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For media inquiries, contact Andrea Hedley at 604-264-0838 or andrea_hedley@sfu.ca. Renewable Cities earned media coverage includes:

2020

Vancouver Sun – November 4 – Vancouver weighs high cost of climate action — and inaction

CBC – November 3 – Vancouver council to vote this week on a first step toward mobility pricing in downtown core

2019

The Georgia Straight – April 24 – Proposed “Big Moves” on climate could transform Vancouver in ways residents might not have imagined 

Tri-City News – February 27 – Housing ‘fire break’ to block wildfires in Coquitlam

Tri-City News – February 22 – Climate change and the city: Dealing with weather realities

2018

CBC Vancouver – December 5 – CBC News at 6 for Tuesday, November 5 (6:40)

CBC’s BC Today – December 5 – B.C. government climate change strategy

Times-Colonist – December 5 – Climate action plan: Province promises tax breaks for consumers, companies

National Observer – November 15 – Canadian electric vehicles poised for a breakout year

Star Metro Vancouver – November 2 – B.C. challenges builders and designers to make energy efficiency more affordable

The Georgia Straight – September 9 – David Suzuki offers quote praising Vancouver mayoral candidate Shauna Sylvester

St. Albert Gazette – March 9 – Climate change and basement suites

2017

Zpryme On The Grid podcast – June 21 – Meaningful Dialogue

Pique – June 15 – The long road to net zero

CityTV – June 2 – Interview with Michael Small, Executive Director, Renewable Cities (2:40)

Business in Vancouver – May 26 – Clearing speed bumps on the rocky road to a low-carbon economy

Citiscope – May 26 – Small towns set big ambitions on renewable energy

Regina Leader-Post – May 24 – Regina councillors return from Vancouver with fresh view of renewable energy options

National Observer – May 19 – Market abandoning fossil fuels, says Adnan Amin

Citiscope – May 19 – At ‘renewable cities’ forum, envisioning a city that produces more energy than it uses

Vancouver Sun – May 18 – SFU Renewable Cities forum tackles task of pushing population to green power

CBC British Columbia – May 18 – Interview with IRENA Director-General Adnan Z. Amin (2:19)

Roundhouse Radio – May 18 – Interview with Steven Nicholas, Vice President of the Institute for Sustainable Communities (ISC)

CleanTechnica – April 23 – Revolution Returns: CleanTechnica Conferences In Berlin, Wroclaw, Warsaw, & Lodz

CleanTechnica – March 15 – 30 Cities Look To Trump Anti-Science Trump With Huge $10 Billion Electric Vehicle Buy

2016

Policy Options – December 5 – Canada’s clean growth century

Climate of Change – September 20 – “Cities Leading the Way” interview with Keane Gruending, Communications Manager of Renewable Cities

Solar Industry – August 15 – Sierra Club Highlights 10 Cities Committed To 100% Renewable Energy

PV Magazine – August 15 – Sierra Club highlights 100% renewable communities

Woodstock Sentinal Review – July 19 – Oxford participates in Sustainable Cities conference with 15 other communities in San Francisco

National Geographic Voices – February 25 – Unlocking the Hidden Economic Potential of Cities

2015

CleanTechnica – December 27 – Renewable Cities Closing Plenary — Words Of Inspiration & Quick Change

Globe Series– December 10 – Taking it to the Streets: How Cities Will Help Make the Paris Agreement Real

Radio Canada – December 1 – Coup d’oeil sur la délégation de Vancouver à Paris

CleanTechnica – September 25 – Policies Needed For An EV Revolution

Gas2 – September 9 –  Inspiring EV Adoption In Canada

CleanTechnica – August 27 – How Cities Can Advance EV Adoption — Palo Alto Example (Exclusive Video)

CleanTechnica– August 27 –  Plug’n Drive: Helping To Electrify Canadian Transport (Exclusive Video)

