Daily Commercial News | We’ve had another call recently, for the development of a green economy in Canada.

It’s one of those ideas that is hard to argue with. After all, who doesn’t want a greener economy, a greener way of life, a greener world? The problem, of course, is that the phrase “green economy” means different things to different people.

iPolitics | Let’s not get distracted by controversy. Recent media attention has focused on major energy pipeline projects and Canada’s withdrawal from the Kyoto Protocol as defining the energy debate in this country.

Financial Post | It is not too much of a caricature to say that we sell the Americans and Chinese the raw materials they need to create technology to sell back to us

iPolitics.ca | Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver’s “Open Letter” on the Northern Gateway Pipeline, published January 9th, 2011 in the Globe and Mail, stands as one of the more remarkable and revelatory political documents of the current government.

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Financial Post | The solar energy sector in Germany, which pioneered hefty government subsidies to stoke the industry and create jobs, is going dark, leading many to wonder if Ontario should continue to follow the same model.

iPolitics.ca | The Scene: Budget Day 2017 in the House of Commons. The Minister of Finance is delivering the Budget Speech. The theme of the speech is the occasion of Canada’s sesquicentennial, and the opportunity it affords the government to lay the foundation for the country’s long-term prosperity. The Minister has announced a number of major new initiatives, from health, to infrastructure, to aboriginal affairs.

iPolitics.ca | The silly season of climate change is upon us. Delegates are assembling in Durban, South Africa, at the latest Conference of the Parties of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. Expectations are rather low that the meeting will take the world any closer to arriving at an agreement that countries will actually honour and implement.

The Tyee | Experts are divided on what the levy has achieved and how it must evolve.

iPolitics.ca | At first blush, Peter Lougheed – stately, distinguished, widely respected ex-Premier of Alberta, and Darryl Hannah – actress, environmental advocate, and…er…widely respected ex-girlfriend of John F. Kennedy Jr., would not seem to have much in common. But, as of last week, both are on record as opposing the development of the Keystone XL pipeline that would bring oil sands from northern Alberta to the refineries of the U.S. Gulf Coast.

Montreal Gazette | Canada is drifting away from the climate change policies of one of its closest allies on the international stage because of an approach defined by "uncertainty and lack of commitment," says a new report released Thursday by a research group based at the University of Ottawa.

Edmonton Journal | Suburban sprawl will cost the City of Edmonton and its taxpayers much more than it provides in revenues.

iPolitics.ca | Ontario is undertaking an unprecedented experiment (at least by Canadian standards) in reshaping its economy. With its Green Economy and Energy Act and the nascent Water Opportunities Act, the province is betting an important part of its economic future on environmental technologies.

The Tyee | What are the best ways to save or create good jobs in a place like BC? A lot of what we hear is bunk. First of two.

Postmedia News | OTTAWA — The federal government is getting little bang for its buck on some of its spending initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, according to an internal Environment Canada report.