Pembina in the News

The Pembina Institute’s experts and analysts are widely recognized for providing credible, evidence-based insights into today’s energy challenges. We are regularly asked to provide an expert perspective on emerging issues related to energy and the environment.

May 2021

B.C. BUSINESS
6 British Columbians recognized as Canadian climate champions
By Editors

CALGARY HERALD
Calgarians among those named Canadian climate champions
By Olivia Condon

ST. ALBERT GAZETTE
Analysis: St. Albert CEIP law has bones to work
By Kevin Ma

ENERGI MEDIA
Nature-based climate solutions (carbon offsets) can work in Canada
By Markham Hislop

April 2021

NATIONAL OBSERVER
Critics worry B.C.’s status quo budget imperils climate targets
By Rochelle Baker

BUSINESS IN VANCOUVER
Assessing the budgets' climate commitments
By Hayley Woodin

THE TYEE
With ‘Piecemeal’ Budget, BC Is Headed Towards Climate Failure, Critics Say
By Michelle Gamage

JOURNAL OF COMMERCE
B.C. budget gets praise, criticism from industry leaders
By Russell Hixson

ARS TECHNICA
Conservative versus liberal: A knock-down, drag-out climate policy fight
By Doug Johnson

CBC
Budget goes big on green spending as environmentalists criticize tax credits for carbon capture
By Ryan Patrick Jones

NATIONAL OBSERVER
Critics throw shade at federal budget cash for home retrofits
By Natasha Bulowski

CALGARY HERALD
Varcoe: 'The tip of the iceberg' as Amazon and Labatt sign renewable power deals in Alberta
By Chris Varcoe

THE GLOBE AND MAIL (Panel video)
Speeding the shift to alternative-fuel vehicles
By Globe Events

FINANCIAL POST
TC Energy eyes investments in wind energy in bid to decarbonize U.S. pipeline assets
By Geoffrey Morgan

THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Corporate sector sets its sights on Alberta to grow renewable energy partnerships
By Emma Graney

THE NARWHAL
'Hydrogen fervour:' the technology breathing hope into Alberta's industrial heartland
By Sharon J. Riley

CBC
Canada's methane emissions are likely undercounted, and that makes them harder to cut
By Inayat Singh and Alice Hopton

ENERGI NEWS
Alberta needs a coherent climate plan to attract investors
By Markham Hislop

THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Carbon pricing holdouts eye holes in federal price floor
By Patrick Brethour

March 2021

CTV NEWS
B.C. is first in Canada to set emissions targets for industries, communities
By Dirk Meissner

NATIONAL OBSERVER
Canada outpaced on EV investments, clean energy ahead of 2021 budget
By Carl Meyer

UTILITY DIVE
Canada's Supreme Court upholds federal carbon pricing law
By Iulia Gheorghiu

GLOBAL NEWS
Electric buses, carbon budget among latest emission-reducing tools in Calgary
By Adam MacVicar

THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Concerns raised about Alberta energy war room’s history as it prepares to lead ESG campaign
By Emma Graney

CAPE BRETON POST
Despite promises from the Nova Scotia government, coal could still be with us until 2040
By Jessica Smith

FINANCIAL POST
'Demand is growing and growing fast': Quebec electric vehicle company gets help to build $185 million battery assembly plant
By Gabriel Friedman

FORT SASKATCHEWAN RECORD
University of Alberta professor tracks oil and gas wells
By Jennifer Hamilton

IHS MARKIT
Canada to expand carbon offset trading program as part of low-carbon push
By Kevin Adler

EDMONTON JOURNAL
Investors looking for a clear and credible climate plan in Alberta
By Chris Severson-Baker

CORPORATE KNIGHTS
Financing the climate gap
By Linda Coady, Chris Coulter

WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
Transforming transit
By Sarah Lawrynuik

EDMONTON JOURNAL
Once among the country's biggest emitters, TransAlta joins journey to carbon neutrality
By Chris Varcoe

