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The author is a fossil fuel apologist, arguing against all evidence. …He absolutely is. Electricity will not get cheaper if we allow American AI to invade as enabled by corrupt hanky panky Evan Solomon and his $100M gift of our tax dollars to them, with the bonus of promised zero regulation.

Dr. Bruce Lourie, C.M.

Not a peep about our species’ greedy over population and consumption, and insane AI. If humans stop producing babies for a decade or two, instant emissions reduction at zero cost and zero hassle. And most important, frac’ing would be dramatically reduced, the most insanely abusive invention by humans after religion. Trouble is, reducing babies makes the rich zero profit, except perhaps in condoms and other birth control.

President, Ivey Foundation

Dr. Lourie is one of Canada’s most influential experts enablers of polluting fossil fuel companies and propagandistson climate change and sustainability. Best known for his ability to rethink lie about complex problems and develop solutions that benefit both the economy andpolluting rich fuckers, notably in oil, gas, frac and bitumen the environment, he has been instrumental in creating more than a dozen organizations that play a critical role in synergizing and lying to Canadians about Canada’s transition to a net-zero economy, including Canadian Climate Institute, the Institute for Sustainable Finance, Farmers for Climate Solutions, Efficiency Canada and The Transition Accelerator. His focus at Ivey Foundation is the Economy and Environment program, which provides funding to net-zero focused organizations. He initiated the largest climate action in North America, the phasing out of coal in Ontario, helped shepherd the Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement and supported the establishment of the Ontario Greenbelt. He liaises with government, industry, academia, ENGOs and the business community to ensure Canada DOES NOTachieves net-zero by 2050 while remaining competitive.

An engaging and lively spokesperson, Dr. Lourie has a unique ability to lie to and propagandize the publictranslate complex issues into timely and actionable information in both print and broadcast interviews and has been interviewed by major radio, television, print and social media outlets in Canada, Australia and the United States. Dr. Lourie is an experienced and in demand speaker, and speaks regularly at major climate, energy, government, philanthropy and industry association events including the 2024 World Energy Congress in Rotterdam, the 2024 Net-Zero Forum and the 2024 Globe and Mail Report on Business Road to Net-Zero event, where he gave the keynote addresspropagandizing the masses, serving polluters, notably oil, gas and frac companies.

In 2024 Dr. Lourie received the Order of Canada for his career-long commitment to sustainability and his entrepreneurship in helping establish many organizations devoted to money, more money, and progandizing the public and harmed via vile synergy! One exampled, Ivey Fdn funded over $2M to Pembina Institute – one of the most vile synergizing NGOs in Canada, along with CAPE and many others! the environment and Canada’s transition to net-zero. He was the recipient of York University’s top alumni distinction, the Bryden Award for Outstanding Achievement in 2015, and was awarded a Rockefeller Bellagio Residency in 2021. He is the co-author of two books, Toxin Toxout and Slow Death By Rubber Duck, an international bestseller. Dr. Lourie holds a Ph.D. examining the intersection of risk, science and policy. yet, he says NOTHING about the endless toxic harms to many communities, farms and families by the mad levels of frac’ing for natural gas which is exported via LNG and which permanently removes from the hydrogeological cycle 25-100% of the water injected!

Topics of expertise:

Climate change, climate policy, Canada’s net-zero and energy transitions, electrification, electricity grid integration, low-carbon hydrogen, sustainable finance, sustainable agriculture, energy efficiency, carbon pricing, phasing out coal, toxic chemicals.Yet, is fully pimping natural gas which is all frac’d now, exposing workers and communities to horrific brews, spills and dumps of deadly chemicals. FFS, he says nothing about how toxic Canada’s natural gas now is, because of the toxic chemicals needed to frac, and the masses of silicosis causing frac sand!

Other Roles:

Board member at Canadian Climate Institute, SeedChange Foundation and The Transition Accelerator (Chair)

Senior Fellow at Institute for Sustainable Finance, Adjunct Professor at Queen’s University, visiting lecturer at University of Oxford Said Business School Social Finance Program, Fellow at Royal Geographical Society of Canada, Honourary Director at Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment.No wonder CAPE is a synergizing NGO, dancing in useless circles when it comes to frac’ing, with this dude a director!

What if pursuing carbon-free electricity does more harm than good?Using frac’d fucking not natural gas to make electricity assuredly causes much more pollution and harm than good, notably permanent loss of vital water, high carbon and methane pollution, and health harms to the frac’d communities sacrificed by the rich to serve their greed and our corrupt politicos and goons like this author. Then there’s the ultra corrupt and stupid LNG – exporting our frac’d gas will only massively drive up prices for ordinary Canadians while rich foreign douche fucking rich get richer by Bruce Lourie, Special to The Globe and Mail, Dec 14, 2025

Bruce Lourie, C.M., is president of the Ivey Foundation and a professor of practice at the Trottier Institute for Sustainability in Engineering and Design, McGill University.

