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.

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...

OCT
04
2011
A union well-known for its aversion to green energy has been caught faking a grassroots campaign, attacking renewable energy while promoting the nuc...

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JUL
18
2011
Another major attempt by anti-wind groups to oppose a wind farm in southwestern Ontario was dismissed today. The latest flop in a string of faile...

Yesterday Environmental Defence was honoured to host John Podesta, head of the leading American think-tank the Centre for American Progress for a vita...

We asked a tough question today: Is the fear and anxiety being spread about the sound of wind power justified?     In an age when people...

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JUN
22
2011
There was another important victory for wind power today.   Several months ago, anti-wind groups tried to challenge Ontario's wind power reg...