Energy

As Canada grapples with the oil and gas industry's methane emissions, dreams of LNG-fuelled prosperity rest on a shaky foundation of questionable assumptions

Energy | Fall 2023

Zero: Oil industry’s plan for climate action? More fossil fuels

Rick Spence

2023 has been the year of oil industry backpedalling on renewables and doubling down on fossil fuels. Will COP28 change that?

Energy

Canada on the defensive as global pressure mounts to phase out fossil fuels

Shawn McCarthy

Ahead of the COP28 climate summit, UN agency says that a steady phase-out of coal, oil and natural gas production is critical to limit global warming

Energy

Tapping sewage for clean energy is the ultimate circular-economy play

John Lorinc

In the world’s largest wastewater energy-transfer project, a Toronto hospital will soon be heated (and cooled) with sewage

Energy

Solar energy is booming. What happens when the panels die?

Izzy Ross

They usually end up in landfills. But with millions of metric tons of solar waste incoming, there's a growing push to ensure the materials are recycled.

Energy

Countries have to double their power grid renewal to meet climate targets

Mitchell Beer

A new report from the International Energy Agency notes that the progress made on renewables is at risk if we don't beef up archaic electricity systems

Energy

Forget lithium: Are zinc batteries a better way forward?

Storm William D Gourley and Drew Higgins

Finding a cheap, safe and abundant alternative to lithium batteries is the key to a completely renewable power sector. Zinc may be the answer.

Energy

‘Agrivoltaics’ could launch solar revolution that Conservatives love

Joshua M. Pearce

Mixing solar panels with food crops is a win-win that should motivate Alberta’s Conservatives to end their renewable energy ban, according to new research

Energy

U.S. oil company buys Canadian carbon capture tech to fuel oil extraction future

Chris Bonasia

Occidental Petroleum bought Carbon Engineering, a direct air capture company, for US$1.1 billion. The CEO says the purchase will enable it to keep digging for oil for at least another 60 years.

Sustainable Economy Intelligence

The federal government is more than $14 billion behind on climate funding

The Global 100 list: How the world’s most sustainable corporations are driving the green transition