Adam Radwanski
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Volkswagen picks Ontario for its first North American EV battery plant
It’s one of the biggest milestones to date in this country’s efforts to establish itself as a major player in electric-vehicle manufacturing. → Read More
Ottawa’s Buy Clean strategy starts to take shape
New wielding of federal purchasing power to support clean industries is a promising start, but still too modest to keep up with the Inflation Reduction Act and its ilk → Read More
The U.S. aims to be a global cleantech superpower. How can Canada keep up?
The U.S. has gone massive on production tax credits while Canada offers relatively modest investment tax credits, providing help with upfront costs, according to a new report → Read More
Canada’s EV revolution has a problem
In interviews with people leading this industrial transformation on the ground, a shortage of skilled labour is frequently cited as the biggest obstacle to attracting more multinational commitments → Read More
Industrial carbon pricing gets a boost in Alberta, but is it enough?
Nobody denies that significant progress is being made, including environmental groups tracking the issue. But some of them suggest it still falls short → Read More
New Canadian investing rulebook would disqualify new oil and gas projects from ‘green’ tag
Plan to limit oil-and-gas investment from green-finance eligibility could raise ire of environmental groups, energy companies → Read More
COP15′s success shows China can play a role in bridging divisions on environmental progress
It was a strange turn of events for China to be hosting a UN biodiversity summit in Montreal for the past two weeks → Read More
Why the world should be watching Germany as it re-engineers its industrial future
If Germany leverages its wealth, industrial prowess and infrastructure toward clean-energy transition, it would mark a major advance in the global climate fight → Read More
Canada looks to seal the deal for Volkswagen’s battery plant
The deal’s not done yet, but confidence is high that the automaker will choose Canada for its first battery plant in North America → Read More
Gas-station operator Parkland doubles plans to install rapid EV chargers in Western Canada
Parkland’s expanded rollout is being partially subsidized by a $5-million federal grant and $1.8-million from the B.C. government → Read More
Canada’s long-awaited climate adaptation strategy targets $1.6-billion to protect communities
The strategy, which consists of two components, was presented on Thursday in Prince Edward Island by Emergency Preparedness Minister Bill Blair → Read More
Opinion: Ottawa seems confused about how to strengthen its carbon pricing system
Justin Trudeau has suggested that Canada’s national carbon price means it doesn’t need to match U.S. subsidies, but Canadian industries have complained political uncertainty around the market-based mechanism impedes investment → Read More
Opinion: The world is making progress on climate, despite the COP27 doomsayers
Despite a steady drumbeat of punditry suggesting that ambition to transition off fossil fuels has been replaced by realism about oil and gas remaining essential, during fallout from Russia’s war on Ukraine, the evidence points in the other direction → Read More
Opinion: Justin Trudeau, Doug Ford show improbable common purpose on building low-carbon industries
New partnership between Ottawa and Ontario provides hope for Canadian climate politics and sends a much-needed signal countrywide → Read More
The world is falling short with $100-billion climate finance pledge for disaster-stricken nations as tense COP27 nears
A new report is calling on developed countries to turn their attention to setting an ‘effective and fit-for-purpose’ annual goal from 2025 onward → Read More
How Europe is trying to build a future free of fossil fuels in the midst of an energy crisis
The European Union is aiming to wrap up years-long negotiations for what might be the world’s most ambitious climate-policy package → Read More
Ottawa looking to push provinces to modernize electricity grids
Ottawa has committed to a new regulation called the Clean Electricity Standard, which requires provinces’ power systems to have net-zero emissions by 2035 → Read More
Insurers, others on front lines of adapting to climate change sound alarm on Canada’s ‘vague and distant’ strategy
Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault said in response to the criticism that the government is working to ‘lay out a path that delivers results in the short term as well as the long term’ → Read More
Opinion: Canada’s moment with Germany won’t last long unless Ottawa now does the hard work
It’s up to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, his ministers and his provincial counterparts to prove they’re capable of overcoming this country’s inertia in building new industries → Read More
Can green hydrogen power Canada’s carbon-free future? Why an Australian mining mogul is betting on it
Mining mogul Andrew Forrest made billions by building an iron ore empire. Now he wants to help to save the planet by transforming his company into a global leader in green hydrogen. And he wants Canada to come along for the ride → Read More