“This is just an opportunity for people to buy local, source their energy locally, and see profits from that purchase invested back in the region."

Internal polling obtained by Global News was likely used to guide the Trudeau government through a politically turbulent summer's end.

Hydro-Québec began building two solar generating stations in La Prairie and Varennes in the spring.

The city says the new bus fleet is greener, quieter and more cost effective.

The No. 1 proposal, which comes with the biggest price tag, suggests the federal government spend over $27 billion on retrofitting buildings to be more energy-efficient.

Federal energy and environment officials were warned in late April that Canada's clean-tech sector was in danger as COVID-19 knocked the bottom out of the industry.

The slowing economy due to COVID-19 has allowed solar, wind and hydro power to overtake coal-fired power.

Global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from the electricity sector fell by 2 per cent in 2019, owing to reduced coal usage in Europe and the United States, a study from independent climate think tank Ember said Monday.

Two of Ontario's biggest utilities have formed a new company to create a province-wide fast-charger network for electric vehicles.

NDP Leader Andrea Horwath had asked Bonnie Lysyk to probe the price tag, saying she is concerned the final cost of cancelling 750 contracts could surpass $231 million.