What if our pursuit of a perfectly clean electricity grid undermines the broader electrification revolution we need? The answer lies in understanding the economics of that final push toward 100-per-cent renewable electricity, and nowhere is this tension more visible than in Canada.

That’s because Canada’s electricity system stands as one of the cleanest in the industrialized world, already 84-per-cent decarbonized. This is an impressive achievement, built largely on the foundation of hydroelectric power in Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec, Manitoba and British Columbia, complemented by nuclear generation in Ontario.

For most of the past two decades, Canadian policymakers have celebrated this advantage, viewing it as a springboard for climate action. But the calculus becomes more challenging with a push toward 100-per-cent decarbonization.

Sometimes called “the last mile problem,” the challenge is straightforward but profound. The first 84-per-cent of decarbonization in Canada came relatively easily. Natural geography and historical public investments provided reliable and affordable electricity. The final stretch is different.

The Energy Transitions Commission and the Rocky Mountain Institute (global think tanks) have documented this challenge across multiple jurisdictions. Their research shows that the cost curve for grid decarbonization is not linear. Going from 50-per-cent to 80-per-cent decarbonized electricity is cost-effective. Above 80 per cent, the costs increase, and that final push from 90 per cent to 100 per cent can cost exponentially more still. Pushing beyond 95 per cent requires infrastructure investments that can double or triple the marginal cost of that final clean energy.

In Canada’s case, this could mean electricity rate increases of 20 to 40 per cent in the non-hydro provinces. This isn’t a failure of renewable technology. It’s simply the reality that the last few percentage points of demand require massive investments in energy storage, transmission infrastructure, carbon capture technologyJFC! Carbon Capture tech is a fucking fraud with which to con the public into believing fossil fuels can be “cleaned” up – they can’t and worse, making the citizenry pay for the fraud for industry to use and lie and lie and lie and rape and pollute out more fucking polluting tar, oil, and gas, and you know it! or significant overbuilding of renewable capacity to ensure reliability during peak periods.

Alberta has achieved 60-per-cent decarbonization with natural gas replacing coal.

FUCK! What the hell Mr. Lourie? You are as disgusting a liar and polluter propagandist as Herr Carney! Natural gas cannot be “decarbonized!” You fucking know that, advertised “expert” that you are. Most gas now is frac’d and frac’ing is terribly polluting with massive carbon emissions that make it a greater carbon polluter than coal, and much more harm to communities sacrificed. Then, there are also the nasty methane leaks and intentional venting, including deadly sour gas.And while wind and solar capacity have grown dramatically over the past decade, there is room for much more to further decarbonize the system and bring down the province’s sky-high electricity rates. This will only happen once the electricity market is freed from political intervention that prevents renewable power development. Over 90-per-cent decarbonization of the system is doable while maintaining a few natural gas peaking plants for reliability during January cold snaps, when electricity demand surges and evening solar production plummets.Much better to have storage than frac’d gas anything! Frac’ing must be criminalized! It permanently removes vital water from the hydrogeological cycle removing it from future use – forever. No electricity generated with frac’d gas is worth that, never mind the gross pollution (toxic chemicals, carbon and methane), radioactivity and health harms it causes

British Columbia is a different story. It already has 98-per-cent clean electricity through hydroelectric power. BC Hydro has projected that achieving 100-per-cent clean energy and shutting the natural gas peaking plants would add massive cost. Similar dynamics play out in Nova Scotia, Quebec and Manitoba.Ya, but, you neglect to mention how disgusting a polluter BC is with it’s massive frac’d sacrifice zones serving greed via LNG which will only massively drive up prices for Canadians to heat their homes, and pollute much much more via the incredible waste to ship the gas to the coast, cool it, export it, then heat it up again. LNG is STUPID STUPID STUPID. Photo below of a few toxic polluting frac flares in NEBC:

The situation is urgent, and long-term energy storage solutions are expensive. This doesn’t mean gas “peakers” forever; only until alternative technologies are proven at the scale and cost needed to get us through a January cold snap.

Modelling done by the Transition Accelerator (a Canadian think tank) shows that for Canada to achieve 2050 climate targets, roughly 60 per cent of current end-use energy needs to be electrified requiring a doubling of electricity supply. The entire climate strategy for Canada, and indeed most industrialized countries, depends on rapid electrification of transportation and heating.BUT BUT BUT, stolen stupid AI will guzzle up much electricity and water, driving up prices for all other uses, rendering electrifying heating and transport out of reach for most Canadians and most business. STUPID STUPID STUPID!

This is where the paradox becomes dangerous and introduces the counterintuitive idea that total decarbonization of the electricity grid could stall economywide electrification and delay the achievement of climate change targets.

Here’s the problem: Consumers make decisions based on affordability. A family considering an electric vehicle or heat pump compares the lifetime operating costs against conventional alternatives. If electricity rates increase 30 per cent while natural gas prices remain stable, the case for electrification weakens considerably. That heat pump is less appealing if it means higher heating costs.EXCUSE ME!? LNG and gross over build of useless polluting AI will drive up natural gas prices out of reach for all but rich Canadians, and will likely bankrupt companies from coast to coast to coast.

