Axing Energy Efficiency Alberta costs homeowners, risks jobs Lost are efficiency programs, a rooftop solar initiative, and emissions reductions programs

As of Sept. 30, Energy Efficiency Alberta — which helped thousands of homeowners, municipalities and businesses save money and energy, while creating jobs and improving Alberta’s international reputation — will no longer exist.

Request for oil and gas monitoring and reporting requirements to be fully reinstated Joint letter to Alberta ministers of environment and energy

Link orphan-well aid cash with tougher regulations Financial support for oil and gas sector must uphold the polluter-pay principle

As we emerge from the COVID-19 crisis, it’s critical we support government initiatives to create employment for Canadians trying to stay afloat. However, the devil is in the details. It is important that even in the post-pandemic environment, the polluter-pay principle holds.

The oilsands in a carbon-constrained Canada The collision course between overall emissions and national climate commitments

In a continuing effort to depolarize the conversation, this report seeks to help establish a basic, commonly agreed-upon set of facts about Alberta’s oilsands, their emissions performance and trajectories, and what Canada’s commitment to achieve deep decarbonization will mean for the sector. 

Alberta’s carbon pricing not best-in-Canada example

Prime Minister Stephen Harper cited Alberta's version of carbon pricing as a model that could be applied at a national scale. Our analysis has found that an Alberta-style model could work at the national level — but it wouldn’t be ideal.