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Linda Coady
Leadership/Summer 2020

Bridge-builder in the oil patch  

by Shawn McCarthy

Linda Coady is a rare bird who can work on both sides of the deep and bitter divide separating oil-industry partisans and

Clean economy solar panel project
Leadership/Planning for a Green Recovery

Final roundtable: Clean economy projects could create 670,000 jobs per year

by Shawn McCarthy

The COVID-19 pandemic represents an opportunity to “reposition” the Canadian economy to take full advantage of the low-carbon transition, the new chair

electric bus
Planning for a Green Recovery/Transportation

Roundtable: Canada needs to ramp up EV strategy – and make transit free

by Shawn McCarthy

Canada needs to move aggressively to shift the transportation sector off fossil fuels and get people out of cars while taking full

Solar farm workers
Built Environment/Planning for a Green Recovery

Roundtable: Greening Canada's electricity could help kickstart economy

by Shawn McCarthy

The federal government could create thousands of jobs and virtually eliminate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the country’s electricity sector with a

Is there a lower-carbon future for Big Oil? | An image of an oil rig
Climate Crisis/Planning for a Green Recovery/Spring 2020

Does it pay to green oil?

by Shawn McCarthy

We asked Canada’s thought leaders to weigh in with ideas for how the government should spend stimulus money as part of a

Leadership

Feds under growing pressure to act on climate finance in next budget

by Shawn McCarthy

Ottawa –Finance Minister Bill Morneau has said little publicly about sustainable finance over the past seven months since a federally appointed panel

Cleantech/Climate Crisis/Transportation/Winter 2020

Hydro-Quebec plugs into China's EV push

by Shawn McCarthy

Hydro-Québec is making a push into China’s exploding market for electric vehicles. The provincially owned utility is evolving from a company that

Climate Crisis

Council urges new Parliament to take on massive climate investment plan

by Shawn McCarthy

With the world facing a climate emergency, a business-backed “clean capitalism” group is urging Canada to go on a war footing with

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