clean energy

9:27AM
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Federal government betting billions on uncertain technological breakthroughs

Solar power generated only 0.82 per cent of Canada’s electricity, and wind another 5.6 per cent.


3:29PM
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Ottawa’s clean energy plan will be ineffective and costly

The carbon tax will reach $65 per tonne on April 1 and $170 per tonne by 2030.


10:25AM
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Federal government continues nonsensical ‘net-zero’ policy

Ottawa wants to reduce oil and gas sector GHG emissions to 42 per cent below 2019 levels by 2030.


10:17AM
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Each party’s climate plan fails basic economics

So-called “clean” energy sources will not be able to entirely replace fossil fuels in the near term.


9:30AM
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Ottawa’s Clean Fuel Standard—overkill in your tank

Tailpipe emissions of nitrogen oxides, particulates and carbon monoxide have fallen by more than half.


9:23AM
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Trudeau’s ‘Clean Fuel Standard’ will likely do more harm than good

The implicit tax rate of $200 per tonne is quadruple the federal carbon tax ceiling.


10:49AM
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Policymakers should drop ‘magical thinking’ and get serious about energy

To store the energy equivalent of one 300-pound barrel of oil, you’d need 20,000 pounds worth of Tesla batteries.


11:56AM
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Report swings and misses at carbon price ‘myths’

Canada’s contribution of greenhouse gases comprises only 1.6 per cent of global emissions.


2:57PM
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Carbon pricing in Canada—myth and reality

The Trudeau government plans to apply a range of new regulations.