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March 2019
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
December 2018
THE GUARDIAN
How to make a carbon tax popular? Give the proceeds to the people
By Leyland Cecco
GLOBAL NEWS
B.C. climate plan targets cleaner industry and transportation to hit emission targets
By Richard Zussman
STARMETRO VANCOUVER
B.C. climate plan will feature carbon tax breaks for green industry leaders
By David P. Ball and Ainslie Cruickshank
THE CANADIAN PRESS
B.C. government investing $1.1-billion over decade in safe, energy efficient social housing
November 2018
GLOBAL NEWS CALGARY
Getting through the winter without a furnace? Calgary developer says it can be done
By Gil Tucker
CBC NEWS
Boost funding for 'strong transit system,' advocates tell Ford government
By Lauren Pelley
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, Carolyn Jarvis, Emma McIntosh and David Bruser
THE GLOBE AND MAIL
The electrification of B.C.: How a 2030 deadline is tipping the balance of power
By Justine Hunter
CBC NEWS - THE NATIONAL
How some online shopping habits are terrible for the environment
CHATELAINE
Everything you need to know about a carbon tax – and how it would work in Canada
By Rachel Chen
October 2018
CBC RADIO ONE (THE CURRENT)
$40B natural gas investment could be undermined by China, warns environmentalist
Interview by Anna Maria Tremonti
BNN BLOOMBERG (COMMODITIES)
Environmentalists concerned about LNG Canada emissions' impact
Interview by Andrew Bell
VANCOUVER SUN
B.C.'s greenhouse gas commitments in question with LNG Canada project approval
By Matt Robinson and Rob Shaw
THE NARWHAL
LNG Canada project called a 'tax giveaway' as B.C. approves massive subsidies
By Sarah Cox
CBC CALGARY
Condo board unplugs Calgary couple's electric car, sparking feud over fees
By CBC Calgary
REUTERS
Shell gas project in Canada gets greener amid LNG climate worry
By Julie Gordon
BUSINESS NEWS NETWORK BLOOMBERG
Ottawa announces carbon tax rebates
Interview by Andrew Bell
CANADIAN PRESS
QuickQuotes: reaction to Ottawa's carbon rebate plan announced Tuesday
September 2018
CANADIAN PRESS
Canadian oilpatch rules could cut global emissions, study concludes
By The Canadian Press
CHATELAINE
Feeling Hopeless About Climate Change? Here Are 5 Things You Can Do To Help Now
By Rachel Chen
VERNON MORNING STAR
Strong B.C. clean growth plan needed to protect climate
By Karen Tam Wu
NATIONAL NEWSWATCH
Canadian oilpatch rules could cut global emissions, study concludes
By Karen Tam Wu
KELOWNA CAPITAL NEWS
Building B.C.'s clean economy starts at home
By Karen Tam Wu
THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Now it's the BC NDP's turn to square the circle on LNG and greenhouse-gas emissions
By Justine Hunter
THE NARWHAL
B.C.'s climate action must address three elephants in the room
By Jens Wieting
CTV NEWS
Alberta's annual climate summit kicks off at BMO Centre
By Colleen Schmidt
THE GLOBE AND MAIL
B.C.'s climate targets will be impossible to reach if LNG Canada project goes ahead, critics say
By Brent Jang
THE HILL TIMES
Stakeholders divided on need for renewable targets in new clean fuel standard
By Neil Moss
CBC
Bitcoin mining uses so much electricity that 1 city could curtail facility's power during heat waves
By Kyle Bakx
CBC
Alberta scientists will be protected from 'those who would seek to undermine them'
By Drew Anderson
CBC
Alberta to fund green upgrades for non-profits
By Sarah Rieger
August 2018
FINANCIAL POST
New carbon tax subsidy rates divide Canadian industries as Ottawa reduces burden
By Geoffrey Morgan and Jesse Snyder
GREEN TECH MEDIA
Inside Ontario's Clean Energy Contract Cancellations
By Emma Foehringer Merchant
CANADIAN PRESS
New oilsands seismic exploration tech leaves forest intact, to the relief of the caribou
By Dan Healing
BLOOMBERG
Ottawa eases carbon tax thresholds to help Canada's big industries compete
By Greg Quinn
TORONTO STAR
Ottawa downplays carbon price plan that gives more tax relief to heavy polluters
By Alex Ballingall
GLOBE AND MAIL
Green shift to green slump: How trade decisions and electoral politics are crippling the vision of a clean Canadian power play
By Shawn McCarthy
LONDON FREE PRESS
Backyards, not major projects, seen as region's green energy future
By Jennifer Bieman
CALGARY HERALD
One-stop software tool for oilpatch to cut approval time, costs: NDP
By James Wood
VERNON MORNING STAR
Letter: Strong B.C. clean growth plan needed to protect climate
By Karen Tam Wu
THE TYEE
BC's Timid Climate Plans, and 12 Steps That Could Save Us
By Guy Dauncey
CBC
Alberta, oilpatch begin public fight with federal government over new fuel regulation
By Kyle Bakx
July 2018
CANADIAN PRESS
Alberta's energy regulator ignoring own rules on tailings ponds: critics
By Bob Weber
CBC CALGARY
Tougher methane reduction measures in Alberta sought by environmental groups
By CBC News
CBC NEWS
PEI's 'fighting for Islanders' against federal carbon tax, says environment minister
By Kerry Campbell
BBC NEWS
How dangerous are Toronto streets for the city's cyclists?
