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Iron & Earth has attracted substantial media attention. See below for a sample of articles, blogs, and podcasts.

2023

• Watch: CTV Alberta Prime Time - Interview on the Just Transition with Luisa Da Silva, Executive Director of Iron & Earth
• Virgin Radio Edmonton - A war of words between Alberta and Ottawa: What does 'just transition' actually mean?
• Canada News - A war of words between Alberta and Ottawa: What does ‘just transition’ actually mean?
• 630 CHED News - Interview with Iron & Earth Executive Director, Luisa Da Silva on what just transition really means. To hear the interview go to the CHED audio vault for January 12, look for the 7:00am hour, press play, then move ahead to the 9:10 mark in the hour. 
• St. Alberta Gazette -   Library hosts green jobs workshop
• Calgary Herald - Opinion: Stop the panic, 'just transition' has never meant a forced movement of workers
• Edmonton Journal - Opinion: Stop the panic, 'just transition' has never meant a forced movement of workers
• The Hill Times - Renewable energy sector ‘going like gangbusters,’ say experts, but feds must handle just transition legislation with sensitivity

2022

• Hamilton Spectator - Coal phase-out funds earmarked for studies, infrastructure projects
• Kimberley Bulletin - EK Climate Hub to host online presentation on fossil fuel transition
  
• Toronto Star - Feds announce next step as communities come together for a just transition
• Energy Mix - Just Transition Advocates See Legislation on the Horizon after Federal Roundtable
• CBC - Saskatoon just transition panel explores link between climate change, workforce
  
• Listen: From the Ground Up podcast - Iron & Earth's Ana Guerra Marin pt 2
• National Observer - As N.L. awaits Bay du Nord decision, opponents pitch an alternative — just transition
• Energy Mix - New Online Tool Matches Canadian Oil and Gas Workers With Renewables Jobs
  
• Watch: Global News - Worker-led organization highlights job opportunities for oil and gas workers in green energy sector
• Hill Times - Tax credit for carbon capture the wrong horse to back in a race against time (subscriber content)
• Energy Mix - Don’t Count on Carbon Capture to Win ‘Race Against Time’, Ex-Shell Engineer Urges Ottawa
• Energy Mix - Labour Shortages Choke Canadian Oil Production as Prices Soar
• Toronto Star - Federal government’s inaction on just transition ‘stealing our futures,’ oil and gas worker says
• Toronto Star - Training program for O&G and Indigenous workers focuses on transitioning inactive sites to renewable energy projects
• Saltwire - Commentary: Why Bay du Nord is yesterday’s project
• Pembina Institute Blog - Reconciliation and the energy transition Indigenous self-determination and sovereignty are a critical priority in transitioning to a net-zero economy
• Carbon News - Ex-fossil fuel workers convert old oil fields to solar farms (subscriber content)
• National Observer - Solar project repurposing abandoned oil and gas wells launches pilot in sunny Alberta town
• National Observer - Sally Lin helps others rethink their climate-friendly future
• National Newswatch - It’s Just Talk on Just Transition
• Municipal World - Iron & Earth: Training the clean energy sector’s future
• Maclean’s - Why there’s never been a better time to start a career in construction
• Corporate Knights Petroleum workers journey into the world of renewable energy
• Canada's National Observer - Does a housing-secure Canada include Indigenous   communities? Opinion piece by Iron & Earth Board member Jordan Koe
• Jasper Fitzhugh - Hinton hosts first-ever Energy Festival
• The Energy Mix - Ottawa Overspends on CCS, Neglects Worker Skills: Iron & Earth 
• The Energy Mix - Guilbeault Scorches Fossils for Failing to Invest Record Profits in Emission Cuts 
• Listen: CBC Nature of Things Point of View - The media has wasted decades arguing over climate change Updated story as of November 1
• The Energy Mix - Fall Economic Statement Today Raises Spectre of New CCS Subsidy
• Listen: CBC What on Earth podcast - Seeking real climate action: Canadians share their hopes ahead of COP27
• Listen: Sound Cloud audio mix of Training and installation of a wind turbine among the Cree, Treaty 6, Canada by Lou Romain
• Western Producer - Solar projects help with oil, gas well remediation
• Listen: CBC Radio Labrador Morning - Mentorship Program with Jodie Hon, Information & Stem Manager with Iron & Earth. Interview begins at 21:45
• Taber Times - MLA Hunter excited by projects like RenuWell
• Policy Options - The two best ways to help oil and gas workers exit the sector

2021

• CSEG The 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
• Listen: 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?
• Listen: 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...
• Listen: 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 (no active link) 
• 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. Not active link)
• The Tyee - Bail out Workers, Not Fossil Fuels, Climate Advocates Tell Trudeau
• 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