GLOBE AND MAIL
Out for delivery: Electric vans are coming to fuel e-commerce without the guilt
By Matt Bubbers

GLOBE AND MAIL
Why the hydrogen hype may be overblown
By Jason Kirby

MACLEAN'S
The long road to clean power for First Nations communities
By Jason Markusoff

GLOBE AND MAIL
Speeding Canada's shift to clean and renewable energy (Video)
By Globe Events

February 2021

TORONTO STAR
Canada and the U.S. will push China and other trading partners to slash emissions deeper and faster, environment minister says
By Alex Ballingall

POLICY OPTIONS
Why Canada needs a national zero-emission vehicle standard in 2021
By Andréanne Brazeau, with Cedric Smith

UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA’S INSTITUTE FOR SCIENCE, SOCIETY AND POLICY
Setting a course to Canada's clean hydrogen economy
By Tahra Jutt

GLOBE AND MAIL
Is the Bank of Canada’s new boss living up to his climate change credentials?
By Cameron French

GLOBE AND MAIL
Complacency on climate change is 'the larger gamble' for corporations
By Jameson Berkow

CBC NEWS
Toyota, Lyft offer hydrogen-powered vehicles for Vancouver ride-hail drivers
By Thomson Reuters/CBC News

GLOBE AND MAIL
What's an e-bike? Transport Canada tells the provinces to figure it out
By Matt Bubbers

January 2021

TORONTO STAR/WINDSPEAKER.COM
Indigenous company gets funding boost for clean energy projects in N.W.T.
By Sam Laskaris

CALGARY HERALD
Varcoe: As Biden blocks Keystone XL, new survey shows wide gap in climate action by Canada and U.S. oil sectors
By Chris Varcoe

INVESTIGATEWEST
After Climate-Protection Drift And Despair, A Blueprint For Success Emerges In Cascadia
By Peter Fairley

EDMONTON JOURNAL
Industry group predicts positive uptick in oil and gas investment in 2021
By Ashley Joannou

THE TYEE
Big Ideas: 20 from 2020
By Sarah Krichel and David Beers

BUSINESS IN VANCOUVER
Justin Trudeau’s hydrogen strategy widely praised
By Nelson Bennett

December 2020

BNN BLOOMBERG
Clean Fuel Standard will deliver 10% of emission cuts targeted for 2030: Pembina Institute (video)
Interview by Andrew Bell

GLOBAL MORNING NEWS B.C.
B.C.’s new greenhouse gas emissions target (video)
Interview by Paul Haysom

THE CANADIAN PRESS
Federal plan aims to boost hydrogen use via regional hubs

FINANCIAL POST
'The potential is here if we skate to where the puck is going': Feds release hydrogen strategy
By Gabriel Friedman

THE CANADIAN PRESS
B.C. behind on climate goals, sets new 2025 emissions target to stay on track
By Amy Smart

THE GEORGIA STRAIGHT
Climate Change Accountability Report discloses that B.C. carbon emissions rose three percent in 2018
By Charlie Smith

THE NARWHAL
It’s official: Alberta’s oilsands tailings ponds are leaking. Now what?
By Sharon J. Riley

ELECTRIC AUTONOMY
New federal funding for ZEV purchase incentives and charging infrastructure in 2020 fall economic statement
By Emma Jarratt

TORONTO STAR
Carbon tax hikes, carbon capture key to Canada’s new climate plan
By Sarah Lawrynuik

THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Ontario Power Generation plans to achieve carbon neutrality by 2040
By Matthew McClearn

THE CANADIAN PRESS
Report by clean energy group outlines path to reducing freight emissions
By Jon Victor

THE CANADIAN PRESS
Alberta set to retire coal power by 2023, ahead of 2030 schedule, says Pembina Institute

THE CANADIAN PRESS
Hydrogen's future as energy source remains murky despite home heating projects in Alberta and Ontario
By Dan Healing

