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Buildings, Electricity, Transportation
August 23, 2024
Op-ed
If we want more people driving electric, Ontario should make new buildings EV-ready
![Adam Thorn](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2024-05/adam-24.jpg?itok=0EH5Jq1F)
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Electricity
August 2, 2024
Publication
Creating (Un)certainty for Renewable Projects
Review of the impact of Alberta's renewable energy moratorium one year later![Portrait of Will Noel](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2024-05/will-24.jpg?itok=d8ksAiPd)
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Electricity
August 2, 2024
Media Release
Electricity from renewable projects cancelled since moratorium represents same amount of power used annually by all Alberta homes
Tomorrow marks one year since the Government of Alberta announced seven-month moratorium on renewable energy development![Portrait of Will Noel](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2024-05/will-24.jpg?itok=d8ksAiPd)
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Electricity, Transportation
July 25, 2024
Publication
Installing Chargers in Apartments and Condos
Policy pathways to make Alberta multi-unit residences EV-ready![Portrait of Jason Wang](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2024-05/jason-24.jpg?itok=wtMidJ1E)
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Electricity
July 11, 2024
Publication
Forecasting matters for grid planning
Poor forecasting in AESO's 2024 Long-Term Outlook puts cost-effective grid at risk![Portrait of Will Noel](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2024-05/will-24.jpg?itok=d8ksAiPd)
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Oil & Gas, Electricity, Transportation, Buildings, Equitable Transition
July 9, 2024
Op-ed
Environmental checkup: reviewing governments’ clean-economy performance
As Canada’s environment ministers prepare to meet, we examined how their governments are performing on climate, energy, and preparedness for the clean economy.![Portrait of Sarah McBain](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2024-05/sarahmcb-24.jpg?itok=nf3BIhSZ)
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Electricity
July 6, 2024
Op-ed
For the first time in more than 150 years, Alberta's electricity is coal free
Alberta's rapid phase-out of coal is an environmental success story![Portrait of Chris Severson-Baker](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2024-05/chris-24.jpg?itok=AOLwE5rg)
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Buildings, Electricity, Equitable Transition, Oil & Gas, Transportation
July 3, 2024
Publication
All Together Now
A provincial scorecard on shared responsibility to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in Canada![Portrait of Sarah McBain](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2024-05/sarahmcb-24.jpg?itok=nf3BIhSZ)
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Buildings, Electricity
June 27, 2024
Media Release
B.C.’s Clean Energy Strategy opens path to net-zero emissions by 2050
It’s time for a plan that will ensure B.C. has an equitable and reliable energy system![Portrait of Chris Severson-Baker](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2024-05/chris-24.jpg?itok=AOLwE5rg)
Electricity
June 17, 2024
Media Release
Alberta's electricity grid is currently running coal free and has no coal in the forecast
The province is on track towards phasing out coal decades ahead of schedule with no coal anticipated in the forecast![Portrait of Scott MacDougall](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2024-05/scott-24.jpg?itok=aAZm7dEP)