Now more than ever, we need a thoughtful approach to electricity planning. Maintaining a small percentage of natural gas generation for peak demand provides low-cost reliability while still achieving 95-per-cent decarbonization in the power sector. The mathematics are compelling. The emissions from gas peaker plants running a couple of hundred hours per year pale in comparison with the emissions avoided by accelerating electrification of transportation and heating.

Regulations are important to drive decarbonization, but flexibility is foremost if we are to double down on the main issue: rapidly accelerating the electrification of the economy.

B.S.H.:

Renewables with storage are now capable of 100 percent availability.
Solar or wind with storage are more reliable and more available than any other form of power, as well as being the fastest and cheapest to build.
Gas peaker turbines do not like high or low temperatures, as Texas found out during hot and cold snaps;
Renewables are what kept working; Texas is ahead of most places in implementation.
Obstacles such as Danielle Smith need to be moved aside.
Her interests are directed by her fossil fuel controllers, not the interests of Albertans.

Moving to Natural Gas for power is not actually “Decarbonisation”; it is a fossil fuel.
For the money and time wasted on building gas plants; renewables with storage can be become operational.

Geothermal energy has a place in all this.
Alberta and BC can harness that power using the equipment and skills from the oil patch.
Nuclear is a failed technology from a 1950’s fantasy when it was promised to give;
“Power too cheap to meter”;
In fact; Nuclear is the most expensive, longest to build, most toxic (not “Green” in any way) and,
When required maintenance is considered over the life of reactors, Nuclear is less available than wind;
Fact!

One’s Opinions are Never Wrong:

Green energy, blue hydrogen, green hydrogen are boondoggles perpetrated on politicians wholike Mark Carney are out right lying orhave ZERO understanding of thermodynamics, enthalpy, entropy, and Gibbs Ffree Energy but are willing to appear to be “doing something” to save the envronment. Sadly, they don’t teach thermodynamics in the polysci programs that most politicos take as a prerequisite to politics.
Meanwhile the energy companies have their hands in taxpayers’ pockets extracting tax incentives/writeoffs, receiving research grants for unproven boondoggles like carbon capture and the like.
Start with transportation… double railway trackage and take thousands of long haul truckers off the highways plus reduce highway maintenance. Encourage small motors, a 2 liter engine produces half the pollution of a 4 liter engine, etc. incentivize installing Venturi like scubbers on smokestacks which reduce off gases by a large margin.
Take a wholistic approach to CO2 production… that includes energy losses in transmission lines to recharge EVs, etc.

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and start with population control (the users of energy)… religious leaders are you listening??

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The author’s calculus is suspect and his lack of awareness of the ongoing technological advances in renewable production and mass energy storage is regrettable. Our personal experience, after a year of having a grid-tied, solar array installed, is that we have found our electricity cost is now immaterial. All our gas appliances are now removed and our heat pump and E.V. operational costs are limited to maintenance only.

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Alberta and Sask have abundant sunshine even when it’s super cold. They also have abundant wind. I know there is loss of efficiency in electrical transmission when the temperature is low, but that doesn’t make either one infeasible. Even in the cloudy Pacific NW, I was able to cut my electricity bill in half using roof solar in Portland OR (47 deg).

The biggest problem with solar and wind in Canada is the propaganda of oil and gas producers saying it’ll never work. Batteries are coming soon that can hold all you need. Canada’s biggest problem is lack of a ubiquitous, integrated robust grid with smart tech to distribute power efficiently.

Here are the NGOs etc. that were given money by IVEY Fdn. Some of these “groups” were created by this IVEY foundation. Why did some money go to Pembina Institute and Pembina Foundation? They’re the same fucking frac-enabling NGO?

Also, note the NGO “Clean Prosperity” below. It’s received nearly $2M directly, and more funding indirectly. PS It is impossible to create “clean” prosperity!

