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Iron & Earth has attracted substantial media attention. See below for a sample of articles, blogs, and podcasts.
2021
- CSEGThe Recorder: Special edition focusing on careers in energy transition - featuring articles from RenuWell and I&E team
- Centre for Social Innovation: A Just Transition for Oil and Gas Workers: A conversation with Bruce Wilson
- CBC What on Earth: Why Canada needs a 'just transition' from fossil fuels
- Trico Foundation: Spotlight on IRP Recipients: Iron & Earth
- Grains West: A Sunny Forecast, Pilot Project Taps Alberta's Deep Well of Solar Power Potential
- Corporate Knights: Was cancelling Keystone the cleantech catalyst Calgary didn’t know it needed?
- CBC Podcast: Disruption - How we find energy, create energy, use energy
- Global and Mail - How might workers shift to cleaner energy
- The Energy Mix Two-thirds of Canadian Oil and gas workers want net-zero jobs.
- National Observer - Fossil fuel workers ready for a just transition
- Toronto Star - Fossil fuel workers ready for a just transition
- CBC: The World at Six - Paige Parsons - no link
- The Narwhal - Canada Oil and Gas Iron & Earth Poll
- Alberta Today - Training essential to post fossil fuel job transition poll finds
- Yahoo Finance - Most Canadian oil and gas workers fear for their jobs...
- iPolitics - Training essential to post fossil fuel job transition poll finds
- The Observer - Canada is on fire, why isn’t it’s politics
- Vancouver is awesome - Majority of Canada’s oil and gas workers support move
- Northshore News - Majority of Canada’s oil and gas workers support move...
- The Energy Mix - Just Transition Consultations
- National Observer - Canada Just Transition Public Consultation
- Toronto Star - Now’s your chance to weigh in on Canada’s just transition
- Welland Tribune - Now’s your chance to weigh in on Canada’s just transition
- Edmonton Journal - Opinion: give oil and gas workers the tools they need..
- The Hill Times - Liberal’s just transition short on details but won’t come cheap...
- The Nelson Daily - Past engagement process climate action..
- National Observer - Meet fossil fuel workers pushing energy transition
- The Narwhal - Canada needs to spend $10B to retrain oil and gas workers
- Corporate Knights - Most oil patch workers believe Canada needs to pivot...
- Global News - Should I stay or should I go...oil and gas workers global energy
- Squamish Chief - Where do Canada’s political parties stand on climate change
- Press Progress - Here’s what Canada’s 3 major parties climate platforms...
- Reuters - Canada fossil fuel workers want Trudeau to keep retraining pledge
- iPolitics - Net Zero: WHO announces new air quality guidelines
- National Observer - Luisa Da Silva moves iron and earth for a just transition
- Ladysmith Chemainus Chronicle - Letter: Time to transition from fossil fuels
- Winnipeg Free Press - Meet fossil fuel workers pushing for energy transition
- Burnabynow - Letter: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau needs to step up...
- Talking Radical Radio - Fossil fuel workers pushing for a shift to renewables
2020
- The Gauntlet: Powering our world: How ex-oil and gas workers are making the move to clean energy
- Global News: Wait theres more: Why scaring people about cliamte change doesn’t work
- Medicine Hat News: Can solar solve abandoned well issues?
- The Globe and Mail: In Alberta, abandoned oil wells are being transformed into solar energy sites
- Part 1 & 2: CrossPolination Podcast: career reinvention from oil and gas (Clark-Bull Misner and Bruce Wison were interviewed
- Tyee article regarding COVID-19 and bailing out oil and gas companies.
