Premier Ford’s climate plan still doesn’t add up
TORONTO— Sarah Petrevan, policy director at Clean Energy Canada, made the following statement in response to the findings of the Auditor General’s Annual Report regarding...
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Ontario is a cleantech leader, but momentum must continue
OTTAWA — Sarah Petrevan, senior policy advisor at Clean Energy Canada, made the following statement in response to Ontario’s 2018 election: “The economic benefits of fighting climate change are...
The dollars and sense of putting a price on carbon pollution
The carbon tax in B.C., a carbon levy in Alberta, cap and trade in Ontario and Quebec. As far as political footballs go, carbon pricing sees a lot of action. No doubt you’ve heard the phrase...
Ontario PCs: abandon carbon pricing at your own risk
Ontario politics has been turned on its head, again. With less than four months until the general election, Ontario’s Progressive Conservative party is leaderless, and would-be-leaders have already...
Ontario’s Cleantech Strategy eyes $5.8-trillion industry
TORONTO — Sarah Petrevan, senior policy advisor at Clean Energy Canada, responded today to the Ontario government’s newly launched Cleantech Strategy. “Ontario’s Cleantech Strategy recognizes...
Ontario’s Long-Term Energy Plan stays the course for clean energy transition
TORONTO—Sarah Petrevan, senior policy advisor for Clean Energy Canada, made the following statement in response to the release of Ontario’s 2017 Long-Term Energy Plan: “Ontario’s long-term...
New Green Ontario Fund puts carbon pollution revenue to good use
TORONTO—Sarah Petrevan, senior policy advisor for Clean Energy Canada, made the following statement in response to the launch of the Green Ontario Fund, a new provincial agency created by the...
Budget 2017: a window into Ontario's approach to a low-carbon economy
Ontario celebrated a successful inaugural cap and trade auction earlier this month, with a sellout of 2017 vintage allowances, raising $472 million dollars in revenue for the province’s Greenhouse...
Ontario sees strong results from first carbon pricing auction
TORONTO—Sarah Petrevan, senior policy advisor at Clean Energy Canada, commented today on the release of the summary report from Ontario’s first cap and trade auction: “Today’s results are a...
Ontario's first cap and trade auction is best viewed through a wide-angle lens
Amidst the flurry of headlines about the 2017 federal budget, Ontario held its first cap and trade auction last week. While it will take a few more weeks for the results to be calculated and posted,...
Ontario’s coal phaseout in perspective
In a new report released this morning, the Fraser Institute paints a simplistic portrait of Ontario’s coal phaseout—the single largest greenhouse gas reduction initiative in North America to...
First Ministers reach groundbreaking national climate plan
OTTAWA—Clean Energy Canada released the following statement in response to the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change released today: QUOTES “For the first time, governments...