CleanTechnica– August 26 – Electrifying Copenhagen, & Providing A Complete Transport Network (Video)

CleanTechnica – August 24 – Electrifying Transport (Video #1)

CleanTechnica – July 25 – Vancouver’s 100% Renewable Energy Goal (Renewable Cities Video)

CleanTechnica – July 18 – Story Of Solar & Social Inspiration From Brazil (Video)

CleanTechnica – July 13 – 100% Renewable Energy — How To Get There (Video)

CleanTechnica– July 12 – Renewable Cities PechaKucha Opening Event (Videos)

CleanTechnica– July 12 – Stefan Schurig & I Talk The Renewable Energy Revolution (Video)

Nelson Star – June 16 – Is it just me or is it hot in here?

Business in Vancouver– June 1 – Market slowly plugging into the advantages of electric vehicles

Woodstock Sentinel Review – May 28 – County looks at proposal to run solely on renewable energy by 2050

The Squamish Chief – May 27 – Buzzing about Renewable Energy

Business in Vancouver – May 26 – Clinging to the carbon economy is a bad business plan for B.C.

CleanTechnica – May 25 – Renewable Cities Highlights

CleanTechnica – May 24 – The Human Side of Cleantech

Bloomberg BNA – May 20 – Can regions, cities become 100% dependent on renewable energy? Absurd? Not Anymore

The Province – May 20 – Clean, should be B.C’s focus, conference hears

CleanTechnica – May 19 – Vancouver gets an “F” for solar policy

The Tyee – May 18 – The suits are flocking to renewables

The Nelson Daily – May 18 – A change is gonna come

The Georgia Straight – May 17 – 350.org founder Bill McKibben shows how Denmark leads the world in promoting renewable energy

CBC On the Coast – May 15 – Mayor of one of the greenest cities in the world has advice for Vancouver

Joyce Murray – May 14 – MP Joyce Murray speaks on the Renewable Cities Program Forum in Vancouver

Huffington Post – May 14 – Renewables driving the energy transformation

Truth Dig – May 14 – Green City Vancouver offers clean alternative to Tar Sands Boom

News 1130 – May 14 – Experts gather in Vancouver to discuss running cities on renewable

Global BC1 – May 14 – Unfiltered with Jill Krop – Interview with Mark Jacobson

Vancouver Observer – May 14 – Vancouver kicks off Global Renewable Cities Initiative event

Vancouver Sun – May 14 – Effective government policies would ease shift to renewable energy, conference hears

Vancouver 24 Hours – May 13 Developers need sustainability incentives: expert

CBC Radio Early Edition – May 13 – Discussion on Renewable Cities conference with Rick Cluff

RJ1200 May 13 – Discussion with Shauna Sylvester on the morning show re: Renewable Cities

CFAX Radio – May 13 – Interview on the Drive with Terry Moore with Shauna Sylvester and Mark Jacobson

Squamish Chief – May 13 – Making Squamish renewable 

Global BC1 – May 12 Shauna Sylvester speaks on Renewable Cities

Vancouver Sun – May 11 – Opinion: 100-per-cent renewable energy a paradigm shift

Cleantechnica – May 11 – Global learning forum: 8 new experts in green bonds, clean energy, & urban sustainability confirmed

News 1130 – May 8 – Cities at the forefront of ‘renewable’ movement converging in Vancouver

Vancouver Sun – May 8 – Opinion: Cities take lead in renewable energy

Georgia Straight – April 29 – Gregor Robertson will tell French National Assembly President about Vancouver’s quest to become Greenest City

Business in Vancouver – April 21 – How cheap gas could hobble quest for greenest-city title

CKNW Jill Bennet Show – April 18 – Discussion with Shauna Sylvester on Vancouver’s 100% RE Goal

The Vancouver Sun – March 26 – Opinion: Vancouver ups the ante on urban sustainability

Cities Today – March 20 – ICLEI partners with new city energy programme

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