- Vice: How to Persuade Workers It's Time to Move on From Oil and Gas
- Réorientation professionnelle compliquée pour les travailleurs du pétrole en Alberta
- Veronika at NextGenMen published the blog post she wrote for Next Gen Men based on the great conversation she had with Bruce just in time for Earth Day
- Africa Oil Week eBook
- Yale360Environmental: As oil industry swoons, tar sands workers look to renewables for jobs
- Today Ville: Green Technology Is “Pie In The Sky” According To Premier Kenny
- Glacier Farm Media: Alberta Farmer: Orphan well cleanup get $1.7 billion from Ottawa
- Chinese Solar Conference: Media partnership
- MCAC: Investing in municipal community generation
- Medicine Hat College: MHC to deliver training for RenuWell Project
- Medicine Hat News: Company gets southeast Alberta go-ahead for abandoned well solar plays
- Global News: Solar project seeks to replace abandoned oil wells in rural Alberta
- Daily Bulletin: New Project Converts Inactive Wellsites For Solar Energy, Utilizing Retrained OFS Workers
- iPolitics: The Drilldown: Canadian oil production to drop by 6.6 per cent in 2020: energy regulator
- Zoom recording of Bruce Wilson’s convo with Dimitri Lascaris, candidate for the leadership of the Green Party of Canada
- High River Online: Replacing Orphaned Oil Wells With Solar Panels
- CBC: Pilot project aims to turn orphan oil well sites into solar project
- Huffington Post: The Pandemic Is A Devastating Crisis. Climate Change In Canada Will Be Worse
- Yahoo News: Pilot project aims to turn orphan oil well sites into solar project
- The Western Producer: Project to convert oil, gas wells to solar goes ahead
- The Daily Nelson: Column: Old oil and gas wells can find new life with renewable energy
- Rabble News: Old oil and gas wells find new life with renewable energy
- Castlegar Source: Column: Old oil and gas wells can find new life with renewable energy
- The Rossland Telegraph: Column: Old oil and gas wells can find new life with renewable energy
- The Georgia Straight: David Suzuki: Old oil and gas wells find new life with renewable energy
- Youtube:The Biggest Lie About Renewable Energy
- Medicine Hat News: MHC excited to partner on RenuWell project
- Vauxhall Advance: New project on the horizon for RenuWell for the M.D. of Taber area
- Global News Article on Shell and Energy transition
- Fortune Magazine: After the boom: Canada’s oil capital faces an uncertain future
- Shell to cut up to 40% from oil and gas production to prepare for energy transition
- Glacier Farm Media: Pilot project to convert old oil and gas wells gets green light
- Global News: 'Crisis' in energy sector not reflected in throne speech, says Jason Kenney
- Global News: Energy sector encouraged by messaging in speech from the throne
- Journal of Commerce: Fossil fuel workers group calls on Trudeau to back up green job commitments
- CBC Listen: Can laid off oil workers here transition into greener jobs?
- The World’s Video Wiki: 6 Eco-Friendly Promoters of Renewable Energy
2019
- Edmonton Journal op-ed by Lliam Hildebrand and Bruce Wilson: “Fossil-fuel workers ready to support energy transition”
- Article by Lliam Hildebrand in Advancing Career Development in Canada “Oil workers have key role to play in building clean energy future”
- A video news story published about Iron & Earth by one of the largest news outlets in Sweden along with a second written story
- Story in the Tyee “Alberta Can Transition from Oil and Gas and Have a Strong Economy. Here’s How”
- Green Party press conference explaining their plan for a Just Transition and referencing the Iron & Earth Workers’ Climate Plan
- CPAW podcast “No Silver Bullet” (Episode 2, starting at 8 minutes 10 seconds
- Podcast interview for Terra Informa “Workers and the Future of Energy” (SoundCloud link)
- Profile story in Maisonneuve on Iron & Earth East Chapter Director, Delia Warren
- Profile story in Maisonneuve on Nick Kendrick who worked with Iron & Earth on a capstone research projec
- Interview with Alberta Views (being published in January, 2020
- Iron & Earth, our Workers’ Climate Plan and Solar Skills campaign mentioned during a Green Party press conference, where they announced support for a Just Transition. Also mentioned in the Green Party press release regarding Just Transition commitments.
- Two video interviews between Elizabeth May and Iron & Earth East Director, Delia Warren. One highlighting Delia’s personal story and another video highlighting the 365 greenhouse project.
