Energy Policy

Breaking Up With Fossil Fuels

Feb 13 2015 | IN Renewables | BY A\J Staff

Love is universal, and so is climate change. Read the winning entries in the Divest Waterloo letter writing contest.

Alabama civil rights movement: Selma to Montgomery march

What "Selma" Can Teach the Canadian Climate Movement

Jan 29 2015 | IN Politicians | BY Cameron Fenton

The civil rights movie is steeped in lessons in organizing and movement strategy – here’s how one group is applying those lessons to the Energy East pipeline.

Major North American Crude Oil & Dilbit Pipelines

Feb 2014 | IN Resource Wars 40.1 | BY A\J Staff

Interactive

An interactive map of where and how much crude oil and bitumen moves around the continent – and how much more we'll be moving soon.

MoCreebec Eeyoud Council in Moose Factory, ON/Joshua Russell

Powering the north

Nov 28 2018 | IN Traditional Knowledge | BY Braydon Black

Improving energy efficiencies are changing how northern Ontario’s MoCreebec people are taking control of their power consumption.

Wind farm in southwestern Ontario/Michael Swan. 2015. CC BY-ND 2.0

Doug Ford’s energy shake-up could cost Ontario

Jul 29 2018 | IN Renewables | BY Mark Winfield

Setting aside lawsuits from shuttering wind projects, Ontario is turning its back on unprecedented opportunities in the renewable energy and clean tech sectors.

Seascapes on the Scotian Basin (Photo by Simon Ryder-Burbidge.)

Offshore: Mud and Marine Spills in Canada's North Atlantic

Jul 24 2018 | IN Pollution | BY Simon Ryder-Burbidge

On June 22, 2018, BP spilled 136,000 litres of offshore drilling lubricant off the coast of Nova Scotia, one of the largest such spills in Atlantic Canada's history. But it was far from unique.

Smokestacks near Edmonton, AB. (Photo by Bill Burris. 2013.) CC A-SA

Taxpayers will back a carbon tax if they get a cheque in the mail

Jul 16 2018 | IN Pollution | BY Sumeet Gulati, Werner Antweiler

Ontario may have signalled an end to its cap-and-trade program, but the idea can still win popular support nationally...if Ottawa cuts every Canadian a cheque.

Pickering nuclear plant from Frenchman's Bay. (JasonParis. 2011) CC BY 2.0

OPINION: Playing politics with Pickering nuclear in no one’s best interest

Jul 13 2018 | IN Politicians | BY Shawn-Patrick Stensil

The Pickering nuclear plant will close sooner rather than later. Are we ready to transition the plant’s workers to a post-nuclear reality?

'Drawdown', edited by Paul Hawken. Penguin Books. 240 pp

'Drawdown: The most comprehensive plan ever proposed to reverse global warming'

Jul 09 2018 | IN Politicians | REVIEWED BY Gideon Forman

"We know we can’t avoid the cataclysmic impacts of global warming by only focusing on achieving zero net carbon emissions; we must also rapidly re-sequester carbon."

Doug Ford addresses supporters in Sudbury. May 2018. (Doug Ford.) CC A-SA

Ford sets sights on Liberal environmental legacy

Jun 20 2018 | IN Energy Policy | BY Andrew Reeves

Premier-designate Doug Ford has moved quickly and, in some cases, quietly, to begin undoing small-scale programs to help Ontarians save money and reduce GHGs.

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