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Man installing thermal roof insulation layer
Buildings
September 12, 2025
Article

Building jobs in Alberta

Ending boom-bust cycles in the retrofit industry to strengthen local economies
Ceileigh McAllister Kari Hyde
A solar panel and a wind turbine in a field in southwestern Ontario
Electricity
September 11, 2025
Publication

Power Playbook

Our guides empowering Ontario's municipalities to seize the benefits of renewable energy development
Wind turbines in southwestern Ontario
Electricity
September 11, 2025
Article

Optimizing the municipal support process for Ontario's energy projects

Municipalities share potential improvements for Ontario’s future energy procurements
Electricity
August 27, 2025
Media Release

Alberta’s restructured energy market misses mark for modernizing the grid

Ratepayers will pay more under new rules that favour older, more expensive generation methods
Portrait of Jason Wang
Electricity
August 25, 2025
Media Release

Alberta's pursuit of reliable, affordable grid needs to include more than nuclear

Moving away from an over-reliance on gas makes sense, but the province should adopt a true all-of-the-above approach
Portrait of Jason Wang
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Electricity
August 21, 2025
Media Release

Renewable energy project cancellations in Alberta hit alarming milestone

Cancelled wind, solar and storage projects now exceed province’s average total power demand
Portrait of Will Noel
Bicycle courier riding a green cargo trike with a white storage cube attached to the back, delivering parcels along a busy city street
Transportation
August 20, 2025
Article

Six ways to pedal cargo e-bikes forward in Calgary

How city policies and business action can improve urban delivery efficiency
Nafisa Nawal
Report cover of Calgary Cyclelogistics: Unlocking the potential for cargo bike delivery
Transportation
August 20, 2025
Publication

Calgary Cyclelogistics

Unlocking the potential for cargo bike delivery
various old Pembina Institute logos Chandan Bhardwaj Nafisa Nawal
Group of workers huddled together in discussion inside a solar panel facility
Equitable Transition
August 19, 2025
Article

The missing link in Canada’s nation-building plan

Without investment in training capacity, our national ambition will fall short
Portrait of Megan Gordon Mercer Pommer
Urban sprawl in Downtown Calgary, Alberta in springtime
Buildings
August 19, 2025
Article

Alberta faces retrofit roadblocks

Most of the province’s 2050 building stock is already built — but systemic barriers are stalling the critical work of making them livable and resilient
Kari Hyde
Cover of Property Assessed Clean Energy Legislation
Buildings
August 18, 2025
Publication

Property Assessed Clean Energy Legislation

Briefing note to B.C. Minister of Energy and Climate Solutions
Portrait of Jessica McIlroy
Equitable Transition, Oil & Gas
August 14, 2025
Media Release

More oil and gas production, fewer workers

A focus on cost-cutting and rewarding shareholders over the last decade have led to a steep decline in the number of jobs per barrel produced in Canada’s oil and gas sector
Portrait of Janetta McKenzie Portrait of Megan Gordon
The cover of the report, featuring a worker using a wrench while wearing high-vis clothing and a hard hat, outdoors with the sun setting in the background
Equitable Transition, Oil & Gas
August 14, 2025
Publication

Drilling Down

Oil and gas jobs in transition
Portrait of Janetta McKenzie Portrait of Megan Gordon