THE NARWHAL
Are B.C.’s oil and gas subsidies to blame for the incomplete CleanBC plan?
By Carol Linnitt

TORONTO STAR
Five things Canada can do to beat its 2030 climate target
By Alex Ballingall

CBC NEWS: THE NATIONAL
FedEx pilots e-cargo bikes to reduce emissions from delivering packages
By Tashauna Reid

CBC NEWS
Parcel delivery companies are trading trucks for bikes in some Canadian cities. Here's why
By Emily Chung, Alice Hopton and Tashauna Reid

EDMONTON JOURNAL
Alberta's hydrogen strategy must focus on emissions to be competitive, experts say
By Lisa Johnson

THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Ontario Power Generation plans to achieve carbon neutrality by 2040
By Mathhew McClearn

CBC RADIO-CANADA INTERNATIONAL
Environmental effects of online shopping can be reduced: analyst
By Lynn Desjardins

TRUCK NEWS
Free shipping? There is no such thing
By Abdul Latheefs

CARBON BRIEF
Hydrogen gas has long been recognised as an alternative to fossil fuels and a potentially valuable tool for tackling climate change
By Simon Evans, Josh Gabbatiss

November 2020

POLITICO
What a Biden administration would mean for Trudeau's climate agenda
By Maura Forrest

CBC EDMONTON
Hundreds of coal mining jobs to end as TransAlta switches to natural gas
By Andrew Jeffrey

TORONTO STAR
A Joe Biden win is likely to boost climate change action in Canada
By Gillian Steward

TORONTO STAR
Justin Trudeau offers $750 million to oil and gas companies to slash methane emissions, but critics warn it isn’t enough
By Alex Ballingall

CBC CALGARY
How a Biden victory could shake up Alberta's oil and gas sector
By Tony Seskus

CANADIAN CYCLING MAGAZINE
Why FedEx chose a Canadian city to launch its unique ebike pilot project
By Lily Hansen-Gillis

TORONTO STAR
Canada's greenhouse gas problem is worse than they thought, federal scientists say
By Alex Ballingall

THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Inuit-owned Pituvik partners with Innergex to build hydroelectric plant in northern Quebec
By Andrew Willis

BUSINESS IN VANCOUVER
Biden will be better for Canadian resource exports, analysts say
By Nelson Bennett

FINANCIAL POST
Blue wave or not, a green wave is sweeping the Canadian oilpatch
By Geoffrey Morgan

THE HILL TIMES
Change in U.S. administration could shift political calculations over carbon tariffs, say advocates
By Beatrice Paez

THE ECOCENTRIC
Youth strike, fugitive methane, blockades protect old growth
By Keith Wiley

THE NARWHAL
Just north of the oilsands, the largest remote solar farm in Canada is about to power up
By Ainslie Cruickshank

THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Canada’s fossil fuel consumption may have peaked, with renewables growth ahead, regulator says
By Emma Graney

TRUCK NEWS
Freight's carbon footprint soaring
By Today's Trucking

THE NARWHAL
Does Trudeau's net-zero emissions legislation go far enough? Here's what you need to know
By Ainslie Cruickshank

FINANCIAL POST
End of the road? Quebec's goal to ban gas-guzzling cars latest move to hasten oil's decline
By Geoffrey Morgan

June 2020

CORPORATE KNIGHTS
Bridge-builder in the oil patch
By Shawn McCarthy

GLOBAL NEWS
The New Reality: Will COVID-19 help flatten the curve on climate change?
By Jeff Semple

FORBES
Canada’s Clean Energy Sector Can Help Drive Economic Recovery From COVID-19
By Ankit Mishra

CALGARY HERALD
Varcoe: Smaller companies are biggest winners in oilfield cleanup bonanza
By Chris Varcoe

EDMONTON JOURNAL
Oilsands projects approved by AER would no longer need final stamp from government under new red tape reduction legislation
By Ashley Joannou

