Canada’s clean technology industry is the country’s first new industry of the 21st century. In fact, with 50,000 people employed directly in more than 800
This article was originally published by Ensia. Can autonomous cars be a boon for the environment? The transportation sector is the second largest source of
Drive any road in Salinas Valley, Calif., and you’re apt to see crews of workers stooping to weed or harvest fields of lettuce, spinach, tomatoes
Economics professor Andrew Leach has a lot on his plate. In late June, Alberta Premier Rachel Notley appointed Leach as chair of a new climate
There was something substantially different about Al Gore’s two-hour presentation Thursday in Mississauga, Ontario, where more than 500 people gathered to become certified climate presenters
Hopes were high in the aftermath of the devastating 2010 Haitian earthquake that the billions of dollars in aid money that arrived would be able
Six weeks after Typhoon Haiyan pounded the Philippines, Toronto firefighter Geoff Boisseau brought a team to the storm-ravaged city of Tacloban to assist and train
There’s no shortage of environmental and energy “think tanks” telling us how to wean society off fossil fuels and at the same time keep climate
James Field was flying back to Toronto from Shanghai when he sensed something was terribly wrong. The trip itself was routine. Field was part of
It’s not often a person can say he or she has directly improved the lives of hundreds of thousands of people in just a few
Click on the infographic to enlarge: Sources: Let it shine: The 6,000-year story of solar energy, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft,
In the late 1960s, Coca Cola pioneered the idea of a ‘lifecycle analysis’ by becoming one of the first major consumer-facing corporations to review the
Green Mountain Power, a local electric utility in Vermont, broke ground last year on a two-megawatt solar farm stretching across nearly 10 acres of garbage,
Ten years ago, the solar industry was given the subsidies needed to reach competitive economies of scale. In 2005, the U.S. government increased the solar
The rooftops of school buildings are rarely considered hot real estate. But tiling them with solar panels has proven an effective way for Potentia Solar
For the first time in its history Ontario Power Generation is preparing bids as part of the province’s next round of competitive procurement for renewable
Electric car skeptics like to point to high battery costs as a reason the vehicles won’t become anything more than a niche product for rich
When an Iowa corn and soy farmer named Tim Richter took the stage at a big sustainability conference organized last fall by Walmart, he had
Oregon has proven itself as one of the greenest U.S. states, but the Beaver State isn’t resting on its laurels. This July, it will launch
When researchers estimate the lifecycle emissions of conventional vehicles – that is, the total pollution they produce, from manufacturing through usage to disposal – the
EILAT, ISRAEL – Sagi Giat and Michael Harel are sitting on poolside chaise longues, gushing about the low-friction motor they’ve just designed. At 18, one
The leader of the World Bank Group has the worthy challenge of protecting the world’s most vulnerable populations from the chaos created by climate change.
Deutsche Bank caused a stir earlier this month when it suggested that energy storage technologies – specifically, lithium-ion batteries – are likely to become cheap
Utilities in North America are facing an aging problem on two fronts: aging infrastructure and an aging workforce. Can a new generation of entrepreneurs and engineers help utilities address
The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) released its 18th annual environmental ratings for vehicles, and once again the Smart ForTwo Electric Drive was
The job losses related to $55-a-barrel oil could be as high as 23,000 this year as Alberta’s oil patch adjusts to new market realities. That
Chances are slim that shiny new nuclear plants will be built in Ontario. High upfront costs and a history of delays and cost overruns are
This article originally appeared on Bloomberg New Energy Finance. For the last two years, I have drawn on Russian imagery to illustrate the state of the
This article was originally published by Ensia. In his State of the Union speech last week, President Obama spoke movingly about addressing climate change. But frankly,
Bloomberg Philanthropies and the Heising-Simons family announced a new program last Wednesday called the Clean Energy Initiative to accelerate reform of the U.S. electricity grid.
