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Getting Tough on Urban SprawlSolutions to meet Ontario climate change targets
Published: Mar 19, 2008 By: Cherise Burda This report, the sixth in a series of Ontario progress reports stresses the need for Ontario to integrate its fairly ambitious climate change targets into planning policy. Ontario has shown leadership in its land use planning policy and its stated commitments to addressing climate change, but problems and shortcomings in its approach may keep Ontario from meeting its own goals. Publication Type: Reports, Backgrounders & Position Papers Topic Area: Sustainable Energy 
Published: Mar 10, 2008 By: Roger Peters Publication Type: Briefing Notes, Summaries & Fact Sheets Topic Area: Sustainable Energy Feeding the Grid Renewably (Fact Sheet)How feed-in tariffs maximize the benefits of renewable energy
Published: Feb 29, 2008 By: Roger Peters, Tim Weis Feed-in tariffs have been demonstrated to be the most effective policy mechanism that a country can use to foster the rapid development of renewable energy systems. Close to two-thirds of the world's wind energy and half of the solar PV systems have been installed as a result of feed-in tariffs. This fact sheet, the first in the Making Renewable Energy a Priority series introduces the reader to the key elements of feed-in tariffs and the ways in which they function to achieve rapid renewable energy deployment. A primer is also available. Publication Type: Briefing Notes, Summaries & Fact Sheets Topic Area: Sustainable Energy Feeding the Grid Renewably (Primer)How feed-in tariffs maximize the benefits of renewable energy
Published: Feb 29, 2008 By: Roger Peters, Tim Weis Feed-in tariffs have been demonstrated to be the most effective policy mechanism that a country can use to foster the rapid development of renewable energy systems. Close to two-thirds of the world's wind energy and half of the solar PV systems have been installed as a result of feed-in tariffs. This primer, the first in the Making Renewable Energy a Priority series, introduces the reader to the key elements of feed-in tariffs and the ways in which they function to achieve rapid renewable energy deployment. A fact sheet is also available. Publication Type: Reports, Backgrounders & Position Papers Topic Area: Sustainable Energy 
Published: Feb 28, 2008 By: Roger Peters, Tim Weis Publication Type: Reports, Backgrounders & Position Papers Topic Area: Sustainable Energy 
Published: Feb 12, 2008 By: Marlo Raynolds This letter was submitted to the federal Minister of Finance, Jim Flaherty, to urge him to include several key climate change and clean energy measures in the 2008 Budget. The measures include:
Publication Type: Letters & Formal Submissions, Presentations Topic Area: Sustainable Energy
Published: Dec 5, 2007 By: Pembina Institute et al. Publication Type: Letters & Formal Submissions, Presentations Topic Area: Sustainable Communities Mind The GapA Blueprint for Climate Action in British Columbia, Summary and Full Reports
Published: Nov 14, 2007 By: Alison Bailie, Matt Horne, Alison Cretney, Ian Picketts, Josha MacNab, Karen Campbell, Rich Wong
To combat climate change, British Columbia Premier Gordon Campbell has declared that the province will cut its annual greenhouse gas emissions by 33% or more below current levels by 2020. To date, the details announced in Premier Campbell's proposals will only reduce British Columbia’s emissions by about five million tonnes – 31 million tonnes less than needed to meet the goal. Those 31 million tonnes are the gap.
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Publication Type: Reports, Backgrounders & Position Papers Topic Area: Sustainable Energy Big Steps ForwardRecommendations for Budget 2008
Published: Nov 12, 2007 By: Green Budget Coalition This set of recommendations for ambitious environmental action was presented to the federal government in advance of the 2008 federal budget. The Pembina Institute authored several of the recommendations including recommendations for carbon pricing, mining and mineral exploration and development, energy efficiency and renewable energy. Publication Type: Reports, Backgrounders & Position Papers Topic Area: Sustainable Energy The Basics on Base LoadMeeting Ontario's Base Load Electricity Demand With Renewable Power Supply
Published: Sep 26, 2007 By: Roger Peters, Cherise Burda This solutions paper follows the Renewable is Doable report and answers the question: How is it doable? It addresses the misconception that large-scale nuclear or coal generation is required to meet Ontario's base load demand for electricity. It argues that the right technical, regulatory and policy tools can make energy efficiency and renewable power the primary source of power for the future. Publication Type: Reports, Backgrounders & Position Papers Topic Area: Sustainable Energy Scaling Up Action on Energy Efficiency (brief)Key Recommedations for an Effective National Energy Efficiency Plan
Published: Sep 24, 2007 By: Roger Peters Publication Type: Briefing Notes, Summaries & Fact Sheets Topic Area: Sustainable Energy
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