Award Date	Recipient	Recipient City	Project Name	Term	Amount (CAD)
2024	Accelerate Alliance	Canada-wide	Building Public Support for ZEV Supply Chain	2 years	650,000
2024	Alberta Federation of Labour	Alberta	Diversify Alberta	2 years	800,000
2024	New Majority	Canada-wide	Supporting Youth for Net-Zero	2 years	900,000
2024	Clean Economy Fund with New Economy Canada	Canada-wide	New Economy Canada Campaign	1 year	500,000
2023	Ecology Action Centre	Halifax	Energy Affordability Campaign	5 years	750,000
2023	National Farmers Union	Winnipeg	Climate and Canadian Agriculture Policy	3 years	780,000
2023	Canadian Climate Institute	Toronto	Scaling up Federal and Provincial Impact	3 years	3,000,000
2023	Alberta Federation of Labour	Edmonton	Alberta Worker and Public Education	1 year	425,000
2023	Clean Economy Fund	Toronto	Alberta Youth and Suburban Women for Climate Action	1 year	300,000
2023	Salal Foundation	Victoria	Alberta Energy Transition Phase II	1 year	225,000
2023	Simon Fraser University with Clean Energy Canada	Burnaby	Keeping Canada on the Path to Net-Zero	3 years	2,250,000
2023	Clean Prosperity	Toronto	Creating Climate Policy Stability	3 years	1,575,000
2023	Electric Mobility Canada	Ile des Sœurs	Provincial and Federal ZEV Advocacy	3 years	1,050,000
2023	University of British Columbia, Peter A. Allard School of Law with Canada Climate Law Initiative	Vancouver	Climate Solutions in Corporate Board Rooms	3 years	800,000
2023	Farmers for Climate Solutions	Ottawa	Addressing the Gap in Canadian Agriculture Policy	3 years	1,100,000
2023	Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment	Toronto	Expanding Physicians’ Voices for Climate Action	3 years	1,000,000
2023	Centre for Environmental Leadership in Canada	Ottawa	Parliamentary and Municipal Internships for Climate	3 years	400,000
2023	The Transition Accelerator	Calgary	Accelerating Canada’s Net-Zero Transition	3 years	13,000,000
2023	Carleton University, Efficiency Canada	Ottawa	Advancing Demand Side Solutions	3 years	1,800,000
2023	Clean Economy Fund	Toronto	National and Provincial Natural Gas Ban Campaign	2 years	1,350,000
2023	Institute for Sustainability, Education and Action (I-SEA) with National Observer	Salt Spring Island	Climate Solutions Reporting	3 years	500,000
2023	Carleton University	Ottawa	Rosamond Ivey Research Chair in Sustainability Transitions	4 years	2,500,000
2023	Clean Economy Fund with New Economy Canada	Ottawa	New Economy Canada	3 years	1,600,000
2023	First Nations Major Project Coalition Society	Vancouver	Indigenous Electricity and Critical Minerals	3 years	600,000
2023	Salal Foundation	Victoria	Economic Benefits of Energy Transition	1 year	310,000

2023	Pembina Institute	Calgary	Fast Forward on Climate Policy	3 years	1,530,000
2023	Environmental Defence Canada	Toronto	Engaging in a Net-Zero Economy	3 years	2,100,000
2023	Clean Economy Fund	Ottawa	Collaborations for Climate Solutions	3 years	1,200,000
2023	Sustainability Network	Toronto	Building Canadian ENGO Capacity	3 years	450,000
2023	Royal Roads University Foundation with Cascade Institute	Victoria	Development of Ultradeep Geothermal Systems	3 years	450,000
2023	Carleton University with Re.Climate	Ottawa	Improving Climate Communications and Engagement	3 years	600,000
2022	Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment	Toronto	Leveraging Physicians’ Voices for Climate Action	1 year	200,000
2022	Canadian Climate Institute	Toronto	Climate Commitment and Progress Tracker	1 year	325,000
2022	Carleton University	Ottawa	Building Decarbonization Accelerator	2 years	450,000
2022	Carleton University	Ottawa	Climate Activation Canada: ReClimate	1 year	130,000
2022	Carleton University	Ottawa	Net-Zero Industrial Policy Centre	1 year	175,000
2022	Clean Economy Fund with First Nations Major Projects Coalition	Toronto	Indigenous Capacity to Support Electrification	1 year	290,000
2022	Clean Economy Fund with Future Majority	Toronto	Energy Transition in Alberta with Youth and Women	1 year	200,000
2022	Clean Economy Fund	Toronto	Collaborations for Net-Zero	1 year	395,000
2022	Columbia Institute with SHARE and Influence Map	Vancouver	Corporate Climate Policy Alignment	1 year	100,000
2022	Columbia Institute with SHARE and CEC		Corporate Climate Policy Alignment	2 years	270,000
2022	Conservation Council of New Brunswick	Fredericton	Atlantic Canada Net-Zero Electricity Transition	1 year	150,000
2022	Environment Funders Canada	Toronto	Securing Climate Policy Success	1 year	105,000
2022	Environmental Defence	Toronto	Automotive Sector and ZEVs	1 year	125,000
2022	Green Teacher with EnergiMedia	Brighton	Net-Zero Communications 2022	1 year	100,000
2022	International Institute for Sustainable Development	Winnipeg	Electrifying Canada Bridge Funding, Phase 2	1 year	75,000
2022	National Farmers Foundation with National Farmers Union	Saskatoon	Advancing Climate Policy in Agriculture	1 year	50,000
2022	Ontario Clean Air Alliance Research Inc.	Toronto	Natural Gas Phase-Out in Ontario	1 year	150,000
2022	Pembina Institute with Electric Mobility Canada	Toronto	Federal Investment in EV Infrastructure	1 year	160,000
2022	Pembina Institute	Toronto	Future of Electricity in Alberta and Reducing Oil and Gas Emissions	2 years	540,000

