Atlantic Canada Sustainable Energy Coalition
The Atlantic Canada Sustainable Energy Coalition (ACSEC) is a strategic alliance of organizations aimed at promoting on-the-ground solutions to climate change in Atlantic Canada. Our focus is on educating decision-makers and empowering communities. The ultimate goal of the ACSEC is to ensure that Eastern Canada reduces greenhouse gas emissions to 25-30% below 1990 levels by 2020 through the promotion of empowered and prosperous communities engaged in a low-carbon energy future.
Key Objective of the ACSEC are to achieve ghg emission reductions through energy efficiency, improving building codes and reducing vehicle emission standards, and promoting distributed renewable energy.
The ACSEC is made up of the following organizations:
- Ecology Action Centre in Nova Scotia,
- Conservation Council of New Brunswick,
- Environmental Coalition of PEI, and
- Sierra Club Canada – Atlantic Canada Chapter in Newfoundland and Labrador.
In Newfoundland and Labrador, the ACSEC is encouraging the following initiatives:
Energy Efficiency:
- creating a provincial energy efficiency agency
- ramping up investment of utility revenues in energy efficiency
- decreasing emissions from the offshore oil and gas industry, a major contributor to ghg emissions in the province
Building Codes and Vehicle Emission Standards:
- establishing EnerGuide 80 as residential efficiency standard
- establishng a target between for 50% of all new buildings and homes to be net zero energy by 2015
- Implementing of California Vehicle Emission Standard
Enhancing the Role of Distributed Renewable Energy Sources
- establishing regional feed-in tariff laws aimed at encouraging small to medium size renewable energy and distributed generation sources (please see here for the Atlantic Canada Chapter's brief to regional leaders on feed-in tariffs)
- encouraging renewable energy in remote, rural communities
Green Jobs
- creation of labour market strategies in the energy efficiency and renewable energy sectors
Please go here to see our Response to Newfoundland & Labrador Public Discussion Document: “Responding to Climate Change in Newfoundland & Labrador”
PUBLIC FORUM: EXPLORING RENEWABLE ENERGY OPPORTUNITIES FOR NEWFOUNDLAND & LABRADOR
When: 10:00 am – 12:00 pm, Friday, May 18
Where: Foran Room, St. John’s City Hall, St. John’s, NL
The proposed Muskrat Falls hydro development project has spurred considerable debate about the future of energy production and consumption in our province. This public forum is meant to contribute to this discussion and present information on the opportunities for municipalities, businesses and home owners to become renewable energy producers.
Speakers:
Neal Livingston, Renewable Energy Developer and Policy Advocate (Nova Scotia): The renewable energy opportunity – examining alternatives to large hydro development. Visit www.blackriver.ns.ca for more background.
Councillor Sheilagh O’Leary, City of St. John’s: New wind turbine development regulations for the City of St. John’s... Read more »
Atlantic Provinces Urged to Increase Climate Change Action; NL gets failing grade on climate initiatives
July 12th, 2011
Halifax, Nova Scotia – July 8 2011 - A coalition of Atlantic Canadian environmental groups have released report cards outlining the progress Atlantic Provinces have made on their commitments under the 2001 Climate Change Action Plan of the New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers (NEG-ECP). The annual NEG-ECP meeting is being held in Halifax July 11-13.... Read more »
Sierra Club Atlantic Petition to Ban Fracking to be Presented to NS Legislature
On Thursday, April 5th, at approximately 9 am NDP MLA Gary Burrill will present Sierra Club Canada-Atlantic Chapter’s petition calling for a legislated ban on hydraulic fracturing to the Nova Scotia Legislature.
The petition garnered over 2500 signatures collected in a couple of months and hundreds of these signatures were collected by High School student Chris Dufour.
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Background Report for Regional Public Transit in the Northeast Avalon
2011-11-30
Background Report for Regional Public Transit in the Northeast Avalon
The Regional Public Transit Coalition (RPTC) which was founded in 2011 is a citizen-led group actively engaging with interested municipalities, academics, non-governmental organizations, businesses, students, and concerned citizens to develop and implement a regional public transit system in the Northeast Avalon region, given that the Avalon region represents 51% of the province’s population (Statistics Canada, 2010a).
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