The challenges we face require a differentiated approach based on regional needs and resources, says Phil De Luna Canada’s reliance on inexpensive sources of energy has rapidly grown since the Industrial Revolution. This cheap energy has fueled our…
It would be nothing extraordinary to say that this past 16 months has been a difficult time to be at the helm of a small business. Let alone a small business in the renewable energy sector, in a province…
You never know exactly when disruption will arrive on your doorstep. When I first joined Saint John Energy in 2016, I was leaving behind more than 15 years with a company in telecommunications – an industry that has undergone massive…
We are in receipt of a letter from Mr. Lindsay, a Project Manager at the Town of Richmond Hill, demanding changes to the Clean50 Award program. During a conversation with Mr. Lindsay, we heard his concerns, and immediately…
Kanaka Bar Chief Patrick Michell loses home to raging BC forest fire Climate change has long been “real” to Chief Patrick – he’s spent much of his adult life leading the people of Kanaka Bar, and taking climate…
Like many Canadians, what I have learned over the past few years about how settlers have treated / still treat First Nations and First Peoples in Canada has horrified me. That horror amplified by the reports of these…
When the pandemic began fifteen months ago, few could have predicted how the subsequent period would unfold. The suffering has been enormous in so many ways, but the miraculous expertise of modern science and rapid vaccine development has…
For Canada to achieve its climate transition goals, it will undoubtedly require some heavy lifting. The country has an extraction-based economy and is a large producer of energy, much of it fossil-based. Its industry and economy are also…
In the early stages of my career, I was in high tech/venture capitalism in the heady days of the dot-com bubble in the late 1990’s. Anything that could show hockey stick growth on a PPT was getting thrown…
Canada invests approximately $6 billion annually in efficiency upgrades, which is far below the $30 billion needed annually to achieve our climate goals for the low-carbon economy. This under-investment has persisted over the years and even though there…
