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Category Climate Change
Climate Change Barrier between the Public and Government MPs
Two renowned professionals in climate and medical science cannot successfully advocate for climate change mitigation until the party caucus walls are opened, which won’t happen without public outcry and major changes in our political system.
Using Small Microgrids to Help Restore a Healthy Planet
Our climate is close to a tipping point where we will lose the ability to reverse global warming. The way forward is through the development of clean renewable energy systems in the form of “microgrids.”
Nuclear waste storage undermined by climate change
Optimistic future rainfall estimates risk containment of radioactive and toxic chemicals. The NSDF risks polluting the local ecosystem and foods, and drinking water for millions of people downstream along the Ottawa River.
Why Common Mitigation Efforts are Not Solutions to the Climate Crisis
Our climate is approaching a tipping point beyond which we lose any opportunity to regain control the effects of greenhouse gases. The world has less than two decades to shift the global climate away from crisis mode. There are two essential objectives: reducing carbon emissions to near zero, and reducing existing carbon dioxide from present levels to pre-industrial levels.
Natural gas is neither a cleaner nor safer form of fuel energy
Natural gas is neither clean nor green, and is not a "bridge fuel."
The Futility of Carbon Capture and Storage
Federal tax dollars for Carbon Capture and Storage are a direct subsidy to a very profitable but toxic fossil fuel industry. The Canadian government's billions for this unproven technology provides a delay for fossil fuels carbon emissions to continue unabated through 2050.
The Futility of Carbon Capture and Storage
The Canadian government has poured billions into an unproven technology—Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS). This fossil fuel industry subsidy is a wasteful green-washing program, enabling continued emissions of greenhouse gases.
Misconceptions of what ‘net-zero emissions’ actually means will have dire health impacts
Current plans for addressing climate change are incompatible with an acceptable destiny. Our future health, as opposed to dollars, must become our priority.
Misconceptions of what “Net-Zero Emissions” actually means will have Dire Health Impacts
A key component of Canada’s climate plan, and that of other countries, is the deceptive term ‘net-zero emissions.’ The prefix ‘net’ implies a difference, such as between one’s gross and net salary. We cannot emphasize enough that current plans for addressing climate change are incompatible with an acceptable destiny. Our future health, as opposed to dollars, must become our priority.