Adam Scott,
Green Energy Program Manager

Adam Scott’s commitment to solving the issue of climate change has motivated his involvement in a range of research and advocacy positions. After completing a degree in environmental geography at the University of Guelph, he has worked both as an academic and non-profit environmental researcher. An experienced advocate of international action on climate change, Adam is a veteran of the past five United Nations climate change negotiations. His passion for putting practical renewable energy solutions into action led him to his current role as Green Energy Program Manager at Environmental Defence.

It is really a surprise to anyone that the polluting fuel industry is behind recent attacks on clean, renewable energy?    After all, as our...

5
MAY
02
2012
If you live in Ontario, you know there’s an all-out assault on renewable energy like windmills and solar power. What you might not know is that...

3
MAR
23
2012
Ontario’s world class renewable energy policy (the FIT program) just got a whole lot stronger. First, let’s remember why this is important...

Yesterday, Ontario got a second wind farm approval through a tribunal appeal under the Green Energy and Green Economy Act.  The appellant, t...

Solar PV Global Production and Cost per Watt
--Crossposted from Huffington Post-- Opponents of renewable energy can't make up their mind. One moment they claim the cost of green energy subsidies...

As the long hangover of the 2008 economic crisis continues to linger, jobs are still a hard thing to come by in North America. Chronic unemployment, a...

Did an anti-wind group break the law to conceal its funding?   This week a vocal anti-wind group has been accused of breaking election laws dur...

JAN
17
2012
As the saying goes, oil and water don’t mix.  You might imagine then, that the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline might be relat...

  We are not in the habit of criticizing the hard-working Ontario Auditor General (AG), but were disturbed today to see his apparent reliance o...

Environment Minister Peter Kent refuses to confirm or deny reports that later this month, Canada will officially withdraw from Kyoto, the internationa...