TORONTO STAR
Environmental advocates say going green could help boost Canada’s COVID recovery
By Alex Ballingall

CANADIAN PRESS
Alberta introduces bill to put deadlines on energy project approvals
By Dean Bennett

THE NARWHAL
Ottawa is paying to clean up Alberta’s inactive wells. Are the oilsands next?
By Sharon Riley

CANADIAN PRESS
First Nations, environmentalists ask for restart of oilpatch monitoring
By Bob Weber

CANADIAN PRESS
Feds relaxing new fuel standards in short term, but will be tougher by 2030
By Mia Rabson

ENERGI.MEDIA
Alberta’s Emerging Economy: A blueprint for job creation through 2030 - Pembina Institute
By Markham Hislop

May 2020

THE TYEE
What Kind of Recovery Economy Is BC Planning to Build?
By Andrew MacLeod

THE NARWHAL
How federal funding can address the root causes of Alberta’s inactive well problem
By Sharon Riley

BC BUSINESS
Can we build a greener, more livable future for B.C.? Dreams, meet reality
By Steve Burgess

April 2020

BLOOMBERG NEWS
Canada Starts Doling Out Millions in Oil Well Cleanup Money
By James Munson

CALGARY HERALD
Varcoe: Alberta finally cleaning up wells, but it took a job meltdown to do it
By Chris Varcoe

THE NARWHAL
8 environmental responsibilities Alberta’s oil and gas companies can skip because of coronavirus
By Sharon J. Riley

BUSINESS IN VANCOUVER
Liberals eye subsidies for oil and gas, tourism and air travel sectors
By Graeme Wood

GEORGIA STRAIGHT
Sustainability experts pick their favourite green buildings in Vancouver
By Calito Pablo

THE HILL TIMES
Pandemic forces feds to hit pause on climate legislation; environmentalists sanguine about net-zero pledge
By Beatrice Paez and Palak Mangat

NWT NEWS
NWT getting off diesel should be treated as an emergency, study says
By Nick Pearce

BLOOMBERG NEWS
Trudeau’s Dead-Well Cleanup Funds Said to Mandate Tougher Rules
By Kait Bolongaro and Kevin Orland

March 2020

CBC EDMONTON
Loans won't solve the custody battle over Alberta's orphan wells, landowner says
By Wallis Snowdon

CANADIAN PRESS
Few approved oilsands projects stand to be built in near term: analysts
By Dan Healing

TORONTO STAR
If Teck offered lessons, it’s not clear Alberta is learning them
By Alex Boyd

NATIONAL OBSERVER
What killed Teck's Frontier mine?
By Ainslie Cruickshank

POLITICO PRO
Those 20 other oil-sands projects you keep hearing about? We looked them up (subscription required)
By Maura Forrest

CBC CALGARY
Oilpatch to pitch in more for orphan well cleanup
By Tony Seskus

ICI ALBERTA
L'Alberta mise sur le nettoyage des puits orphelins pour créer des emplois
By Radio-Canada

February 2020

FINANCIAL TIMES
Death of Frontier oil sands project highlights Canada dilemma
By Derek Brower

CANADIAN PRESS
Emission-cutting targets a trend with benefits for oil sands firms, observers say
By Dan Healing

RADIO CANADA ICI ALBERTA
Le Canada doit changer d’approche avec l’industrie pétrolière, selon l'Institut Pembina
By Charlotte Dumoulin

CBC NEWS
Oilsands on 'collision course' with Canada's climate goals, global market changes: report
By Robson Fletcher

GLOBE AND MAIL
Canada’s climate commitments face daunting challenge in Alberta oil sands, warns new report
By Justin Giovannetti

GLOBE AND MAIL
Federal numbers dispute Kenney’s oil sands emissions projections
By Justin Giovannetti, Marieke Walsh

CBC NEWS
Can a massive new oilsands mine be reconciled with Trudeau's 'net-zero' promise?
By Andrew Wherry

