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Cleared for Takeoff: Building Canada’s Sustainable Aviation Fuel Ecosystem
If aviation were a country, it would rank among the world's top ten emitters. Unlike other forms of transportation that are rapidly adopting electrification, aviation is hard to decarbonize, leaving sustainable fuels one of the only options to cut the heavy emissions it produces.
Find out how innovation, an industry group, and the Lab and it's partners have helped to shape the evolution of the SAF ecosystem in Canada.

Ailsa Popilian
Jul 2310 min read


Op-Ed: You want to talk defence? Talk energy.
By Marla Orenstein and Ashley Meller When the Prime Minister launched Canada’s first Defence Industrial Strategy a few weeks ago, it was an appropriate response to a rapidly shifting geopolitical reality. But alongside the important elements that the strategy contained, there was a conspicuous, and potentially even fatal, absence: energy. Specifically, domestic energy sovereignty didn’t merit a mention. But a Canadian defence strategy falls short if the fuel for your fighte

Ashley Meller
Mar 93 min read


The EFL in 2019, and beyond
2018: A Good Year Last year was a good year at the EFL. While our team is conscious that there is much to achieve in 2019, let me take a moment to acknowledge a number of accomplishments in 2018. The EFL was recognized as one of the Clean50’s Top 20 projects in Canada for 2018 for its outstanding contribution to clean capitalism. This recognition is grounds for pride in our work and evidence of the unique potential of The Natural Step Canada’s Sustainability Transition Labs

Alison Cretney
Jan 17, 20194 min read
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