The Pembina Institute is a Canadian not-for-profit environmental policy research and education organization specializing in the fields of sustainable energy, community sustainability, global warming and corporate environmental management. Founded in 1985, the Institute has urban offices in Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver, Ottawa and Toronto.[1][2]
At different times, they advocate and "educate" against the use of nuclear power, coal power, petroleum, and large scale hydroelectricity, favouring conservation measures, biofuel, solar and wind power.[3]
They have identified their supporters as including the EnerGreen Foundation, Shell Environmental Fund, Suncor Energy Foundation, Transport Canada, TD Bank, the Community Lottery Board.[4] They operate with funding from the Pembina Foundation for Environmental Research and Education, a federally registered charity, which lists its largest private donor as anonymous.[5]
Dr Patrick Moore has criticised the Pembina Institute for exaggerating the carbon emission reduction benefits of nuclear technology[6] and has also stated that some of the Pembina Institute's concerns about nuclear power are "baseless".[7]