- Story in the Narwhal “After oil and gas: Meet Alberta workers making the switch to solar”
- Story in Open Canada “Have we improved the way we talk about climate change?
- Podcast interview with Sprawl Calgary: “The oil workers who welcome change
- Mentioned by NDP candidate in an all candidate forum. Story in Campbell River Mirror “North Island candidates chime in on climate change, transition from fossil fuel
- Story by the Bulletin where they mention our strategies: “The Time for Cooperation is Here”: https://brooksbulletin.com/the-time-for-cooperation-is-here/
Notable mentions
- Mentioned by David Suzuki and radio host as an inspiring solution during a June 23 CBC cross country checkup
- Katherine Hayhoe mentioned us as one of the most inspiring organizations during an interview with the Guardian
Newsletter mentions
- An article mentioning the RenuWell project in the MD of Taber newsletter
- A letter from the president to the Action Surface Rights members regarding support for RenuWell
2018
- To the oil workers of Alberta: We care about you - The Globe and Mail
- Oil & gas workers go solar with Louis Bull Tribe- David Suzuki Foundation
- First Nations and Oilsands Workers Learn Solar Shoulder to Shoulder - Green Energy Futures
- Lessons for a successful transition to a low carbon economy- Agulhas Applied Knowledge
2017
- Photos, Fires, Iron and Earth - Terra Informa
- Hildebrand: What about a just transition for Alberta’s workers? - Calgary Herald
- Ms. Linda Duncan (Edmonton Strathcona, NDP)-Government Orders - Speech in Parliament by MP Linda Duncan
- Iron & Earth: Oil Sands Workers Ready For Renewable Energy Shift - North American Wind Power
- Opinion: All Canadians must become climate leaders - Vancouver Sun
- Iron and Earth: Changing the Narrative about Canadian Energy Futures - Seeds of Good Anthropocenes
- Trades Jobs on a Path to Sustainable Future - The Runner
- ‘Climate-change agnosticism’ is a cop-out - The Globe and Mail
- How the Light Gets In - Portside
- Oil sands workers eager to embrace renewable energy future - Mining Family Matters
- Facing uncertain future, fossil fuel workers want retraining in renewables - The Conversation
2016
- Iron and Earth ask province to commit to solar energy, retrain workers - CBC
- Laid-off By Oil Sands, Alberta Trades Seek Solar Relaunch - The Tyee
- Une formation pour les travailleurs des sables bitumineux qui veulent se recycler - Ici Radio Canada
- Oilsands workers call on Alberta government to retrain electricians as solar installation specialists - Edmonton Sun
- Group hopes to equip oilsands workers with solar skills - Fort McMurray Today
- LETTER: Retrain oilsands workers - Nelson Star
- From oil sands to solar panels: Non-profit aims to retrain Alberta's workers - The Globe and Mail
- Alberta’s oil sands workers band together to create clean energy jobs - UBC
- Iron and Earth: Oilsands workers supporting renewable energy - Climate Access
- Energia, l’era del petrolio è agli sgoccioli. Se i lavoratori dei ‘fossili’ chiedono di passare alle rinnovabili - Il Fatto Quotidiano
- Iron and Earth is harnessing oil sands workers for renewable energy jobs - The Coast
- Mobilizing for a Transition - Briarpatch Magazine
- Dilbit Dogma: On Pipelines to Tidewater - West Coast Environmental Law
- Canada: Leap Manifesto unites broad forces, builds climate justice campaigns - Climate and Capitalism
- Canadians Want Action On Climate Change - Environmental Defence
- Does Donald Trump represent a step forward for climate change action? - The Guardian
- 146. Iron and Earth: oilsands workers call for training in renewable energy - Green Energy Futures
- Climate policy and Canadian social democracy - Broadbent Institute Blog
- Iron & Earth Promotes the Unification of Oil and Gas with Renewable Energies - Canadian Mining and Energy
- A Dream Scenario - Goethe Institut