2022	Public Policy Forum	Ottawa	Electrification Table and Energy Summit	1 year	75,000
2022	Queen’s University, Institute for Sustainable Finance	Kingston	Expand Capacity of Sustainable Finance	2 years	500,000
2022	Royal Roads University Foundation, Cascade Institute	Victoria	Accelerating Ultradeep Geothermal Deployment	1 year	150,000
2022	Salal Foundation with Alberta Environmental Network	Victoria	Alberta Energy Transition	1 year	225,000
2022	Salal Foundation with STAND	Victoria	Safe Cities Canada	1 year	75,000
2022	Simon Fraser University with Clean Energy Canada	Burnaby	Assessing the Real Costs of Renewables	1 yer	100,000
2022	Sustainability Network with GreenPAC	Toronto	Parliamentary Internship – Indigenous focus	1 year	75,000
2022	The Institute for Sustainability, Education and Action with National Observer	Surrey	Net-Zero Finance Reporting	1 year	75,000
2022	The Natural Step	Ottawa	Climate and Conservatives	1 year	55,000
2022	The Transition Accelerator with Accelerate	Calgary	Building a ZEV Supply Chain Roadmap	2 years	500,000
2022	The Transition Accelerator with Propulsion Québec	Calgary	Roadmap for Electric and Smart Transport	1 year	100,000
2022	The Transition Accelerator	Calgary	Supporting Electrification in Canada	1 year	655,000
2022	The Transition Accelerator		Supporting Electrification in Canada	2 years	700,000
2022	University of British Columbia, The Peter Allard School of Law, with Canadian Climate Law Initiative	Vancouver	Finance Sector Climate Governance	1 year	100,000
2022	University of Ottawa with Smart Prosperity Institute	Ottawa	Advancing Net-Zero Industrial Strategy	1 year	182,500
2022	Wildlife Conservation Society	Toronto	Peatlands and Climate Policy Framework	1 year	50,000
2021	Carleton University	Ottawa	Research and Knowledge Mobilization to Promote Canada’s Progress Towards Net-Zero	1-year	220,000
2021	Carleton University	Ottawa	Helping Canada Adopt a Mission-Oriented Approach to Green Industrial Strategy	1-year	100,000
2021	Carleton University with Efficiency Canada	Ottawa	Operating Support	1-year	300,000
2021	Clean Economy Fund	Ottawa	Organizational Review	1-year	100,000
2021	Clean Economy Fund with Canadians for Clean Prosperity	Ottawa	Expanding Support for Carbon Pricing	1-year	100,000
2021	Columbia Institute with SHARE,	Vancouver	Climate Engagement Canada (CEC)	1-year	50,000
2021	Environment Funders Canada with the Low Carbon Funders Group	Toronto	Supporting Climate Policy in Canada	1-year	335,000
2021	Environmental Defence Canada	Toronto	Exposing the Automotive Sector’s Resistance to Electric Vehicles	1-year	100,000
2021	Institute for a New Economy with Canada Green Building Council	Ottawa	Workforce 2030: Elevating Low Carbon Skills Development for Federal and Provincial Governments	1-year	100,000

2021	Institute for a New Economy with Iron and Earth	Edmonton	Renewable Skills Initiative 2022	1-year	75,000
2021	International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)	Winnipeg	Support for IISD Climate Change Initiatives	1-year	350,000
2021	Advocacy to Accelerate EV Adoption in Canada through an Electric Mobility Strategy for Canada	Calargy	Pembina Institute with Electric Mobility Canada	1-year	50,000
2021	Public Policy Forum	Ottawa	Energy Future Forum (Phase 2)	1-year	75,000
2021	Ryerson University with Future Majority	Toronto	Organizing Young Suburban Canadians for Climate Action	1-year	200,000
2021	SeedChange Canada	Ottawa	Farmers for Climate Solutions and National Farmers’ Union Support	1-year	450,000
2021	Simon Fraser University with Clean Energy Canada	Vancouver	Advancing the Decarbonization of Heavy Industry in Canada	1-year	300,000
2021	Sustainability Network with GreenPAC	Toronto	Parliamentary Internship for the Environment and 100 Debates for the Environment	1-year	75,000
2021	Transition Accelerator	Calgary	Assessing the Workforce Required to Advance a Hydrogen Economy and Zero Emissions Vehicle (ZEV) Supply	1-year	125,000
2021	Transition Accelerator	Calgary	Accelerating Electrification in Canada	1-year	525,000
2021	Transition Accelerator	Calgary	Accelerate Alliance Phase 2	1-year	250,000
2021	University of Ottawa with Smart Prosperity and The Natural Step	Ottawa	Increasing the Efficacy of Green Public Procurement and Engaging Conservative Voices in Clean Growth	1-year	75,000
2020	Support for the Task Force for a Resilient Recovery	Ottawa	Clean Economy Fund	1-year	190,000
2020	Operational Support	Clean Economy Fund	Ottawa	1-year	65,000
2020	Carleton University, Efficiency Canada and Canada Green Building Council	Ottawa	Workforce 2030: Advancing a Low-Carbon Workforce in Ontario	1 year	75,000
2020	Carleton University, Efficiency Canada	Ottawa	The Time is Now: Accelerating Energy Efficiency in Canada	1-year	150,000
2020	Clean Economy Fund with Canadians for Clean Prosperity	Ottawa	Deepening Multi-party Climate Ambition	1-year	100,000
2020	Columbia Institute	Toronto	Our Canada Project	1-year	100,000
2020	Ecojustice	Toronto	Strengthening Canada’s Environmental Laws	1-year	50,000
2020	Ecology Action Centre	Halifax	Building a Green and Just Recovery	1-year	75,000
2020	Environmental Defence	Toronto	Supporting a Clean Recovery by Investigating the Lobbying Activities of the Oil and Gas Industry	1-year	50,000
2020	Environmental Defence	Toronto	Exposing Automotive Sector’s Resistance to Electric Vehicles	1-year	75,000
2020	Environmental Funders Canada with Climate Action Network	Ottawa	Guiding a Just Recovery to Stimulate Canada’s Low Carbon Economy	1-year	75,000
2020	International Institute for Sustainable Development	Winnipeg	Creation of Energy Transitions Commission	1 year	100,000
2020	Mohawk College	Hamilton	Canadian Colleges for a Resilient Recovery: National Communications Strategy	1 year	75,000

