
Clean Energy: An Idea Whose Time Has Come
A recent survey by Clean Energy Canada and Abacus Data reveals that the clean energy transition is well underway in Canada. It’s an idea...
The Carbon Inequality Brontosaurus Chart
In September 2020, the Stockholm Environment Institute released an insightful report (1). In the 25 years from 1990 to 2015, annual global carbon emissions...
A Just Transition To Clean Energy
The overarching theme of a post-COVID recovery is shaping up to be a transition to clean energy. A return to the pre-pandemic normal is...
Stop the Dash to Gas and Green the Grid
Natural gas is not the bridge to a clean energy future that fossil fuel companies and governments would have us believe. Natural gas is...
Five Developments To Really Feel Good About
This post features a wide-ranging collection of five positive developments—things to feel good about—at a time when our world is undergoing the most tumultuous...
Only Clean Technologies Can Stop Climate Change
The world must prevent a post-pandemic carbon rebound that would all but put the final nail in the climate change coffin. We have but...
Pointing Out The Glaringly Obvious: Oil is Dead
Finally we have one politician in Canada with the courage to point out the glaringly obvious truth about the Oil Sands: Canada's oil sector...