Renewable energy

The hard truths behind Ontario’s pricey electrical system

How Ontario set out to build a better power grid, and ended up with one of the most expensive electricity systems in North America

Newsmaker of the day: Elon Musk’s no-polish, all-persuasion pitch

Can Elon Musk’s new product, the Powerwall, fundamentally disrupt the fossil fuel industry?

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Why climate change is hot hot hot

Blame a combination of corrupted science, ersatz religion and Third World opportunism

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‘We require active, engaged federal leadership’

The prepared text of Michael Ignatieff’s remarks to the Vancouver Board of Trade this afternoon.

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Uneven progress on renewable energy

The biggest story you probably didn’t pay much attention to this week was Ontario’s plan to let homeowners, farmers, companies—anybody really—sell renewable energy onto the provincial power grid. This development makes me wonder why the federal government isn’t getting behind the international push to carve out a much bigger place for renewables in the energy marketplace.