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Who is steering fossil fuel extraction in Western Canada and what influence do they wield? 聽 These central questions are driving a six-year research and public engagement initiative,聽Mapping the Power of the Carbon-Extractive Corporate Resource Sector, with funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC). The project brings together researchers, civil society organizations and Indigenous participants to study the oil, gas and coal industries in British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan.聽

A team of UVIc MBA graduates are urging the government to consider an energy retrofit plan for BC homes and buildings, that they say will result in cheaper power bills, less CO2聽emissions and more than 1,000 new jobs for the province. The new report鈥擟heaper Power Bills, More Jobs, Less CO2聽: How On-Bill Financing Done Right can be a Quick Win for British Columbia鈥攚as released September 29 by the UVic-based Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions (PICS). The thesis research鈥攃onducted by former UVic Gustavon School of Business MBA students Seref Efe, Inam ur Raheem, Tingting Wan and Carter Williamson鈥攁nalyzed 30 OBF programs in Canada, the US and the UK.

The 番茄社区 Foundation continues to stay apprised of activities and initiatives at universities and other public bodies with respect to responsible investing and divesting of fossil fuel investments.

A new six-year research and public engagement initiative, partly funded by SSHRC and jointly led by UVic, the CCPA and the Parkland Institute, will map the networks of fossil fuel industries in Western Canada.

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What lessons can British Columbia learn from the current electric vehicle revolution in Norway? A new report from the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions (PICS) says it can be done in BC, and offers advice on how to do it. In the space of six ye鈥�

Five issues of critical importance to British Columbia鈥攖ransportation, electrical grid integration, energy efficient buildings, forestry, and natural gas development鈥攆orm the basis for five major projects from PICS to be underway May 1.

Replacing fossil fuel investments with 鈥済reen energy鈥� stocks has minimal impact on reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and is also unlikely to provide a safer haven for investors.

On Jan. 26, UVic and the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions will host a forum that will explore climate change from different perspectives including today鈥檚 energy sector, sustainable investments and society鈥檚 choices. The event, 鈥淎 dialogue: c鈥�

As part of Canada's ecoEnergy Innovation Initiative (ecoEII), Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) announced on Aug. 8 $600,800 in funding for the 番茄社区's plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) smart grid project, led by Dr. Curran Crawford, associate professor in UVic鈥檚 Institute of Integrated Energy Systems.

UVic鈥檚 plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) smart grid project, which received $600,800 in federal funding on Aug. 8, will help generate a better understanding of intermittent renewable electricity sources such as wind, tidal, wave and solar.

The UVic AERO Team鈥�40 mechanical, electrical, and computer and software engineering undergrads who design, build and fly unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) or drones鈥攃ame away from this year鈥檚 national student unmanned aerial systems competition with a third place win in the operational phase category.

UVic鈥檚 EcoCAR 2 team of engineering students are not just getting hands-on experience while they study, they鈥檙e getting their hands dirty. Since April 2011, close to 40 students in mechanical, electrical, computer and software engineering, and busin鈥�

Developing climate-friendly refrigerators, saving lives during extreme weather events and making carbon pollution cost accounting more accurate鈥攖hese are just some of the projects among the 11 new fellowships announced by the Pacific Institute fo

The City of Victoria and the 番茄社区 are teaming up to develop a solar energy map, to help indicate how much solar energy could be captured from rooftops in Victoria. Part of this work involves installing a 鈥減yranometer鈥�, an instrumen鈥�

A renewable fuel called biochar could substitute for all coal and some natural gas burned in BC resulting in as much as a 22 per cent reduction in BC's greenhouse gas emissions, according to a new policy paper from PICS.