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To Be A Clean Energy Leader, Canada Needs To Get In The Game

Roy L Hales — Mon, 08 Dec 2014 21:53:02 +0000

While private financial institutions & businesses are investing to make Canada a clean energy leader - which citizens want - Ottawa drags it feet

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Report Says Geothermal Is Far Cheaper Than Hydro

Roy L Hales — Mon, 01 Dec 2014 18:46:39 +0000

Geothermal has far less environmental impact, creates more jobs, and produces cheaper energy, but British Columbia will probably stick with hydroelectric

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North America’s #1 Urban Cultivator

Roy L Hales — Wed, 12 Nov 2014 20:20:46 +0000

Urban Cultivator is a Surrey, BC, company that helps customers grow microgreens & herbs in the kitchen. They've grown into an industry leader

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When EV Incentives Expire, Do EV Sales Stop?

Christopher DeMorro — Tue, 23 Sep 2014 12:50:49 +0000

What happens when those EV incentives expire? A case study looks at what happened in British Columbia when $5,000 worth of incentives expired.

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Chile Carbon Tax Coming Up This Week

Sandy Dechert — Mon, 01 Sep 2014 12:11:58 +0000

This week, the government of Chile holds a final vote on its first carbon taxation scheme, also the first in South America, a measure to make fossil fuel generators pay for emitting greenhouse gases. The Chile carbon tax is part of a larger program of wide-ranging tax revisions introduced by the country’s popular center-left president Michelle Bachelet,

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Could Be The Biggest Solar Project In Canada

Roy L Hales — Thu, 24 Jul 2014 12:59:16 +0000

Originally published in the ECOreport. The 9th annual Paddle for the Peace was held Saturday, July 12, 2014. This year’s trek was especially important because of the impending decision on British Columbia’s proposed Site C dam. If this project is approved, close to 9,429 acres of class 1-5 farmland will be submerged by water. The

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Schneider Electric’s MicroGrid Lab Opened In Burnaby BC

Roy L Hales — Thu, 17 Jul 2014 04:50:06 +0000

Originally Published in the ECOreport Last week, Schneider Electric’s MicroGrid Lab opened in Burnaby BC. It is one of the world’s largest grid support and solar inverter test labs. The MicroGrid was built to support the design and testing of Schneider Electric’s revolutionary SE1 1500V platform. This lab can test inverters of up to 2MW (6MW total)

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Study: EVs Save Fleet Operators $16,000 A Year

Christopher DeMorro — Tue, 17 Jun 2014 13:50:22 +0000

A new study estimates that over a seven-year lifespan, the average electric car saves owners $16,000 in fuel and maintenance costs

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Revenue Neutral Carbon Tax Creates Jobs, Cuts Emissions, Grows Economy

Guest Contributor — Mon, 16 Jun 2014 14:20:19 +0000

Editor’s Note: A carbon tax or some other adequate carbon pricing system is urgently needed in order to deal with global warming and climate change. However, the idea of a “tax” isn’t particularly popular with some segments of society (particularly, those who don’t understand that pollution is an externality that must be internalized in some

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This Could Be Vancouver Island’s First Passive House

Roy L Hales — Thu, 05 Jun 2014 10:20:18 +0000

Originally Published in the ECOreport Winters can be deceptively cold on the West Coast of British Columbia (BC). People from Fort McMurray, Alberta – where temperatures often drop to minus 40 – tell me they did not feel the chill back home. It’s the damp cold that soaks into your bones. Hearing this, some of

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What Happens When Washington State Attempts Major Climate Action?

Silvio Marcacci — Fri, 02 May 2014 19:25:03 +0000

If climate hawk Governor Jay Inslee gets his way, Washington State may have just taken the next step toward America's clean energy and low-carbon future

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British Columbia’s Climate Better For Solar Power Than Germany’s Or Japan’s

Roy L Hales — Fri, 07 Feb 2014 13:40:32 +0000

Originally published on The Ecoreport. According to a provincial government study called the Potential for Solar Power in British Columbia: 2007 to 2025, BC’s climate is much more amenable to solar than either Germany’s or Japan’s. The average production of a PV solar array in Kamloops, for example, is 1160 kWh/kW of PV installed. Even

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A MUST-SEE Climate Change Video: “Save the Salish Sea”

Roy L Hales — Tue, 28 Jan 2014 11:10:27 +0000

Originally published on Reviving Gaia Save the Salish Sea is a “must-see” for British Columbians and for people used to thinking of this province in terms of its natural beauty. “This is one of the most important places in the World to know about and care about Climate change,” begins narrator Eoin Madden, a Climate campaigner

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Will British Columbia’s Solar Industry Rise?

Guest Contributor — Tue, 14 Jan 2014 13:10:55 +0000

Originally published on Reviving Gaia by Roy L. Hales It was a hot August day. Thanks to the ten solar panels recently installed on his garage roof, Hans Wekking was getting more than enough energy for his house and his EV. Pointing to his meter box, he said, “Right now, its showing that we are

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California Cap And Trade Expanding In 2014 After Successful 2013

Silvio Marcacci — Tue, 03 Dec 2013 18:31:39 +0000

The number of carbon allowances sold and pollution permit prices will both rise across the California cap and trade market in 2014 after a successful

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Top 10 Cleantech Cluster Companies

Guest Contributor — Sat, 30 Nov 2013 12:00:17 +0000

For a third year in a row, the Top 10 Best of cleantech’s cluster companies were honored at the Global Cleantech Cluster Association (GCCA) Later Stage Awards Gala. The GCCA’s Global Top 10 Winners represent the best of the association’s nearly 50 member clusters and over 10,000 member companies. The GCCA Global Top 10 Winners were selected by 22 cleantech

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Can California Charge Ahead To One Million EVs Within Ten Years?

Silvio Marcacci — Thu, 14 Nov 2013 21:28:47 +0000

A new campaign targets adding one million EVs to California's roads within ten years to help solve environmental health problems while boosting the state's green economy

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North American West Coast Governments Sign Climate Change Pact

Silvio Marcacci — Mon, 28 Oct 2013 23:11:32 +0000

The leaders of British Columbia, California, Oregon, and Washington just formally joined forces to reduce emissions and transition toward renewables by signing the Pacific Coast Action Plan on Climate and Energy, committing to link and maintain their respective climate and renewable energy policies.

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The Power Of Rubbish: It’s Quite Good

Nicholas Brown — Mon, 16 Sep 2013 20:10:07 +0000

Almost every time you eat, you dispose of rubbish consisting of either peels, fruit cores, crusts, ends, seeds, shells, etc. When you mow your lawn, you produce grass clippings. Wouldn’t it be nice to put all that to some use? Using anaerobic digestion, these materials can be decomposed to produce useful substances, including (but not

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World Bank Finds 60 Carbon Pricing Systems In Place Or In Development

Silvio Marcacci — Fri, 31 May 2013 22:11:14 +0000

A World Bank report finds more than 40 national and 20 sub-national government jurisdictions are either implementing or considering carbon pricing mechanisms.

Collectively these systems cover 10 gigatons of annual CO2 emissions - equal to roughly 20% of global emissions

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