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Green Oil Sands
Matthew Carroll, Tuesday, January 12th, 2010 First things first: "Green Oil Sands" is a total oxymoron. Putting that aside for a second, Satya Das misses a very important point if he is serious about transitioning to a carbon-free economy in time to avoid catastrophic climate change. We already have more than enough conventional fossil fuel reserves globally (i.e. excluding unconventional sources such as the tar sands) that if we burn it all, we will greatly exceed two degrees of warming. We simply cannot afford to burn it all; even two degrees means devastation and massive loss of life for small island states and Africa. Das' message is that we should go right ahead and burn the oil under Alberta... as long as we use the money publicly to invest in solutions. The truth is that any global plan that is serious about dealing with climate change will have to decide not only how to spend humanity's small remaining budget of carbon emissions in as equitable and efficient way possible to transition us to non-carbon energy sources (and a steady-state economy where improved quality of life globally is decoupled from resource extraction), but also which fossil fuel sources we're going to burn to get us there. So, the question becomes not "how do we fund the transition by expanding the oil sands?" but rather "which existing, conventional reserves are we going to choose to leave in the ground?" It goes without question that as we drastically reduce our fossil fuel use in Canada - cutting our emissions in half in the next 10 years as the science demands - the dirtiest, most carbon-intensive sources of fuel such as the tar sands must be the first to be abandoned. Read More 1 comment
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Make Energy Efficiency Cornerstone of Federal Budget
Tzeporah Berman, February 1, 2010 I’m more and more convinced that using carbon tax revenue for good programs/projects is a... Read MoreMake Energy Efficiency Cornerstone of Federal Budget
Rogerlg, February 1, 2010 My hope remains that we’ll close the door on the complex, dishonest, and easily corruptible cap and... Read MoreMake Energy Efficiency Cornerstone of Federal Budget
Barry Saxifrage, January 28, 2010 Another great source of the critical up-front funding is the innovative use of property tax... Read MoreThe Most Depressing and Dangerous Part of Obama’s Speech
Barry Saxifrage, January 28, 2010 I wish Canada was actually hostage to USA on climate emissions and policies! If so our... Read MoreAre the Conservatives Best Positioned to Lead on Clean Energy?
Barry Saxifrage, January 27, 2010 Well it is certainly true that polls consistently show Canadians want much stronger... Read More
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Open letter to Harper on UN Climate Summit Copenhagen
Tzeporah Berman, December 3, 2009 Tzeporah Berman addressing Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Read MoreIn the Fight Over Clean Energy, Will “Environmentalists” Stand With Science?
March 23, 2009 By Professor Andrew Weaver, Lead author for the Nobel Prize-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Read MoreBacklash Against the Green Economy in BC
Tzeporah Berman, March 19, 2009 "You mean they want to ban all renewable energy companies from your province?" This is the point when I sigh inwardly during conversations with colleagues from outside B. Read MoreWhat Is The Next Generation of Environmentalism?
Tzeporah Berman, March 5, 2009 I'm planning a series of posts on the state of play of "environmentalism" in Canada and to work through the thorny questions over what environmental "leadership" (icky term I know) means at this pivotal moment on Earth. Read MoreFederal Budget: where’s renewable energy?
Chris Hatch, January 28, 2009 The Conservative government is talking “green stimulus” but, in a surprise move, did not renew support to green energy production in its budget. Read More
Water at core of climate change impacts-UN experts.
The main impact of climate change will be on water supplies, experts said on Sunday.Promising to control emissions.
Dozens of countries are joining the new Copenhagen Accord climate agreement, promising to control their emissions of greenhouse gases.The great global warming collapse.
ATories to hire green adviser.
The Conservative government seeks to hire a high-level adviser to make sure Canada isn't side-swiped by Washington's global-warming debate.Arctic melting to cost $2.4 trillion U.S. by 2050: Study.
The cumulative cost of the melting Arctic in the next 40 years is equivalent to the annual gross domestic products of Germany, Russia and the United Kingdom combined, according to the authors of the study prepared for the Pew Environment Group.Open letter to Harper on UN Climate Summit Copenhagen
Tzeporah Berman, December 3, 2009 Tzeporah Berman addressing Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Read MoreCanadian Industry Leaders Call For Carbon Caps
Chris Hatch, October 20, 2009 Some of the leading player in Canadian industry are calling on the federal government to set hard, declining caps on global warming emissions in a statement released today. Read MoreOttawa Dashes Hopes? Not Of the Canadians I’m Meeting
Tzeporah Berman, October 23, 2009 Ottawa Dashes Hopes for Climate Treaty in Copenhagen blares the front-page headline facing Canadians across the country today. Read MoreHope Blowing in the Wind
Tzeporah Berman, August 12, 2009 I wrote a piece based on my visit to BC's first wind farm which is published in today's Vancouver Sun. Read MoreTime To Fire Up A Clean Energy Economy
Tzeporah Berman, May 22, 2009 My Op-Ed in the Vancouver Sun earlier today. Read More
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