Energy

10/10/25
Author: 
Mitchell Beer
 Solar panels - Alexander Mills/Unsplash
Oct. 7, 2025

While global renewable electricity installations will grow at a slightly slower pace than modellers previously expected between 2025 and 2030, total capacity is still on track to double by decade’s end, with solar leading the way, the International Energy Agency says.

07/10/25
Author: 
Tom Howell
Pipeline Installation - CBC
 
Website Editor: Is the mainstream waking up?  Here is a truly provocative podcast!
 
Oct. 7, 2025
 

So... who wants a pipeline?

54 mins

07/10/25
Author: 
Alexa St. John · The Associated Press
Workers install solar panels in the western state of Gujarat, India, in 2023. India saw record solar and wind power generation growth that outpaced the growth in demand in the first half of this year, according to a report by the global energy think-tank Ember. (Rafiq Maqbool/The Associated Press)

 Oct. 07, 2025

Report shows solar, wind booming worldwide, but fossil fuel generation rose in U.S., EU

Worldwide solar and wind power generation has outpaced electricity demand this year, and for the first time on record, renewable energies combined generated more power than coal, according to a new analysis.

07/10/25
Author: 
Janetta McKenzie
The federal government’s full-throated endorsement of LNG Canada Phase 2 is bad news for anyone who cares about Canada’s carbon emissions, or Canadians’ tax dollars. Photo by Shutterstock

Oct. 7, 2025

On the same day the prime minister talked about the importance of “climate competitiveness” in keeping Canada’s economy strong and secure, his Liberal government gave the go-ahead to a major new piece of fossil fuel infrastructure.

Well, not quite.

07/10/25
Author: 
Rochelle Baker
BC Energy Minister Adrian Dix and Premier David Eby during a visit to celebrate LNG Canada, which is having its electrification costs to reduce carbon pollution subsidized by the province and BC Hydro. BC Government photo / Flickr
 

LNG Canada is slated to pay less than a third of the millions of dollars it will cost to connect to BC Hydro’s clean electricity grid instead of burning gas to fuel its operations. 

The first phase of the massive export facility in Kitimat started up in June, launching BC’s bid to access global markets for the fossil fuel, particularly Asia.

23/08/25
Author: 
Steph Kwetásel’wet Wood
Over half of Canada is in drought, and it's having deep impacts that mean some rain doesn't solve the problem. British Columbia has been in drought since 2022, and in 2023, the Thompson River east of Kamloops, B.C. hit one of its lowest points in recent history, during a historic drought and under a sky hazy with wildfire smoke. Photo: Jesse Winter / The Narwhal

Aug. 15, 2025

A rush of water-hungry AI data centres is just one reason to rethink industrial water use, as drought becomes a real, year-round problem across Canada

We got rain — so our drought concerns are over, right?

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