BLOOMBERG NEWS
Seven Generations lands first supply deal under Quebec certification program
By Kevin Orland

CBC EDMONTON
Environmental groups not interviewed for Alberta energy inquiry interim report
By Michelle Bellefontaine

FINANCIAL POST
Teck joins the push toward net-zero emissions, but it's unclear how it will get there
By Gabriel Friedman

January 2020

NATIONAL OBSERVER
Is a clean energy reckoning drawing nearer for the oilpatch?
By Emma McIntosh

CBC NEWS
Alberta's looming multibillion-dollar orphan wells problem prompts auditor general probe
By Inayat Singh

ENERGI.MEDIA
50 years of oil sands tailings ponds and still plenty of big challenges ahead
By Markham Hislop

CANADIAN PRESS
Calgary-based oilsands producer Cenovus aims for ‘net zero’ GHG emissions by 2050
By Dan Healing

CALGARY HERALD
Varcoe: Cenovus embraces net-zero emissions goal as carbon becomes competitive yardstick
By Chris Varcoe

CALGARY HERALD
Varcoe: UCP set to overhaul oilpatch liability rules for oil and gas wells
By Chris Varcoe

TORONTO STAR
Wildfires draw attention to Australia's climate policies
By Alex Ballingall

December 2019

NATIONAL OBSERVER
COP25 derailed as polluters prioritized over people and planet
By Climate Action Network Canada

CBC NEWS
Kenney's claim carbon tax damaged Alberta economy is refuted in court documents
By Charles Rusnell and Jennie Russell

CBC NEWS
Kenney government praises Pembina Institute, alleged energy industry enemy, in court documents
By Charles Rusnell and Jennie Russell

NATIONAL POST
Liberals in dilemma over carbon taxes, greenhouse gas emissions and a $20B mine in Alberta
By Jesse Snyder

EDMONTON JOURNAL
Federal government signs off on Alberta's industrial carbon price
By Lisa Johnson

GLOBE AND MAIL
Ottawa green-lights New Brunswick’s carbon tax, but it will be offset by gas-tax cut
By Patrick Brethour

CANADIAN PRESS
Ottawa accepts New Brunswick’s carbon-tax proposal
By Mia Rabson

CALGARY HERALD
Canada needs LNG — and recognition it will lower global emissions
By Chris Varcoe

TIMES COLONIST
Online shopping takes a toll on the environment, and us
By Monique Keiran

EDMONTON JOURNAL
Kenney pushing Ottawa for methane regulation equivalency - but which is better?
By Janet French

RADIO CANADA ICI ALBERTA
Industrie pétrolière : le centre stratégique de Jason Kenney est lancé
By Charlotte Dumoulin

GLOBE AND MAIL
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney launches ‘energy war room’ to take on oil critics
By Emma Graney

CALGARY JOURNAL (MOUNT ROYAL UNIVERSITY)
A diversified economy: How one engineer is showing people a new perspective on renewable energy sources
By Jazmine Canfield

CBC RADIO: ALBERTA @ NOON
What should be done about abandoned oil and gas wells in Alberta - and who should pay for the cleanup?
Interview by Judy Aldous

VANCOUVER SUN
B.C. and Alberta find common ground on international LNG credits
By Rob Shaw

November 2019

CBC ALBERTA@NOON
Climate change and hypocrisy
Interview by Judy Aldous

GLOBE AND MAIL
Editorial: On carbon taxes, Jason Kenney and Justin Trudeau are not as far apart as they’d like you to think

TELEGRAPH JOURNAL
Think-tank warns feds will reject Higgs’ carbon tax plan
By Adam Huras

FINANCIAL POST
Alberta's carbon tax on heavy emitters could be next bargaining chip in heated battle with Trudeau
By Jesse Snyder

STAR CALGARY
Kenney says Alberta has reduced oilsands emissions, but oil-related pollution is actually increasing. Here’s why
By Brennan Doherty

THE CANADIAN PRESS
Environment groups say climate change should dominate cabinet choices
By Mia Rabson

