The evidence keeps coming in: Ottawa's all-oil economic strategy is seriously flawed.

According to a report released last week, we could be headed for another financial crisis as a result of over-valued energy stocks that are giving rise to a growing "carbon bubble."

The problem...

It's becoming clear that the promise of oil-induced riches isn't a sure thing, despite the oil lobby's mantra over the last few years.

The conventional wisdom has held that the world needs our oil and that it would be foolish to leave such wealth in the ground. Forget the downsides...

Just because a person says something over and over doesn't mean it's true. Take, for example, the assertion that Canada should put the pedal-to-the-metal in the oil sands because the economic benefits outweigh the environmental costs.

As a report released today shows, that argument simply...

Earlier this week, one of the most respected energy forecasters, the Paris-based International Energy Agency, released a bomb-shell report with some pretty serious implications for Canada.

The most stunning projection is that according to the IEA's analysis, the U.S. is set to top Saudi Arabia in oil...

Last week, a number of the members of Blue Green Canada were in Charlottetown P.E.I.

No, we weren't there for the lobster, but to make sure green jobs and climate change stay on the agenda for a Canadian energy strategy when energy ministers from across the country got...

Although this may sound odd, we welcome Alberta Premier Alison Redford's push for a Canadian energy strategy. Which is why we, along with a number of other labour unions and environmental organizations, took out this ad in the Halifax Chronicle Herald.

Canada's premiers are meeting this week...

In the coming days, the world's leaders will gather in Rio de Janeiro to seek renewed commitment to the principles of sustainable development, in part, by embracing the notion of the green economy.

The conference, dubbed Rio+20 because it comes on the 20th anniversary of the historic Earth...

How do we pursue a green economy?

It's an interesting question, I think. And it's a question we should be asking ourselves right now.

When the economy is going through a rough patch, it tends to become the focus of our attention, often at the expense of other issues. In...

I've been an environmentalist for quite some time. Not surprisingly, my environmentalism has matured over the years in tandem with, or perhaps as a result of, some developments in the broader environmental movement.

When I was younger, I subscribed to the view that the economy and environment were opposing...

In recent weeks, attacks on green jobs have reached new heights. Or sunk to new lows, depending on how you look at it.

When U.S. solar darling Solyndra was forced to declare bankruptcy, detractors of green jobs seized upon it and made hay. Thankfully, some pundits have rallied to...

Readers of the Globe and Mail no doubt noticed Margaret Wente's column of last week which argued that most green job schemes are failures. To be sure, she has cobbled together a list of facts and examples that support her position. However, these facts are not representative of...

Ontarians got some good news recently with an announcement that the government will provide $80 million to spur development and investment in electric car charging stations.

Have no doubt; electric vehicles (EVs) are the way of the future. From an environmental perspective, they are more...

Here at Blue Green Canada, we spend a lot of our time monitoring the growth of the green economy and tracking green jobs. One of the things we've realized is that it's not a simple task.

For one, the green economy is growing at an incredible rate...