Energy

Energy efficiency “doesn’t get nearly the focus it needs,” said Steven Nadel, executive director of the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy

Energy | Winter 2024

Is the LNG industry gaslighting the path to net-zero?

Shawn McCarthy

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

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