CBC CALGARY
In defense of climate change 'hypocrisy'
By Brooks DeCillia

RADIO NL
Pembina Institute hoping BC government sets sector by sector targets for emission reductions soon
By Brett Mineer

CBC CALGARY
Alberta environment ministry slashed by nine per cent as part of budget
By Hannah Kost

TORONTO STAR
Kenney doesn’t stand against all carbon pricing. But his hypocrisy is still worrisome
By Star Editorial Board

FINANCIAL POST
Here's why the most efficient oilsands companies will pay more under Alberta's new carbon tax
By Geoffrey Morgan

October 2019

CTV NEWS
Episode segment (11:30): Alberta Primetime for Wednesday, October 30, 2019
Interview by Chelan Skulski

THE GEORGIA STRAIGHT
Little-used heat pumps ideally suited for Metro Vancouver climate and help reduce emissions
By Carlito Pablo

CBC
Harmful air pollution 'definitely too high for the public' near city roads, study suggests
By Emily Chung

ICI RADIO CANADA (LA CROISÉE)
How Alberta will keep its $30-per-tonne carbon tax but make it easier for some big emitters to avoid paying
By François Joly

CBC
How Alberta will keep its $30-per-tonne carbon tax but make it easier for some big emitters to avoid paying
By Robson Fletcher

CANADIAN PRESS
B.C. climate plan improves target details, transparency, says minister

CBC
Could selling renewable energy be Alberta's next big thing?
By Pamela Fieber

CALGARY HERALD
Renewables marketplace looking to take off in Alberta
By Amanda Stephenson

TORONTO STAR
Election platforms promise plenty for current, and future, transit users
By Ben Spurr

CNN
Canada voted for the planet
By Stephen Collinson

CLIMATE HOME NEWS
Justin Trudeau's narrow victory lays path for net zero
By Chloe Farand

THE TYEE
Alberta created a Way to Help Fossil Fuel Workers. Kenney is Wrecking It
By Jeff Dembicki

MACLEAN'S
Scrubbing the oil sands' record
By Jason Markusoff

RCI INTERNATIONAL
Some western business leaders urge strong climate action
By Lynn Desjardins

CANADIAN PRESS
'Some baloney' found in Trudeau's claims on climate-change progress
By Joanna Smith

HUFFINGTON POST
Canada Election 2019: Compare the Parties on Climate Change
By Emma Pailing

OTTAWA CITIZEN
Global efforts to stop climate change are too little too late, Calgary report concludes
By Tyler Dawson

ICI RADIO CANADA
Lutte aux changements climatiques : le plan libéral sous la loupe de François Joly
By François Joly

RAD (ICI RADIO CANADA)
Que faire de tout le pétrole canadien?
By Olivier Arbour-Masse

September 2019

GLOBE AND MAIL
Trump’s move to block California’s vehicle-emission standards creates uncertainty for auto industry
By Tamsin McMahon

CANADIAN PRESS
Alberta ending separate offices for climate change, environmental monitoring
By Bob Weber

CBC
Methane rules for oil and gas sector spark innovation around measurement
By Susan Noakes

ENERGI.MEDIA
Part 1 - Is Alberta oil the most ethical, the most responsibly produced in the world?
By Markham Hislop

RABBLE.CA
'How dare you!' Greta Thunberg castigates world leaders over climate inaction
By Duncan Cameron

BUSINESS IN VANCOUVER
Trudeau government to help B.C. electrify Peace gas sector
By Emma Crawford Hampel and Nelson Bennett

CALGARY HERALD
Sunrise for Alberta's solar industry: Economics of commercial-scale projects increasingly make sense
By Amanda Stephenson

CBC
What the debate between climate change and economy means for Canada's oilpatch
By Allison Dempster and Erin Collins

CALGARY HERALD
Varcoe: Province set to review growing oilpatch liability issues
By Chris Varcoe

