March 6, 2010
Chris Turner Video: The Great Leap Sideways
by Chris Hatch
Chris Turner let ‘er rip at the TEDx event in Calgary recently and the video is now available. The Geography of Hope author takes us through a tour of the world we need in 15 minutes. From ocean acidification to solar thermal, renewable energy grids, peak oil, high speed rail, car-free cities. Buckle up and hang on…
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Canada's 66,000 Lost Clean Energy Jobs
Eric, Wednesday, May 5th, 2010 Canada continues to fall behind the USA (and other countries like Germany) in the race to create clean energy jobs. Please sign the petition from Environmental Defence, pushing for more clean energy jobs in Canada : http://www.cleanenergyjobs.ca Read More 3 comments
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BC’s Clean Energy Act: Balancing Government Control and Independent Regulation
Rogerlg, August 24, 2010 Admittedly, Alberta is a late starter in the clean energy revolution. We could... Read MoreBC Energy Watchdog Sides With Fossil Fuels
allalonestone@hotmail.com, June 11, 2010 For example the Taku River Tlingit built a run of river project and took Atlin off diesel generators... Read MoreCanada’s 66,000 Lost Clean Energy Jobs
handydan, June 3, 2010 The real problem building renewable energy projects in Canada is Ontario, which is by far the largest producer and... Read MoreTarsands Now Number 1 Souce of U.S. Crude (and just getting started)
bouchecl, May 21, 2010 Since transportation represents 70-80% of our oil needs, higher gas taxes, huge investments... Read MoreTarsands Now Number 1 Souce of U.S. Crude (and just getting started)
Barry Saxifrage, May 20, 2010 Can you imagine being as addicted and dependent on imported oil as the USA is?... Read More
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Final Day Video Blog: The Copenhagen Accord, Canada, and wrap-up of the week
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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 More
Facebook faces campaign to switch to renewable energy.
In one of the web's fastest-growing environmental campaigns, Greenpeace international says at least 500,000 people have now protested Facebook's intention to run its giant new data centre mainly on electricity produced by burning coal power.British Columbia’s fishy salmon science.
Like it or not, farmed fish will soon be vital to feed a hungry world.Countries that spurn climate remedies face barriers on trade, Stern says.
Countries that fail to adapt their economies to “cleaner” technologies are likely to lose export markets to those that do, said Nicholas Stern, former chief adviser on climate change to the U.Drilling for shale gas unearths environmental risks, Ottawa warned.
The Conservative government has been warned that drilling for shale gas could boost carbon-dioxide emissions, encroach on wildlife habitat and sap freshwater resources.Banks make a shift toward greener lending.
After years of legal entanglements arising from environmental messes and increased scrutiny of banks that finance the dirtiest industries, several large commercial lenders are taking a stand on industry practices that they regard as risky to their reputations and bottom lines.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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What a tightly packed 15 minutes!
The parts about urban development reminded me of the great Canadian documentary film ‘Radiant City’, about the absurdities of North American suburbia :
http://movies.nytimes.com/2007/05/30/movies/30radi.html
JF Lussier
http://www.systhermique.com
Note : I’m having a hard time inserting URLs in my posts…
What a tightly packed 15 minutes!
The parts about urban development reminded me of the great Canadian documentary film ‘<a href=”http://movies.nytimes.com/2007/05/30/movies/30radi.html”>Radiant City</a>’, about the absurdities of North American suburbia.
JF Lussier
<a href=”http://www.systhermique.com”>lalondesysthermique – steam system optimization</a>
Oh, so that’s our Calgary author Chris Turner! Boy, he talks fast! But can there be any doubt that we need leaders and proponents like him?
I had a wake up call about the ocean acidification from a CBC radio program about six months ago, and I cried…
What can I do to speed up this great leap sideways? When I’m not praying and advocating for a carbon tax, I remember two of my favorite quotes:
“A twig can turn a flood, but the twig must be well placed.” spoken by Coll in The High King, by Lloyd Alexander; and
“When we study the biographies of our heroes, we learn that they spent years in preparation, doing tiny, decent things before one historic moment propelled them to center stage and used them to tilt empires.” by Danusha Veronica Goska