2020	Public Policy Forum	Ottawa	Energy Future Forum	1 year	75,000
2020	Ryerson University, Future Majority	Toronto	Organizing Young Suburban Canadians for Action on the Climate Crisis	1 year	75,000
2020	SeedChange Canada	Ottawa	Farmers for Climate Solutions	1 year	125,000
2020	SeedChange with National Farmers Union	Ottawa	Farmers for Climate Solutions – National Farmers Union Role in Climate Solutions Leadership	1 year	125,000
2020	Simon Fraser University, Clean Energy Canada	Vancouver	The Next Steps in Decarbonizing Canada’s Industrial Sector	1 year	175,000
2020	Smart Prosperity	Ottawa	Economic Analysis in Support of Clean Growth	1 year	50,000
2020	Sustainability Network	Toronto	Supporting and Strengthening Canada’s ENGO Community for Economy and Environment	1 year	65,000
2020	The Institute for New Economics with Iron & Earth	Edmonton	Net-Zero Workforce Support	1 year	75,000
2020	The Natural Step Canada	Ottawa	Canadian Business for Climate Policy Campaign Development, Launch and Expansion	1 year	75,000
2020	The Transition Accelerator	Ottawa	Zero-Emission Vehicles Industrial Strategy Support	1 year	110,000
2020	The Transition Accelerator	Ottawa	Capitalizing on the Hydrogen Economy Momentum	1 year	200,000
2020	Trottier Energy Institute with Foundation et Alumni de Polytechnique Montréal	Montréal	Strategic Dialogues on Climate Change Policy Research in Canada	1 year	50,000
2020	The University of British Columbia, Peter Allard School of Law	Vancouver	Commonwealth Climate and Law Initiative – Canada Phase III	2-years	50,000
2020	Wildlife Conservation Society Canada	Toronto	Carbon Markets and Finance to Protect Canada’s Land Sinks	1 year	100,000
2019	SHIFT Initiative	Vancouver	Tides Canada	2 year	75,000
2019	Canada’s Ecofiscal Commission, 2017-2019	Montreal	McGill University, Canada’s Ecofiscal Commission	3 year	225,000
2019	Establishing the Transitions Pathway Accelerator	Ottawa	Carleton University	3 year	250,000
2019	Commonwealth Climate Law Initiative	Vancouver	University of British Columbia- Allard School of Law	2 year	40,000
2019	Integrating Economy and Environment through Policy Renewal	Halifax	Ecology Action Centre	2 year	75,000
2019	Finding Climate Solutions through Sustainable Agriculture	Ottawa	USC-Canada (name changed to SeedChange)	1 year	75,000
2019	Institute for Sustainable Finance	Kingston	Queens University, Smith School of Business	3 year	750,000
2019	Canadian Institute for Sustainable Finance Development phase 2	Kingston	Queens University, Smith School of Business	1 year	150,000
2019	Growing the Clean Economy in Canada	Vancouver	Simon Fraser University with Clean Energy Canada	1 year	150,000
2019	Seeding Climate Resilience: Farmer Perspectives on Climate Change in Canada	Winnipeg	Prairie Climate Centre (PCC)	1 year	100,000
2019	Implementing a communication strategy for health-focused climate messaging	Toronto	Ontario Public Health Association (OPHA)	1 year	125,000

