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Wind and solar now power a 10th of the world, while coal smoulders
By Rick Spence
But Canadians can't brag, wind and solar generate only 5.3% of our total electricity – about half the global share

	Energy Wind and solar now power a 10th of the world, while coal smoulders But Canadians can't brag, wind and solar generate only 5.3% of our total electricity – about half the global share By Rick Spence

	Energy Even our least electrifying politicians can’t stop what is coming There's no disputing EVs will threaten oil demand. Oil-producing provinces need to implement a 21st century transition plan. By Ed Brost

	Energy How Canada can power up reconciliation with clean energy projects Clean electricity can be a far-reaching tool for reconciliation if Canada lets Indigenous governments lead By Chief Marilyn Slett

	Energy Hydrogen’s big moment Europe has an early lead in the hydrogen fuel race, but Canada can aggressively seize the moment By Max Fawcett

	Energy Electrification is key to jumpstarting Canada’s slumping economy Leaders of Canada’s electricity sector urge feds to get clean-energy stimulus right

	Energy Oil nosedives while renewables rise Exxon Q2 profits down $1.1 billion as BP announces it's upping low-carbon investments ten-fold by 2030 By Rick Spence

	Energy Disruption, denial and transition: Lessons from our energy history As the world transitions to new energy forms, The Investor Visit offers a creative take on learning from our past By Anna Dowbiggin

	Energy How Alberta’s lithium-laced oil fields can fuel the electric vehicle revolution Lithium in the oil patch could power the global push for EV batteries – if we build back better By Liz Lappin and Alison Cretney

	Energy Canada’s oil sands are best positioned to lead the energy transformation "Now is the time to take a big step forward," write the CEOs of Suncor and Alberta Innovates By Mark Little and Laura Kilcrease

	Energy Roundtable: Oil sands has to embrace new low-carbon technologies to prosper While working on game-changing innovations like carbon fibres, Alberta should make jet fuel from food waste, panel hears By Shawn McCarthy

	Energy CK TV: Watch our roundtable on Building Back Better with Energy Innovation Watch episode 6 from our Green Recovery roundtable series on Corporate Knights TV

	Energy Building Back Better with a Natural Resource and EV Innovation Fund Drawing inspiration from birth of oil sands can net resource-rich provinces a $125 billion/year share of zero-carbon market By Ralph Torrie Céline Bak and Toby Heaps

	Planning for a green recovery To invest in green power infrastructure, we’ll need to reboot Canada’s electricity markets To avoid wasting large sums of money and reinforcing status quo, a roadmap for electricity harmonization should be created By Pierre-Olivier Pineau

	Planning for a green recovery CK TV: Watch our roundtable on Building Back Better with a Green Power Wave Episode 2 from our Green Recovery series looks at how clean energy can help us recovery stronger

	Planning for a green recovery Corona response: How blue power can spur a green recovery Once the greatest danger of this crisis has passed, the economy will need a serious boost –with a clean grid at its centre By Anne-Raphaëlle Audouin

	Energy Indigenous participation in renewables and the four directions of sustainability As more renewable projects move ahead, there are four key aspects to meaningful Indigenous participation to keep in mind By JP Gladu

	Energy China’s coal use is surging at home and abroad – but a low-carbon path is still possible The country's Belt and Road Initiative is both a massive coal risk and green opportunity By CK Staff

	2019 Education and Youth Issue “Bridge” to clean energy goes up in smoke As renewables grow cheaper, betting on natural gas as a transition fuel is proving to be a costly error By Shawn McCarthy

	Energy Capital Plan for Clean Prosperity: Pumping energy efficiency into oil and gas Part 4 of Plan calls for stimulus to make 30% of Canada's oil & gas 50% more energy efficient by 2025 - boosting jobs and GDP By Laura Väyrynen

	Energy Capital Plan for Clean Prosperity: Green electricity stimulus would spark jobs, GDP Part three of our five-part Capital Plan for Clean Prosperity turns spotlight on greening electricity sector By Laura Väyrynen

	Energy Knight bites: Indigenous clean energy, by the numbers INFOGRAPHIC: A look at how Indigenous communities are powering up with clean energy

	Energy Canadian solar inventor says solar panels ‘almost cheaper than plywood’ JP Morgan says innovations have made solar power dirt cheap. The challenge now is getting politicians to understand this. By Gideon Forman

	Spring Issue 2019 Oil and water An oil sands facility and hydro dam show a way forward with First Nations By Toby A.A. Heaps

	Energy A tale of transformation: the Danish company that went from black to green energy The real-life story of how one of Europe's most coal-intensive companies grew into a green energy giant By Eric Reguly

	Spring Issue 2019 Canadian economy can’t succeed if the Indigenous economy fails Enjoying the spectacle of Jody Wilson-Raybould cleaning the floor with the PM? Guess what corporate Canada: you’re next By Toby A.A. Heaps