This report examines how electric vehicles in British Columbia can provide significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and local air pollutants, due to the province’s clean electricity.

With the quickly approaching expiry of the electric vehicle programs in British Columbia, we, representatives from business, industry, NGOs and municipalities, are requesting the extension of the consumer incentives under the Clean Energy for Vehicles (CEV) program – specifically, the vehicle purchase incentive and the residential charging rebate.

This report examines opportunities that Canadians have to reduce the impacts of their driving habits, thus lightening their load on the environment and saving fuel costs.

This infographic examines opportunities that Canadians have to reduce the impacts of their driving habits, thus lightening their load on the environment and saving fuel costs.

Interviews with municipalities to explore the factors for success in planning and installing EV charging stations and the challenges that remain.

Live Where You Go identifies five policy tools that could be put in place now to encourage more location-efficient development in the Greater Golden Horseshoe region.

A companion to the Live Where You Go report, this case study compares housing and transportation costs in seven different locations across the GTA.

The RBC-Pembina Home Location Study examines preferences for housing attributes for residents in the Greater Toronto Area.

An infographic depicting the results of a RBC-Pembina Institute study designed to examine preferences for home location attributes in the GTA.

This report investigates a variety of policy options designed to reduce the growing rate of congestion in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) and/or to help finance construction of rapid transit in the region. It presents a poll of drivers in the GTA, and explores in-depth some of the policy options offered in the survey.

Survey results suggest that drivers in the Greater Toronto Area would be interested in taking rapid transit if it were available to them, and favour LRT and subway equally.

The very clear distinctions between the GHG intensities of 'natural bitumen' (from oilsands) and most conventional crudes supports the EU fuel-quality directive proposal to assign a higher emissions value to natural bitumen.

This backgrounder explains the details of a proposed European Union fuel-quality directive and outlines the potential implications for Canada’s oilsands sector and overall efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from transportation fuels.

An analysis of proposed transit plans in Toronto in February 2012.

The Pembina Institute's detailed platform analysis compares the commitments the Ontario Liberal, NDP and Progressive Conservative parties have made on a range of sustainable energy priorities.

The analysis looks at where the parties stand on issues such as investing in renewable power generation, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, creating incentives for energy conservation and expanding transit systems.

This in-depth study, prepared by the Pembina Institute and the David Suzuki Foundation, explores the significance, benefits and impacts of the recent surge in natural gas production in North America, particularly in light of the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the fight against climate change.

A group of Canadian environmental organizations asked the five main federal political parties to respond to 10 questions on key environmental issues. This document presents the verbatim responses from the four parties that responded — the Liberal Party, the NDP, the Bloc Québecois and the Green Party. 

This document outlines the core elements of a strong climate change and energy electoral platform. Throughout the federal campaign, the Pembina Institute will be assessing parties' climate change and energy commitments using the criteria outlined in this document, which are drawn from our research and analysis on these topics.

Mayor Ford and the Province of Ontario have agreed on a new transit plan for Toronto, combining a revision of the provincially-funded light rail transit plan with a privately-financed Sheppard subway. This is the Pembina Institute's analysis of this proposed plan and our recommendations to improve the plan.

This research report, commissioned by the City of Calgary, identifies and assesses potential options for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in Calgary.