Canada Is #5 For Renewable Investment
Canada is #5 for renewable investment, but most of that money is going to foreign companies. The Harper Government has done little to foster development.
Canada is #5 for renewable investment, but most of that money is going to foreign companies. The Harper Government has done little to foster development.
A new Stanford University study pegs the social cost of carbon at $220/ton, 6x higher than U.S. estimates, and a potential trillion-dollar economic threat.
With a new report on energy decarbonization, the International Energy Agency has just made a major contribution toward implementing the greenhouse gas reduction agreements outlined at the recent UN climate negotiations in Lima (COP20). The agency, an autonomous organization, was founded after the 1970s oil crisis—a fossil fuel disaster many of us … [continued]
China is now the world’s largest economy, and one of the leaders in renewable energy investment and development.
The US is a nation divided about energy policy & may play diminished role in the coming decades because of its lack of renewable investment.
Originally published on Sustainnovate. The Ontario Power Authority has just extended its solar feed-in tariff program and selected another 99 MW of solar power projects to receive payments from it. This comes from 330 new contracts. In case you’re not familiar with feed-in tariffs, they are when renewable energy power … [continued]
Two Canadian pension funds have announced an agreement with Spanish banking giant Banco Santander to jointly acquire a portfolio of renewable energy and water infrastructure assets which is valued at over $2 billion. The pension funds, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan and the Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments) will … [continued]
As if we needed any more convincing of how harmful pollution from tar sands oil production is, a new finding has indicated that the potential climate change emissions have increased by 5 times for the top 20 public companies working in that sector. Processing tar sands produces quite a bit … [continued]
While private financial institutions & businesses are investing to make Canada a clean energy leader – which citizens want – Ottawa drags it feet.
The national governments of Canada and the US are investigating charges of Chinese solar dumping by numerous North American solar panel makers.