Bloomberg News is calling it: the 2020s will be the decade of the electric vehicle. Bloomberg New Energy Finance released a new analysis last week showing that sales of electric vehicles (EVs) are on the rise and could wreck oil markets within the next 10 years. Batteries account for about 30 per cent of the […]
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Editor’s Note: This article appeared in the New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal and Woodstock Bugle-Observer on March 1, 2016 The report from the New Brunswick Commission on Hydraulic Fracturing gives New Brunswickers more evidence that our government made the smart policy decision by putting a moratorium in place and throws down the gauntlet for us to start the
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Solar is gaining some serious ground. This week the U.S. Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) announced that new solar power capacity outpaced the new generating capacity of natural gas in 2015. SEIA says 7.3 gigawatts of solar PV were installed in the U.S. last year, accounting for 29.5 per cent of the country’s new electric
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The Canadian Labour Congress has partnered with climate campaigners to build a blueprint for creating One Million Climate Jobs in Canada. One Million Climate Jobs: A Challenge for Canada was released Jan. 29 by the CLC, Green Economy Network and the Climate Action Network Canada. CCNB was proud to support this work as a member of Climate
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“The sun and the wind continue to defy gravity.” That’s how Bloomberg Business sums up the stellar performance of renewables in 2015. Despite bargain prices not seen in a decade on coal, oil and gas, renewables recorded another record-breaking year, with more money invested ($329 billion) and more capacity added (121 gigawatts) than ever before,
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Executive Director Lois Corbett spoke with CBC New Brunswick about a new regulation from the provincial government to allow small-scale renewable energy projects in NB. “Whether it’s solar or wind installations on our First Nations, whether it’s encouragement to individual homeowners who have a great south-facing roof, we’ve got to have that whole basket of
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