2019	Carbon Pricing Literacy and Action: Parliamentary Internship for the Environment and the 100-in-a-day-debates	Toronto	Sustainability Network with GreenPAC	1 year	75,000
2019	Engaging Ontarians to Prioritize the Environment	Toronto	Environmental Defence Canada	1 year	115,000
2019	Foundations for New Conversations: Redirecting public and private investment in Canada’s oil sector & agriculture sector	Winnipeg	IISD	2 year	150,000
2019	Finding Climate Solutions through Sustainable Agriculture		National Farmers Union	1 year	75,000
2019	Development of Canadian Business Coalition on Climate Policy	Ottawa	Carleton University, Business Coalition on Climate Policy	1 year	75,000
2019	Reforming Canada’s Environmental Laws	Toronto	Ecojustice	1 year	125,000
2019	The 3% Project to Mobilize 1,000,000 students	Toronto	Foundation for Environmental Stewardship (FES)	1 year	100,000
2019	Easing the (Climate) Squeeze	Vancouver	Vancity Community Foundation with Generation Squeeze	1 year	50,000
2019	Climate Legacy	Ottawa	Group 78	1 year	45,000
2019	Families in Canada’s Changing Climate	Toronto	Friends of the Greenbelt Foundation	1 year	31,000
2019	Climate Community Leaders Canada- Building Local Capacity to Accelerate Climate Action	City of Surrey	City of Surrey with the Canadian Urban Sustainability Practitioners (CUSP) Network	1 year	50,000
2019	Enhancing “Most of Us” public engagement campaign	Vancouver	Columbia Institute	1 year	100,000
2019	Mission. Accelerate. Mobilizing Youth-led Momentum for the Low-carbon Transition	Toronto	Environment Funders Canada (formerly CEGN) with Youth Climate Action	1 year	35,000
2019	Communicating for Lasting Success in the Climate Movement	Ottawa	Environment Funders Canada (formerly CEGN) with Climate Action Network (CAN-Rac)	1 year	35,000
2019	The Climate Change Communications Hub (C3H)	Vancouver	Simon Fraser University, Centre for Dialogue	1 year	200,000
2019	Our Human Energy’ communications campaign	Ottawa	Efficiency Canada- Carleton University	1 year	75,000
2019	Carbon pricing myths: Social Media Campaign	Montreal	University of McGill, Canada’s Ecofiscal Commission	1 year	20,000
2019	Social media enhancement strategy	Vancouver	Simon Fraser University with Clean Energy Canada (CEC)	1 year	100,000
2019	Fair Path Forward campaign	Montreal	Clean Economy Canada with Canadians for Clean Prosperity (CCP)	1 year	100,000
2018	Carleton University	Ottawa	Building Credible, Compelling Decarbonization Pathways for Canada	1 year	75,000
2018	Carleton University	Ottawa	Establishing the Transitions Accelerator	3 years	750,000
2018	Clean Economy Fund	Ottawa	Research Priorities for 2018-2019	2 years	360,000
2018	Columbia Institute	Vancouver	Engaging Canadians in the Clean Economy, “Our Canada” campaign	1 year	250,000
2018	Ecology Action Centre	Halifax	Integrating Economy and Environment through Policy Renewal	2 years	150,000
2018	Green Economy Canada, Canadian Environmental Grantmakers’ Network	Toronto	Business Leading in the Low Carbon Economy	1 year	100,000

2018	Queen’s University, Smith School of Business	Kingston	Developing a Canadian Institute for Sustainable Finance	1 year	50,000
2018	University of British Columbia	Vancouver	Phase II Canada: Commonwealth Climate and Law Initiative	2 years	115,000
2018	CPAWS, Stand.earth	Ottawa	Advancing the Healthy Forests Campaign	1 year	75,000
2018	Wildlife Conservation Society	Toronto	Support for Effective Implementation of Target 1 Commitment	1 year	50,000
2017	Carleton University	Ottawa	Building an Effective National Champion for Energy Efficiency	2 years	350,000
2017	Clean Economy Fund	Toronto	Research Priorities for 2017-2018	1 year	210,000
2017	CPAWS, STAND (formerly ForestEthics)	Ottawa	Protecting the Boreal Forest with Stand.earth	1 year	75,000
2017	Ecojustice	Toronto	Environmental Law Reform in Canada	1 year	100,000
2017	Ecology Action Centre	Halifax	Building on Leadership: Strengthening Nova Scotia’s Clean Economy	1 year	105,600
2017	Environmental Defence Canada	Toronto	Securing a Federal Climate Strategy and a Clean Economy	1 year	100,000
2017	FSC Canada	Montreal	Field-Testing New National FSC Standard	1 year	75,000
2017	International Institute for Sustainable Development	Winnipeg	Building IISD’s Capacity to Contribute to Canada’s Low Carbon Economy Transition	2 years	300,000
2017	Pembina Foundation	Calgary	Accelerating Energy Efficiency: Removing Barriers and Advancing Policy and Market Solutions in Key	2 years	160,000
2017	Simon Fraser University, Clean Energy Canada	Vancouver	Accelerating Canada’s Clean Energy Transition	2 years	300,000
2017	University of Ottawa, Smart Prosperity Institute	Ottawa	North American Low Carbon Convening Series	1 year	95,000
2016	CPAWS, STAND (formerly ForestEthics)	Ottawa	STAND Boreal Forest Campaign 2016	1 year	75,000
2016	Clean Economy Fund	Toronto	National Energy Efficiency Strategy and Energy Modelling	1 year	108,900
2016	Clean Economy Fund	Toronto	Scaling Up the Clean Economy Fund	1 year	250,000
2016	Environmental Defence Canada	Toronto	Locking in a Clean Economy	1 year	75,000
2016	Evergreen	Toronto	Infrastructure Procurement Policy Project	1 year	30,000
2016	McGill University, Canada’s Ecofiscal Commission	Montreal	Market-based Instruments: Training for Senior Policy Makers (Phases 2 and 3)	2 years	317,372
2016	McGill University	Montreal	Canada’s Ecofiscal Commission	3 years	675,000
2016	Pembina Foundation	Calgary	Capturing Western Canada’s Energy Efficiency Potential	1 year	30,000
2016	Simon Fraser University, Beedie School of Business (Social Currents)	Vancouver	Social Currents	2 years	300,000
2016	Sustainability Network	Toronto	Enviro ELP 2.0 (Phase 2)	2 years	110,000