By Jessica Murphy
VANCOUVER SUN
B.C. can lead next wave of Canadian climate action
Op-ed by Karen Tam Wu
June 2018
FORT MCMURRAY TODAY
Local projects win environmental awards
By Vincent McDermott
THE NARWHAL
Alberta approves two more oilsands tailings ponds that don't follow provincial rules
By James Wilt
CBC NEWS
Doug Ford's environmental policies light on details, advocates say
By Meagan Fitzpatrick
THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Alberta methane regulations fall short of target, environmental coalition says
By Shawn McCarthy
May 2018
VANCOUVER SUN
B.C. gives itself more time to hit more aggressive pollution targets
By Rob Shaw
GLOBAL NEWS
B.C. government misses climate targets due to previous government ‘stalling’
By Richard Zussman
April 2018
NATIONAL OBSERVER
Canada's math may overlook carbon pollution from biofuels
By Carl Meyer
INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS
Canada Sets Methane Reduction Targets for Oil and Gas, but Alberta Has Its Own Plans
By Sabrina Shankman
STARMETRO EDMONTON
Alberta, Ottawa and industry at odds over how to regulate methane emissions
By Hamdi Issawi
PROUD GREEN BUILDING
Infographic: Net zero or zero carbon? Green buildings explained
JWN ENERGY
Colorado, California and Mexico take top honours for efforts to reduce methane emissions
By JWN Staff
THE SUN
Letters to the Editor: Pricing Pollution
By Karen Tam Wu
RENEW CANADA
The future of clean transportation
By ReNew Canada
DESMOG CANADA
Canada Moving to Exempt Majority of New Oilsands Projects From Federal Assessments
By James Wilt
March 2018
SEATTLE DAILY JOURNAL OF COMMERCE
Cheap solar energy won't end the need for deep-green buildings
By Zack Semke
FINANCIAL POST
Despite Alberta's warnings, oil majors Shell and BP are falling in love with carbon capture technology all over again
By Geoffrey Morgan
ECOWATCH
Renewable Communities Produce Energy, Jobs and Hope
By David Suzuki
DESMOG CANADA
Canada’s Commitment of $220 Million to Transition Remote Communities Off Diesel a Mere ‘Drop in the Bucket’
By James Wilt
February 2018
GEORGIA STRAIGHT
Shell forecasts LNG shortage, raising potential that $40-billion B.C. project will proceed
By Charlie Smith
BROOKS BULLETIN
Securing prosperity entails pricing carbon pollution
By Maximilian Kniewasser
DESMOG CANADA
Alberta’s Leading the Pack With Cheap Wind Power and There’s Way More to Come
By Gillian Steward
CANADIAN PRESS
Liberals lay down new rules to end use of coal, natural-gas power plants
By Jordan Press
DESMOG CANADA
Canada Is Replacing Coal With Natural Gas — And That’s A Huge Problem
By James Wilt
HOUSTON CHRONICLE
Climate and economics
By Maximilian Kniewasser
HUFFINGTON POST
6 Ways B.C. Can Defend The Climate And Economy In 2018
By Karen Tam Wu
BLOOMBERG
Ottawa to roll out new review rules on pipeline projects
By Josh Wingrove
CBC NEWS
Alberta's natural ecosystems shrinking faster than Amazon rainforest: report
By Bob Weber
January 2018
DESMOG CANADA
B.C.’s Fugitive Gas Pains: Report Calls for Crackdown on Biggest Polluters
By Judith Lavoie
GLOBAL NEWS
Alberta losing $21M a year in royalties from wasted natural gas: report
By Alyssa Julie
THE TYEE
How BC Can Get Back on Track to Reduce Carbon Emissions
By Alyssa Julie
POLICY OPTIONS
Three take-aways from the new Clean Fuel Standard
By Bora Plumptre
GLOBE AND MAIL
