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Battery costs are falling and battery storage capacity is skyrocketing

69 GW of capacity was installed in 2024 - almost enough to DOUBLE total battery storage capacity 🔋

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#GER2025

Industrial carbon pricing has negligible impacts on household costs – and in some cases is a benefit Large-emitter trading systems help industry succeed and cost next to nothing for households.

Industrial carbon pricing is Canada’s single most powerful tool to reduce emissions and protect competitiveness—and it costs next to nothing for households. That’s largely because it applies to large exporting industries. Learn more ⬇️ 440megatonnes.ca/insight/indu...

Please read in full. This is a red line moment in America! www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04...

Industrial carbon pricing is not only the most significant policy Canada has to cut emissions and support Canadian competitiveness. It also costs next to nothing for everyday Canadians. Read more👇
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Congratulations to Prime Minister-Designate Mark Carney. I look forward to reconnecting to discuss how we can build a clean and competitive economy that works for all Canadians, as well as Clean Energy Association of BC (CEBC)’s role as the leading voice of renewable energy in BC. ⚡️

Now in blog form, with additional context and commentary! 🔌💡

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Infographic: GDP, Employment to Suffer from U.S.-Mexico-Canada Tariffs This chart shows the estimated change to below indicators in the case of 25-% tariffs between the U.S., Canada and Mexico.

Wondering what tariffs will do to the US economy if Trump's Trade War is prolonged? Me too. Here's a few analyses I found:

1. Statistica sums up several studies on 🇨🇦&🇲🇽 tariffs: www.statista.com/chart/34041/...

Takeaways: US GDP down ~0.24-0.32%, employment down ~0.11-0.25%. Much larger damages 🇨🇦&🇲🇽

The facts of climate progress are the antidote to pessimism | Corporate Knights OPINION | Don't let defeatism obscure the truth: major progress is happening on climate and clean energy around the world

While the news cycle out of the US can feel chaotic and overwhelming, the facts of climate progress happening around the world are the antidote to pessimism. Read more from Institute president @rjcsmith.bsky.social's first monthly column in Corporate Knight
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Whatever Trump may claim, renewable electricity does not make electricity systems unreliable. @nathanielbullard.com with the receipts.

SAIDI = system average interuption duration index, a measure of the average cumulative electricity service outage per customer (aka how much time the power is out)