U.K.’s offshore wind farms help generate record Royal budget
The Crown Estate is a huge real estate portfolio, historically owned by the monarch, but now run by a corporation for the benefit of the British taxpayer. Continue reading
Clean Energy
Michael Bloomberg pledges record $500M of his own money to close coal plants
Bloomberg is trying to go around the Trump administration, which continues to deny climate change while rolling back clean-energy policies. Continue reading
Canadian Utilities selling fossil fuel-based power plants in Alberta, B.C, Ontario
Eight months after announcing a strategic review of its power plants business, Canadian Utilities Ltd. has struck a deal to sell its entire Canadian fossil fuel-based electricity generation portfolio for about $835 million. Continue reading
Meadow Lake Tribal Council clean energy project to power thousands of homes
The Meadow Lake Tribal Council Bioenergy Centre will use sawmill biomass residuals to produce 6.6 megawatts of carbon-neutral green energy – enough to power roughly 5,000 homes. Continue reading
As TransLink adds more electric buses to its fleet in Metro Vancouver, critics say it’s still not enough
Clean energy advocates say with more manufacturers in Canada than any other country, electric buses should be ruling the roads. Continue reading
Canadian names among oil and gas shares to be dumped by Norway’s US$1 trillion fund
Norway’s US$1-trillion wealth fund, the biggest of its kind in the world, will begin dumping shares in oil and gas companies including some Canadian names, but stopped short of barring major producers like Suncor, ExxonMobil and Chevron. Continue reading
Atlantic Canada clean energy collaboration receives $2M federal investment
By Jesse Thomas Digital Broadcast Journalist
Atlantic provinces receive $2-million investment to develop an energy roadmap to access clean energy options Continue reading
NEB energy projections call for more clean power and more oil output by 2040
The National Energy Board says renewable sources of electricity in Canada will grow over the next 20 years but so will Canadian oil and natural gas production. Continue reading
Sask. NDP leader unveils ‘Renew Saskatchewan’ clean energy program
Renew Saskatchewan is a climate change program that would see the province transition toward renewable energy. Continue reading
While U.S. waters down auto emissions rules, Canada set to launch review of its own this week
Canada will review the joint vehicle emissions standards it has with the United States before it decides what to do about the U.S.’s plan to weaken those standards in the coming years. Continue reading