John Horgan aims to settle tensions with BC Greens over LNG concerns
By Justine Hunter
BLOOMBERG
340 Billion Gallons of Sludge Spur Environmental Fears in Canada
By Kevin Orland
CBC
Ottawa's new carbon pricing plan will reward clean companies
By Margo McDiarmid
ALBERTA PRIMETIME
Alberta’s responsibility in climate change,
interview with Pembina Institute's Simon Dyer
Interview by Shawna Randolph
December 2017
THE TORONTO STAR
The year Catherine McKenna must herd the cats for a national climate plan
By Tim Harper
CALGARY HERALD
Alberta nabs cheap renewable power price, but faces $10-million annual subsidy
By Chris Varcoe
THE CANADIAN PRESS
Environmentalists criticize Alberta plan to help endangered woodland caribou
By Colette Derworiz
BLOOMBERG
Canada’s Oil Capital Is Making the Leap Toward Renewable Energy
By Kevin Orland
CANADIAN PRESS
Alberta backs three companies to build four wind power projects in auction
By Dan Healing
NATIONAL OBSERVER
World Bank won't back oil and gas projects after 2019
By Clothilde Goujard
CANADIAN PRESS
2018 needs to be year feds put flesh on bones of climate change framework
NATIONAL OBSERVER
Environment Canada touts 'good progress' on climate after scathing audit
By Elizabeth McSheffrey
November 2017
VANCOUVER SUN
Horgan calls experts to offer cabinet insight on Site C
By Vaughn Palmer
NATIONAL OBSERVER
Trump didn't blow up the climate summit. What did happen in Bonn?
By Mike De Souza
OTTAWA CITIZEN
Anti-coal group gets fired up - but without the big culprits
By Geoffrey Morgan
CANADIAN PRESS
Ambitious Canadian coal plan vulnerable to provincial 'slippage,' critics say
By Michael MacDonald
GEORGIA STRAIGHT
Pembina Institute's Glen Murray says carbon calculator can help shrink your footprint
By Charlie Smith
FINANCIAL POST
Alberta delays draft methane proposals as industry, stakeholders struggle to hammer out deal
By Jesse Snyder
THE TORONTO STAR
Environment Minister touts coal phase-out ahead of climate talks in Germany
By Alex Ballingall
REMI NETWORK
Building energy benchmarking pays off
By Dylan Heerema
DESMOG CANADA
The Best Canadian Climate Policy You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
By James Wilt
iPOLITICS
The oilsands sector's toxic liquid legacy
By Jodi McNeill
CBC NEWS
'It takes forever': Another delay hits proposed Fort McMurray oilsands mine
By David Thurton
THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Federal government welcomes Manitoba’s carbon-tax plan, with a warning
By Shawn McCarthy
THE CANADIAN PRESS
Manitoba sets carbon tax at $25 a tonne as Trudeau warns feds will impose price
By Steve Lambert
THE TIMES COLONIST
Climate action is B.C.’s clean-growth opportunity
By Karen Tam Wu
October 2017
THE EDMONTON JOURNAL
Opinion: Methane management key to energy future
By Simon Dyer
METRO NEWS
Report calls for more cargo bikes, fewer delivery vans on Toronto streets
By Gilbert Ngabo
CBC EARLY EDITION
The importance of municipal climate action interview with Karen Tam Wu [RADIO]
Hosted by Rick Cluff
THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Shell looks beyond worries about LNG glut, sees strong global demand
By Toby Melville
THE VANCOUVER SUN
Letters: Immigration policy fuels unsustainable demands
By Dylan Heerema
THE TYEE
What to Do with Our Remaining Natural Gas
By Christopher Pollon
CBC NEWS
The oilsands at 50: Will they still be producing in 100 years?
