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
March 26th, 2019 | by Joshua S Hill
Sweden, Switzerland, and Norway lead a host of European countries judged by the World Economic Forum as those most ready for the global energy transition, while Canada, Australia, and South Korea are the only Advanced Economies performing well below the average, due primarily to poor environmental sustainability policies.
March 7th, 2019 | by Michael Barnard
Wind farms aren't universally accepted by communities where they are being established. It's important to provide care and feeding to those communities, to provide them the immunization that they often require from those irrationally or ideologically opposed to wind energy and to assist them in healing breaches that occur. Wind farms bring change, and change is often difficult
March 4th, 2019 | by Jonny Tiernan
In January of 2019, Canada officially joined the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), becoming the 160th member of the global intergovernmental organization. This is an important development, showing the commitment that Canada is making to climate action and to the global energiewende
January 26th, 2019 | by Zachary Shahan
The electric vehicle (EV) industry was booming in 2018. It was the most booming year of a booming decade for EVs. Below is a long, long rundown of notables changes in the industry in
January 11th, 2019 | by Joshua S Hill
In what seems like news that has come a decade late, the International Renewable Energy Agency announced on Wednesday that Canada has finally become a member, becoming the Agency's 160th member
December 31st, 2018 | by Jake Richardson
For all of 2018, the total EV sales in Canada may exceed the previous three years combined. The top seller among Canadian EVs for the Q3 was the Tesla Model 3. In second and third place were the Nissan Leaf and Chevy Bolt
December 28th, 2018 | by Zachary Shahan
The Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV, which has long been a very popular plug-in vehicle in Europe, has already set a sales record in Canada after its relatively recent introduction there. Mitsubishi has already sold over 5,000 Outlander PHEVs in the northerly country. That's the first time ever that a plug-in hybrid has scored over 5,000 sales in one year in Canada
December 12th, 2018 | by Joshua S Hill
Denmark, the United Kingdom, and Canada lead the world when it comes to implementing measures to mitigate climate change, according to new research published earlier this month at the UN climate change conference, COP24, currently underway in Katowice, Poland, which assessed 25 countries that account for 80% of the world's population
December 12th, 2018 | by Michael Barnard
Electric bikes make everyone healthier. They reduce the societal subsidy for driving cars. They increase productivity. They increase the economy. They reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Cities should embrace them
December 9th, 2018 | by Sponsored Content
For David Berliner, the thirty-one-year-old founder of CoPower, fighting climate change means figuring out the financing. “Cutting-edge cleantech is exciting, but the reality is that the basic technology needed to make deep emissions cuts is already here.”
December 8th, 2018 | by Michael Barnard
Older, male, wealthier and in North America for the most part. Strongly identifying as city dwellers, not rural dwellers. Not a surprising response, but a useful one
November 25th, 2018 | by Sponsored Content
With temperatures gradually dropping, it’s time to think about how the cold will affect your EV charging. The FLO Home Level 2 charging station will ensure you leave each morning fully charged, so you can make the most of your range all winter
November 16th, 2018 | by Joshua S Hill
A new report published this week has determined that 82% of the G20's energy supply is still sourced from fossil fuels and none of the countries' climate pledges are on a 1.5˚C-compatible pathway, contributing to a current trend which will see global warming of 3.2˚C unless G20 nations halve their emissions by
November 9th, 2018 | by Tina Casey
Add the Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline to the growing pile of campaign promises that President* Trump has yet to keep
