Climate & Clean Energy archives
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Death of Bill C-311 leaves Canadians with a choice
November 25, 2010Canadians have a choice here: we can continue to wait for leadership to come from politicians who have shown a remarkable and willful lack of leadership on this issue, or we can provide leadership ourselves. More »
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Sizing up potential homes goes beyond square footage
November 24, 2010Attitudes of home buyers are changing along with our population and planet. More »
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Taxi driver was a driving force in hybrid movement
October 18, 2010Back around 2002, I rode a bike a good eight kilometres along a busy route to get to my office. Back then I found it heartening to see a single... More »
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Provincial leaders still not stepping together on climate change
August 6, 2010Three years ago in Moncton, Canadian premiers decided to make climate change a "central and ongoing" agenda item at their annual meetings because of the importance of the issue to... More »
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Western Climate Initiative makes progress with cap and trade but fixes needed
July 27, 2010While the governments of Canada and the U.S. dither and delay on climate change action, Canadian provinces and U.S. states are taking up the slack. The core group of provinces... More »
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Changes to solar rates undermine renewable energy development in Ontario
July 27, 2010The David Suzuki Foundation has signed onto this letter from Ontario's Green Energy Act Alliance, which protests the announced rate reduction for some small scale solar energy installations under the... More »
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The G20 and B20: Where's the P20?
June 28, 2010Held outside of the limelight of the official political negotiations, the B20 meeting may offer some clues as to why this year's G8 commitments on climate change and other issues were so underwhelming. More »
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G8/G20: It's time for our leaders to lead
June 25, 2010The G8/G20 summits in Ontario from June 25 to 27 offer an opportunity for our leaders to show real leadership. That means realizing that healthy economies depend on working to... More »
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David Suzuki Foundation reacts to government's climate financing and coal proposals
June 23, 2010Climate financing Today, Environment Minister Jim Prentice announced that Canada would provide $400 million to developing countries to help them cope and adapt to the impacts of climate change. If... More »
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Support is strong for climate bill
May 5, 2010A rare event is about to occur in Ottawa. A piece of legislation that obliges the government to take strong action on global warming is set to pass the House of Commons. More »