By Tracy Johnson
CBC NEWS
Discounts coming to 600 Alberta stores for block heaters, LED lights and programmable thermostats
ST. ALBERT GAZETTE
Environment File: Eco-rebates and eco-grants return
By Kevin Ma
CBC
Thursday, September 28, interview with Simon Dyer [RADIO]
By Alberta at Noon
September 2017
THE AGENDA WITH STEVE PAIKIN [VIDEO]
Turning Over a New Leaf - An Interview with Pembina Institute Executive Director Glen Murray
By Steve Paikin
CALGARY HERALD
Big trucks, dead ducks put Alberta's oilsands under environmental scrutiny
By Gordon Kent
CALGARY HERALD
When the oilsands hit pay dirt
By Chris Varcoe
CBC
Ottawa Morning - Climate Week interview with Erin Flanagan (RADIO)
THE NATIONAL OBSERVER
Justin Trudeau and Theresa May form alliance on climate battlefield
By Carl Meyer
TIMES COLONIST
Next steps for Paris agreement on tap for international meeting in Montreal
By Mia Rabson
EDMONTON JOURNAL
Tailings ponds just as deadly to birds under NDP government as they were under PCs
By Graham Thompson
JWN
Pembina Institute plans to continue 'tough but fair' mandate with former Ontario environment minister at the helm
By Deborah Jaremko
OSOYOOS TIMES
Extreme weather is focus as OBWB hears about mitigating climate change
GLOBAL NEWS
Be prepared to weather more weather extremes in the Okanagan
By Doris Maria Bregolisse
VANCOUVER SUN
Opinion: Building-energy benchmarking can save money
By Dylan Heerema and Akua Schatz
JWN
Finding the oilsands sweet spot between environment and economics: This week’s best quotes
By Deborah Jaremko
August 2017
NATIONAL NEWSWATCH
Future of green homes and buildings in British Columbia is bright
By Dylan Heerema
RADIO ROUNDHOUSE 98.3
Pembina Institute says reducing pollution from existing buildings is “essential” to meeting climate goals in Canada
By Sean Bideshi
JWN
Nelson, BC opens Canada's first solar garden
By JWN staff
DESMOG CANADA
What's Up with LNG in B.C.? Three Things You Need to Know
By Maximilian Kniewasser and Stephen Hui
CANADIAN PRESS
Resale homes should carry energy use label by 2019: environmental groups
By Mia Rabson
THE HUFFINGTON POST
NAFTA Renegotiation Is A Stark Reminder That States And Cities Must Protect Against Climate Disaster
By Sam Adams, Gwynne Taraska and Erin Flanagan
CANADIAN PRESS
Leaked U.S. climate change report should be replicated in Canada: Institute
By Mia Rabson
CALGARY HERALD
Pembina: Reality check: We can't turn back time on Alberta's climate policy
By Sara Hastings-Simon and Simon Dyer
EDMONTON JOURNAL
Opinion: Passing the climate torch
By Ed Whittingham
GLOBE AND MAIL
Environment Minister Glen Murray resigns from Kathleen Wynne’s cabinet
By Shawn McCarthy and Justin Giovannetti
NATIONAL OBSERVER
Ontario Minister Glen Murray quits politics for dream job
By Elizabeth McSheffrey
630 CHED
Ontario Environment Minister takes the helm at Pembina Institute interview with Glen Murray (RADIO)
Interview by Ryan Jespersen
CBC POWER AND POLITICS
Ontario Environment and Climate Change Minister Glen Murray is leaving politics to take on a role at a major environmental think tank
Interview with Terry Milewski
TVO
Glen Murray was one of a kind (and that’s mostly a compliment)
By Steve Paikin
July 2017
WESTERN INVESTOR
B.C. LNG project scrapped due to ‘changes in market conditions’
By Tanya Commisso
NEWSTALK 770
Potential for renewables interview with Pembina's Sara-Hastings Simon (RADIO)
Interview by Danielle Smith
CFAX 1070
Death of Petronas LNG project good for clean energy interview with Pembina's Karen Tam Wu (RADIO)
Interview by Sandy Hill
TIMES COLONIST
Letter to the Editor: Cabinet must act quickly to spark clean growth
By Karen Tam Wu
VANCOUVER SUN
Environmentalists rejoice as George Heyman becomes minister of environment and climate change
