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Buildings, Electricity, Equitable Transition, Oil & Gas, Remote Communities, Transportation
September 12, 2024
Media Release

Launch of report, “A Clean, Resilient Future,” ahead of B.C. election

Recommendations for Advancing British Columbia’s Net-Zero Energy Economy
Portrait of Chris Severson-Baker Portrait of Jessica McIlroy
Oil & Gas
September 9, 2024
Media Release

B.C. showing leadership on methane with measurement-informed regulations

Regulations must be strengthened over time to keep pace with international best practices, and ensure effective compliance from industry
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The front cover of the submission, with the logos of all contributing organisations
Oil & Gas
August 31, 2024
Publication

Renewing British Columbia’s Methane Equivalency Agreement

Joint comments and recommendations submitted to Environment and Climate Change Canada
Portrait of Amanda Bryant
Multi-unit apartment building undergoing external retrofits
Buildings
August 29, 2024
Article

Split incentive or common ground?

Rethinking tenant and building owner perspectives on deep retrofits for equitable climate solutions
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Vancouver City Hall
Buildings
July 25, 2024
Article

Vancouver council's natural gas amendment jeopardizes affordable, climate-resilient buildings

Returning to gas is a step backward in decarbonization
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Ranking of climate policies from the ten provincial governments and federal government against our policy indicators
Oil & Gas, Electricity, Transportation, Buildings, Equitable Transition
July 9, 2024
Op-ed

Environmental checkup: reviewing governments’ clean-economy performance

As Canada’s environment ministers prepare to meet, we examined how their governments are performing on climate, energy, and preparedness for the clean economy.
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Buildings, Electricity, Equitable Transition, Oil & Gas, Transportation
July 3, 2024
Media Release

New Pembina report assesses state of climate action by governments across Canada

British Columbia and Quebec leading the pack; Alberta and Saskatchewan falling further behind
Cover of All Together Now with flock of snow geese
Buildings, Electricity, Equitable Transition, Oil & Gas, Transportation
July 3, 2024
Publication

All Together Now

A provincial scorecard on shared responsibility to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in Canada
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Buildings, Electricity
June 27, 2024
Media Release

B.C.’s Clean Energy Strategy opens path to net-zero emissions by 2050

It’s time for a plan that will ensure B.C. has an equitable and reliable energy system
Portrait of Chris Severson-Baker
Buildings
June 14, 2024
Media Release

Reframed Initiative recognized as finalist for REFBC 2024 Land Awards

BC leaders in sustainable, equitable, and socially just land use to be honoured
Two men working on a building construction site.
Buildings
June 5, 2024
Article

Reducing built-in carbon emissions

The next climate action frontier
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Buildings
April 25, 2024
Media Release

Landmark Reframed Initiative demonstrates how deep building retrofits are doable and necessary

Designs include energy and carbon reductions plus beyond-energy benefits making homes healthier, safer, climate resilient and more affordable to heat and cool
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Transmission line towers in the middle of a yellow canola field in bloom with wind turbines in the background
Electricity
March 28, 2024
Article

Regulatory barriers to decarbonize Canada’s electricity grid

Outdated approaches inhibit grid modernization and decarbonization
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Cover to Directing Decarbonization with deer striding between two wind turbines in a field with transmission lines in the background and mountains in the distance
Electricity
March 20, 2024
Publication

Directing Decarbonization

Examining regulatory barriers to a cleaner grid
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solar panels on the roof of a building in a remote community
Remote Communities
March 13, 2024
Article

Long-term resource planning in remote communities

Understanding the critical relationship between utilities' strategic planning and the clean energy transition in remote communities
Arthur Bledsoe