Originally published on the ECOreport The first meeting of what Environment Minister Catherine McKenna calls our “pan-Canadian team on Climate Change” is now over. She has been closeted with environmental ministers from all the provinces and territories. McKenna called it “the most positive meeting that has taken place in a very … [continued]
Increased community engagement and acknowledgement of community concerns are some early steps that can be taken to minimise wind energy disputes. A new study published in the journal Nature Energy by a collaboration of researchers from Canada has investigated ways in which disputes revolving around the development of wind energy in … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. The Canadian province of British Columbia (the left coast of the country, for those with a terrible sense of geography) has for the last few years offered buyers of electric vehicles a rebate in order to incentivize the adoption of the technology — and thereby … [continued]
In our third article pulled from Electric Cars: What Early Adopters & First Followers Want — a new report from CleanTechnica, EV Obsession, and GAS2 — I’m jumping into who the respondents of the surveys were. Given that our readers were primarily the respondents, this is basically a look at who you are. One of the … [continued]
The idea of hitting 100% renewable energy (yes, energy, not just electricity) scares a lot of people. That is, a lot of people don’t think their cities or countries can achieve 100% renewable energy. However, a leading energy researcher at Stanford has led teams of researchers in order to practically … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. The Canadian province of Ontario will be investing $20 million into a new public electric vehicle charging station buildout, according to recent reports. The new funding will be coming via the Ontario Green Investment Fund, and is intended to help speed up the adoption of … [continued]
I’ve been meaning for months to get back to covering all of the one-on-one conversations between cleantech experts that the Renewable Cities team organized during the Renewable Cities Global Learning Forum. Thanks to Christmas weekend, I can finally get to these! Below are six more of these conversations, followed at the end … [continued]
SunEdison has signed a 10-year agreement with Ontario’s Independent Electricity System Operator to supply 5 megawatts/20 megawatt-hours of battery storage to the province. In addition to leveraging the battery’s storage capability, the IESO intends to use data from this energy storage project to analyze how storage can be used to … [continued]
Originally published on the ECOreport. After 23 years of attempting to bring about change on the state and national levels, Daphne Wysham, of the Center for Sustainable Economy, came to the conclusion that the last bastion of hope in the fight against the fossil fuel industry was at the local … [continued]
A blue-ribbon committee at the University of Toronto recommended immediate and targeted divestment of fossil fuel investments. If the recommendation is approved, the end result would make the University of Toronto the largest Canadian university to commit to divesting from most fossil fuel companies. The university President’s Advisory Committee on … [continued]
