Green hydrogen key to Canada becoming net carbon neutral

Expanding our vocabulary on energy is a necessary step to expanding our approach to it, and essential in the creation of better public policy.

In 2020, the Canadian government released it’s hydrogen strategy, and found that a domestic clean fuel industry could be worth $50-billion, create 350,000 green jobs and help Canada reach its net-zero targets by 2050, writes Stephen Appleton. New Minster of Natural Resources Jonathan Wilkinson, pictured Oct. 26, 2021, now oversees that file.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY STEPHEN APPLETON

February 16, 2022

Canada has promised itself and the world that in less than 30 years we will be a net carbon neutral country. If we’re serious about this, it means we need to do a whole lot of energy innovation and imagination almost immediately, because 2050 is coming at us fast. To get there on or before the de...

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