Sarah Riddell
sarahriddell.bsky.social
Sarah Riddell
@sarahriddell.bsky.social
I'm a Policy Research Associate working on Appliance and Equipment Efficiency at Efficiency Canada. Views are my own.
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Vancouver mayor plans to eliminate city's climate & sustainability dept. This would spell an end to the city's national leadership in urban climate policy.

Great reporting by @mfawcettatkinson.bsky.social & @natashabulowski.bsky.social

If you disagree...

www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/11/n...
Vancouver mayor plans to eliminate city's climate and sustainability department
Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim is planning to eliminate the city's sustainability and climate department under the guise of a push to prevent increases to property taxes. Canada's National Observer learned a...
www.nationalobserver.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:39 AM
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“Energy efficiency is one of the fastest, most affordable ways to cut climate pollution, but most countries are only taking incremental steps when bold action is needed,” said ACEEE's Jasmine Mah about the 2025 International Energy Efficiency Scorecard.
October 29, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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Enbridge execs have been boasting to shareholders they plan to return $40-$45 billion to them over the next five years supported by gas expansions across the continent. Ontario in particular is a cash cow where they have an opportunity to "over earn."
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/09/a...
Enbridge investors to get billions as gas giant expands into small-town Ontario
Enbridge executives know Ontario ratepayers are a cash cow for its gas business, and in recent calls with investors they said they plan to milk it for all its worth.
www.nationalobserver.com
October 9, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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The Privy Council is consulting on the Free Trade and Labour Mobility in Canada Act regulations. As proposed, they would weaken the EE Act/Regs' power to stop inefficient appliances and equipment from being shipped between provinces for sale, if the product meets a province's energy efficiency regs.
August 21, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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NYC experimented with new window heat pump models in some public housing units. in winter, "The window unit-heated apartments used a whopping 87% less energy than the rest of the building’s steam-heated apartments did, cutting energy costs per household in half."

heatmap.news/sustainabili...
Window Heat Pumps Could Change the Game
A new report from the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy has some exciting data for anyone attempting to retrofit a multifamily building.
heatmap.news
July 14, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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The GOP's rollback of efficiency standards will cost US consumers $43 billion, cool cool cool.
appliance-standards.org
May 22, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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It is not too late to act on climate change because climate change is not pass/fail. Every faction of a degree matters and is worth fighting for.

That's not propaganda or wishful thinking. It's evidence-based. Suggesting otherwise is as unscientific as climate denial, and just as damaging.
January 27, 2025 at 8:25 PM