2016	Sustainability Network, Sustainability CoLab	Toronto	Renewal: Communicating Progress in Advancing Ontario’s Low Carbon Economy	2 years	150,000
2016	Tides Canada	Vancouver	SHIFT Initiative	2 years	200,000
2016	TNC Canada	Toronto	Building a Model for Sustainable Rural Economies and Achieving FSC Certification	1 year	75,000
2016	University of Waterloo, Centre for International Governance Innovation	Waterloo	Sustainable Finance Opportunities and Barriers in Canada	1 year	50,000
2016	York University, Osgoode Hall Law School	Toronto	Commonwealth Climate and Law Initiative [CCLI]	1 year	75,000
2015	Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (Global Forest Watch Canada)	Ottawa	Mapping Comprehensive Wealth in Canada	1 year	30,000
2015	Carleton University, Carleton Centre for Community Innovation	Ottawa	Canadian Impact Infrastructure Exchange [CIIX] Pilot	1 year	50,000
2015	Clean Economy Fund	Toronto	Clean Economy Fund Support Grant	1 year	75,000
2015	Conference Board of Canada	Ottawa	Developing a Low Carbon Economy for Canada	2 years	300,000
2015	Ecology Action Centre	Halifax	Building on Nova Scotia’s Green Economy Achievements	1 year	100,000
2015	Environmental Defence Canada	Toronto	Creating the Clean Economy	1 year	75,000
2015	Pembina Foundation	Alberta	Carbon Pricing Leadership in Alberta	1 year	40,000
2015	Simon Fraser University, Beedie School of Business (Social Currents)	Vancouver	Greening Economy Narrative: Meeting the New Media Imperative	1 year	50,000
2015	Simon Fraser University, Clean Energy Canada	Vancouver	Advancing a Clean Economy for Ontario	1 year	100,000
2015	Simon Fraser University, Clean Energy Canada	Vancouver	Setting Strong Carbon and Clean Energy Policy Precedents for Alberta and Ontario	2 years	300,000
2015	Sustainability Network (Sustainability CoLab)	Toronto	Communicating Progress in Advancing Ontario’s Low Carbon Economy	1 year	60,000
2015	University of Toronto, Institute for Competitiveness and Prosperity	Toronto	Envisioning a Carbon Neutral Economy in Ontario	1 year	50,000
2015	University of Waterloo, Centre for International Governance Innovation	Waterloo	Laying the Foundations for a Stronger Clean Tech Sector in Canada	1 year	110,000
2014	International Institute for Sustainable Development	Winnipeg	Measuring Wealth in a Resource Economy	2 years	150,000
2014	International Institute for Sustainable Development	Winnipeg	Towards a Cleaner, Healthier Canada	2 years	150,000
2014	McGill University	Montreal	Canada’s Ecofiscal Commission	2 years	450,000
2014	Natural Step Canada	Ottawa	“Future Fit” Business Playbook	1 year	50,000
2014	Natural Step Canada	Ottawa	Natural Capital Lab	1 year	50,000
2014	Sustainability Network	Toronto	Economic Literacy Program	2 years	100,000
2014	Tides Canada Initiatives (Clean Energy Canada)	Vancouver	Amplifying Canadian Clean Energy Success Stories	1 year	50,000

2014	University of Ottawa	Ottawa	Strengthening the Business Case for Greening Canada’s Economy	1 year	150,000
2014	University of Toronto, Mowat Centre	Toronto	Identifying Ontario’s Green Growth Potential	1 year	20,000
2014	York University	Toronto	Ecological Macroeconomic Modeling	1 year	28,788

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