The 2010 federal budget could hardly do less on renewable energy and climate change issues, said Tim Weis, Director of the Pembina Institute's Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Program.

Media Contact: Tim Weis

Topic Area: Smart Growth, Sustainable Energy

A policy expert from the Pembina Institute will be available for comment and analysis following the release of the federal budget on March 4.

Media Contact: Tim Weis

Topic Area: Sustainable Energy

Albertans have in a very strong interest in home energy efficiency and support an updated provincial building code that includes stronger energy efficiency standards for new homes.

Media Contact: Jesse Row

Topic Area: Sustainable Energy

Stephen Harper will be the only G-7 leader to arrive in Copenhagen without a major national program to support renewable power.  New data from Natural Resources Canada reveal that the federal government's support for renewables will effectively end as of January 2010.

Media Contact: Tim Weis

Topic Area: Sustainable Energy

A new report identifies 10 areas where the federal government has failed either to enforce or implement federal law or to exercise its constitutional authority to protect water quality near the Oil Sands.

Media Contact: Simon Dyer

Topic Area: Sustainable Energy

Dans une déclaration commune publiée aujourd’hui, un groupe unique d'industries et d'organismes environnementaux a annoncé l’élaboration des éléments clés pour un système canadien efficace de plafonds et d'échange de crédits pour les émissions de gaz à effet de serre.

Media Contact: Matthew Bramley

Topic Area: Sustainable Energy

Amy Taylor, Director of Alberta Energy Solutions at the Pembina Institute, responded to the announcement that the Governments of Alberta and Canada will provide a $779 million subsidy to TransAlta's Pioneer Carbon Capture and Storage project.

Media Contact: Amy Taylor

Topic Area: Sustainable Energy

Tim Weis, Director of the Pembina Institute’s renewable energy and efficiency program, reacted to Michael Ignatieff’s speech today in Vancouver, saying the Liberal leader's committments to make significant investments in clean energy jobs and set a hard cap on carbon emissions are encouraging, but more details about targets and mechanisms are needed to make the plan workable.

Media Contact: Tim Weis

Topic Area: Sustainable Energy

Cherise Burda, Ontario Policy Director for the Pembina Institute, made the following statement in response to the Ontario government's decision today to suspend the procurement of two new nuclear plants at Darlington:

"Today's delay which was made on the basis of pricing, should not be resolved through more federal subsidies"...

Media Contact: Cherise Burda

Topic Area: Sustainable Energy

Conditions have changed and the McGuinty government should support its own Green Energy Act by deciding against buying new nuclear reactors this summer, say thirteen prominent environmental organizations in an open letter to the Premier.  

Media Contact: Cherise Burda

Topic Area: Sustainable Energy

Leaders from nine of Canada's largest environmental organizations are heading to Washington D.C. for meetings on some of the most important environmental issues facing the continent.

Media Contact: Marlo Raynolds

Topic Area: Sustainable Energy