By Larry Pynn
THE LONDON FREE PRESS
Siemens Canada: Industry reacts to the shuttering of a 340-job Tillsonburg plant that made blades for wind turbines
By Jennifer Bieman
CBC NEWS
Proposed LNG project would emit 360 million metric tonnes of CO2, expert warns
By Yvette Brend
CBC NEWS
Alberta is greenest it's ever been under the NDP and that will be tough to undo
By Kyle Bakx and Tracy Johnson
THE GLOBE AND MAIL
G20 to focus on climate change despite Trump’s resistance
By Shawn McCarthy
BUSINESS IN VANCOUVER
Moving the country’s freight sector to greener pastures
By Nelson Bennett
June 2017
THE EDMONTON JOURNAL
Opinion: Instead of denial, coal communities must look forward
By Binnu Jeyakumar
DESMOG CANADA
No Sure Plans, Funding for $51 Billion Cleanup and Rehabilitation of Oilsands Tailings Ponds
By James Wilt
THE ENERGY MIX
Largely unchecked freight emissions could imperil Canada's Paris committment
THE CANADIAN PRESS
Jagmeet Singh takes stance against Kinder Morgan, Energy East pipelines in new climate plan
By Kristy Kirkup
CALGARY HERALD
Carrots and sticks needed to cap Alberta's oilsands emissions
By Chris Varcoe
NATIONAL POST
Freight emissions could be roadblock for Paris accord targets
By Alicja Siekierska
THE CANADIAN PRESS
Heavy-duty freight emissions can be managed without crushing economy
By Mia Rabson
THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Trudeau must hold the line on Canada’s new methane rules
By Ed Whittingham and Diane Regas
CBC NEWS
Trump's decision on the Paris accord and what it means for the oilpatch
By Tracy Johnson
JWN ENERGY
Here’s what Pembina doesn’t like about solvents in the oilsands
By Deborah Jaremko
CLEANTECH CANADA
B.C. at risk of being left behind as global economy cleans up its act
By Josha MacNab
May 2017
THE GLOBE AND MAIL
New rules aim to cut methane emissions in Canada’s oil, gas sector
By Kelly Cryderman
THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Alberta Energy Regulator to reconsider Suncor tailings ponds cleanup plan
By Lauren Krugel
RADIO CANADA INTERNATIONAL
Draft rules would oblige petroleum industry to cut methane, interview with Duncan Kenyon
By Lynn Desjardins
METRO NEWS
Report urges B.C. to support clean tech
By Matt Kieltyka
RESILIENCE.ORG
The Case for Phasing out Alberta’s Tar Sands
By Gordon Laxer
TIMES COLONIST
Next government must take lead on clean growth
By Josha MacNab
METRO NEWS
Toronto rivers and surrounding ravines become part of Greenbelt
By May Warren
CANADIAN PRESS
Alberta aims to speed up orphan well clean up with $235-million loan
By Lauren Krugel
CANADIAN PRESS
Federal government's methane emission reduction plan raises industry concerns
By Dan Healing
THE GLOBE AND MAIL
BC Green Leader would be well-advised to tread cautiously
By Gary Mason
GRIST
We’ve reached the end of the U.S.-Canada climate bromance
By Katie Valentine
THE GLOBE AND MAIL
B.C. resource projects face uncertainty after election
By Brent Jang and Shawn McCarthy
VANCOUVER SUN
Opinion: Vancouver's rezoning policy cuts carbon and costs
By Matt Horne
April 2017
DESMOG CANADA
It’s Still Unclear How Alberta’s Tailings Will Be Cleaned Up Or Who Will Pay For It
By James Wilt
THE GEORGIA STRAIGHT
Energy efficiency can yield tidy financial returns to Vancouver homeowners
By Carlito Pablo
TREEHUGGER
Energy efficiency is about more than just saving money
By Lloyd Alter
THE TYEE
Fact Check: Is LNG Really Drinkable in Water?
By Joanne Pearce
DESMOG CANADA
B.C. Scales Down Energy-Saving Measures to Manufacture Demand for Site C: UBC Report
By Carol Linnitt
THE CANADIAN PRESS
Oilsands thirst for natural gas hits record, environmentalists decry it as 'waste'
By Dan Healing
THE CANADIAN PRESS
Opinion: No, Bixi Montreal is not profitable
By Jasmin Guenette and Bradley Doucet