VANCOUVER SUN
B.C. carbon pollution rises 1.2 per cent in most recent report
By Rob Shaw

August 2019

CANADALAND: CRUDE PODCAST
CRUDE #9: Tar Teck: The Final Frontier
By Arshy Mann

GREEN SPACE
Forty B.C. businesses step up
By Nelson Bennett

DAILY HIVE VANCOUVER
After promising start CleanBC still far from finish line
By Karen Tam Wu

EDMONTON JOURNAL
Opinion: TMX debate distracts us from the big picture
By Simon Dyer

ON THE COAST (CBC RADIO VANCOUVER)
Karen Tam Wu on why B.C. needs a clean energy plan
Interview by Gloria Macarenko

July 2019

YUKON NEWS
Yukon gets top marks in clean energy report
By Joshua Azizi

FINANCIAL POST
Innovation Energy: How Calgary became an unlikely location for a creative solar solution
By Geoffrey Morgan

July 2019

FINANCIAL POST
Innovation Energy: Canada leads the way in carbon capture as more governments put a price on CO2
By Gabriel Friedman

THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Capturing carbon and conservatives’ climate-change hopes
By Justin Giovannetti

MACLEAN'S
The rise of Alberta’s unapologetic petro-patriots
By Jason Markusoff

BURNABY NOW
Burnaby businesses urge climate action from province
By Dustin Godfrey

CBC NEWS
'Clean' natural gas is actually the new coal, report says: Don Pittis
By Don Pittis

STARMETRO VANCOUVER
Energy experts debate whether B.C.'s LNG leadership is embracing 'reality' or a mad dash to a hotter planet
By Melanie Green

THE GEORGIA STRAIGHT
Lower Mainland strata councils join the fight against climate change
By Carlito Pablo

THE NARWHAL
Woodfibre LNG receives key permit from B.C. government
By Sarah Cox

NATIONAL POST
Andrew Scheer promises to scrap Liberals' clean fuel standard, dubbing it a 'secret tax'
By Maura Forrest

June 2019

STARMETRO VANCOUVER
Time to take 'bold climate action,' B.C. businesses tell premier
By Jenny Peng

BUSINESS IN VANCOUVER
CleanBC plan gets green thumbs-up from business group
By Nelson Bennett

NEWS 1130
Businesses band together for a cleaner economy
By Simon Druker

PRAIRIE POST
2019 Southern Alberta Energy Forum goes over well
By Heather Cameron

THE NARWHAL
15-minute approvals: Alberta plans to automate licenses for new oil and gas drilling
By Sharon Riley

May 2019

THE NARWHAL
Meet Alberta's most vilified environmentalist
By Sharon Riley

CTV NEWS
Alberta environmentalist groups say they're not scared of Kenney's 'war room'
By Bob Weber

THE GEORGIA STRAIGHT
Trailblazers 2019: Pembina Institute's Karen Tam Wu pushes Vancouver to reduce carbon emissions from buildings
By Carlito Pablo

NATIONAL NEWSWATCH
The future of the electric utility in Canada's remote communities
By Dylan Heerema

THE WESTERN PRODUCER
Rewewable sector on hold in Alberta
By Barb Glen

STAR CALGARY
Here's how Alberta's new environment minister plans to balance industry with conservation
By Emma McIntosh

ENERGI.MEDIA
Debunked: Vivian Krause's Tar Sands Campaign conspiracy narrative
By Markham Hislop

CBC NEWS
New pilot project aims to detoxify oilsands waste water for safe return to Athabasca River
By Lucie Edwardson

TORONTO STAR
Ottawa offers Alberta a deal on oilsands emissions
By Alex Ballingall

CANADIAN PRESS
Environmentalists welcome Sask. carbon ruling that affirms federal climate role
By Bob Weber

April 2019

THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Don’t believe a carbon tax can effect huge change? Just ask British Columbia
Op-ed by Jill Tipping and Maximilian Kniewasser

