Peter Nicholson

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New data shows the world is embracing renewable energy. Canada can’t follow Trump’s fossil fuel obsession

New data shows the world is embracing renewable energy. Canada can’t follow Trump’s fossil fuel obsession

Gerald Butts is vice-chairman of Eurasia Group. Peter Nicholson and Rick Smith are chair of the board and president of the Canadian Climate Institute. The rest of the world is ramping up its transition to cleaner, more efficient, electric technologies, while the Trump administration is leading the United States down a dead-end street. That’s one rather glaring conclusion from the...

While Donald Trump clings to energy sources of the past, Mark Carney has a golden opportunity to move Canada forward

While Donald Trump clings to energy sources of the past, Mark Carney has a golden opportunity to move Canada forward

It’s easy for North Americans, inundated by Trump news, to start to assume that the entire world has lost interest in decarbonization. Nothing could be further from the truth. There are, in fact, too many examples to cite to illustrate the opposite. Here are just a few that show cutting emissions is now fully aligned with basic economics.

These should be the climate change priorities for Canada's new government

These should be the climate change priorities for Canada's new government

The dust has settled on a unique federal election, and Canada will have a new government led by Prime Minister Mark Carney, backed by a fresh mandate from the voters. And while the election was rightly dominated by how to deal with threats of U.S. economic aggression, climate and energy issues played an important supporting role in the campaign.