October 8th, 2019 | by Michael Barnard
Canada has been a global leader for decades. We are part of the G7 and G20. Canada and the world can't afford a return to Conservative leadership until they join us in this century
October 1st, 2019 | by Michael Barnard
BC's climate action plans are excellent, but the province can't go it alone. At 5 million people and $240 billion CAD in GDP, it's too small
September 26th, 2019 | by Michael Barnard
While efficient buildings are good, there are limits to how much should be invested in energy efficiency programs compared to decarbonizing electricity, electrifying everything, and ensuring buildings are built with low-carbon materials
September 25th, 2019 | by Michael Barnard
Vancouver still lags China on decarbonized transportation in many ways, but is obviously a leader in North America
August 24th, 2019 | by Michael Barnard
Elon Musk's support of basic income long predates his support for Andrew Yang, whose signature Freedom Dividend is a variant of basic income
August 21st, 2019 | by Michael Barnard
Canada subsidizes fossil fuels to the amount of $2.5, $4.7 or $34 billion every year, depending on what is included in the accounting
July 31st, 2019 | by Nicolas Zart
A first stab at clarifying how electric and hybrid vertical take-off & landing (eVTOL) and conventional electric and hybrid aircraft (eCTOL) will interact in our urban air mobility future was recently made by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). It calls the first eVTOL rule “the first building block to enable the safe operation of hybrid and electrical VTOL aircraft.”
July 20th, 2019 | by Guest Contributor
Over 500 electric cars enjoyed the honor of being the first to cross the Samuel de Champlain Bridge in Montreal, Canada, which opened at 5:00 am on Monday, June 24th. This special bridge-crossing EV parade was organized by Club Tesla Quebec and
July 8th, 2019 | by Kyle Field
A new art installation by clean tech photographer Joan Sullivan in Quebec, Canada saw a selection of images from her vast body of photographic work installed in the interior of two sections of a wind turbine tower. The images celebrate the people -- the men and women -- who are building the clean tech installations that are powering the global transition to clean energy
June 25th, 2019 | by Kyle Field
New energy company BYD is taking another step into the lucrative North American bus market with the announcement of a new bus plant in Newmarket, Ontario, Canada. The new 45,000-square-foot facility represents another step forward into the electrified future of North America
June 11th, 2019 | by Steve Hanley
Plastic trash used to be a simple problem. Bundle it up, put it on a freighter, and ship it off to China. That worked really well until China stopped allowing plastic waste into the country. All of sudden, the countries producing all that trash had no idea what to do with it
June 9th, 2019 | by Zachary Shahan
Tesla Death Anniversary events took place from Curaçao to Denmark last month. If you don't understand what Tesla’s Death Anniversary is, catch up on the topic here and here. Below is a summary of some of the fun events and some wonderful pictures
June 6th, 2019 | by Jake Richardson
On May 29, 2019 the British Columbia government passed the Zero-Emission Vehicles Act (ZEVA). This legislation requires all new light-duty vehicles like cars and trucks sold there to be zero emissions vehicles by 2040. A representative of the B.C. Energy, Mines and Petroleum division answered some questions about the development for CleanTechnica
May 27th, 2019 | by Paul Fosse
Although we reported less than 3 months ago that more education is needed to accelerate EV adoption, a recent survey provides some encouraging news
May 22nd, 2019 | by Zachary Shahan
A Canadian Tesla enthusiast reported on Sunday that he recently sent an email to his Tesla rep in Vancouver to inquire about consumer interest there and the Tesla rep told him the Vancouver store had taken in approximately 800 orders in the past week. But the most interesting thing was this customer's comparison to a Nissan LEAF order
May 3rd, 2019 | by World Resources Institute
Originally published on WRI’s Resource Watch platform, a platform which features hundreds of data sets all in one place on the state of the planet’s resources and citizens
May 2nd, 2019 | by Steve Hanley
Tesla has created a new base Model 3 for the Canadian market. The standard range car is priced at $44,999, just low enough to take advantage of the new iZEV rebate that went into effect on May 1.
April 22nd, 2019 | by Steve Hanley
Starting May 1, electric cars and plug-in hybrid cars will be eligible for a government incentive of up to $5,0000 Canadian. The rebate also applies to leased cars, with some conditions.
April 5th, 2019 | by Cynthia Shahan
Canada's newly released report, Canada’s Changing Climate Report, comes just months after the NOAA’s annual executive summary of ongoing changes regarding land, ice, and ocean throughout the Arctic during the 2018 calendar year
March 26th, 2019 | by Kyle Field
Lion Electric is adding a new full electric class 8 truck to its lineup, which is available with up to 400 kilometers of range per charge. The new Lion8 brings Lion Electric's experience from developing electric transit and electric school buses to bear on a larger vehicle class designed for urban deliveries