CBC RADIO - DAY 6
Jason Kenney says he will revive Alberta's oil sector – but can he deliver in the age of climate change?
Interview by Brent Bambury

CBC CALGARY
Senate roadshow stops in Alberta's oilpatch for feedback on impact-assessment bill
By Tony Seskus

THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Alberta election could dramatically reshape province’s approach to climate change
By Jeff Lewis

THE STAR
Lessons from B.C. and Alberta as four holdout provinces adjust to carbon tax
By Omar Mosleh (Star Edmonton) and Ainslie Cruickshank (Star Vancouver)

CBC ON THE COAST
A voter's guide to climate change and the federal election
Interview by Gloria Macarenko

BC BUSINESS
Opinion: Climate action makes good business sense
By Tamara Vrooman, Aaron Sutherland & Karen Tam Wu

CANADIAN PRESS
Ottawa considers approval of BC methane rules called 'weak' in report
By Bob Weber

March 2019

JOURNAL OF COMMERCE
Canadian municipalities to get energy efficiency retrofits
By JOC News Service

MY PRINCE GEORGE NOW
Is B.C.'s support of LNG counter to its climate strategy?
By Sawyer Bogdan

THE RYAN JESPERSEN SHOW
New tool allows you to see effect of policies on Alberta's carbon pollution
By Global News, 630 CHED

EDMONTON JOURNAL
Look for energy-industry solutions, not scapegoats
Op-ed by Simon Dyer

GLOBE AND MAIL
Alberta project shows energy industry, environmentalists have more in common than expected on climate change
By Bob Weber

EDMONTON JOURNAL
Cracking open the carbon tax: A look at where the money has been spent
By Emma Graney and Janet French

IN YOUR AREA (PODCAST)
Going Green in 2019
By Jennifer Lucas, Julia-Maria Becker and Saeed Kaddoura

ECOLOG
Environmental groups urge feds to find inspiration in CleanBC
By Mark Sabourin

NATIONAL NEWSWATCH
How B.C. can power the clean future
By Maximilian Kniewasser and Brianne Riehl

February 2019

THE GEORGIA STRAIGHT
NDP receives mixed but mostly positive reviews for a B.C. budget that holds steady
By Travis Lupick

LABRADORIAN
Federal government announces off diesel initiative for remote Indigenous communities
By Evan Careen

CANADIAN PRESS
Feds announce $20 million to reduce diesel use in remote Indigenous communities
By Hina Alam

GLOBE AND MAIL
Redwater decision is progress, but environmental liabilities run deep
By Simon Dyer, Christopher Ragan and Blake Shaffer

GEORGIA STRAIGHT
Climate investment: Vancouver renews grant for passive house training at BCIT
By Carlito Pablo

CLEAN TECH CANADA
Remote communities meet renewable energy solutions
By Dave Lovekin and Dylan Heerema

January 2019

TORONTO STAR
Conservatives attack carbon price for big polluters as 'separate deal for special interests'
By Alex Ballingall

GLOBAL NEWS
Cleaning up Alberta's oilpatch could cost $260 billion, internal documents warn
By Mike De Souza, National Observer, Carolyn Jarvis, Global News, Emma McIntosh and David Bruser, Toronto Star

DAILY COMMERCIAL NEWS
Pembina Institute outlines potential repercussions of Bill 66
By Angela Gismondi

STARMETRO VANCOUVER
B.C.'s new rules to cut potent methane emissions 'fall short,' environmental group says
By Ainslie Cruickshank

ENERGETICCITY
OGC introduces regulations to reduce methane in B.C. Oil and Gas industry
By Adam Reaburn

ECOLOG
New methane standards a step in the right direction for BC
By Mark Sabourin

RADIO NL
Interview with Maximillian Kniewasser on methane pollution
By Brett Mineer

THE GEORGIA STRAIGHT
After NDP wins Nanaimo by-election, environmentalists want B.C. government's focus on reducing carbon emissions
By Travis Lupick