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Energy Security
Canada is a Top Oil Producer — Your Gas Price Doesn't Know That
Canadians are right to be perplexed when a war half a world away sends the price at the pump climbing — especially in a country that's one of the world's largest oil producers. The reason is just n…
September 25, 2026Land Use
Land-use Planning is Energy Planning — Whether the Province Gets It or Not
Ontario is making it harder for municipal governments to participate in the low-carbon energy transition — a move that benefits the incumbent energy system, especially the use of fossil gas for hea…
September 19, 2026Energy Transition
It Pays to Be Weird — Just Ask Iceland
"It pays to be weird" was the conclusion of a Danish doctoral thesis studying Iceland's remarkable success as a nation — not a slogan, a finding. A remote island of under 400,000 people turned its…
September 18, 2026Energy Transition
The Energy Transition Will Happen With or Without Your Municipality — Lead It
The low-carbon energy transition isn't a future possibility — it's already underway, and the communities that shape it now will capture the economic benefits. The ones that wait will absorb the cos…
September 11, 2026
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