No space in Canada’s energy policy for methane gas
Contrary to oil and gas sector positioning, methane gas is not a benign ‘bridge’ fuel to transition from polluting fossil fuels to clean renewables.
The missing link for achieving climate-ready infrastructure is procurement
We have what it takes to promote climate-friendly innovations, boost productivity, and build a new infrastructure-based export sector—but it must start with changing our country’s public procurement policy, write Eric Bosco and Arvind Gupta.
There’s a fever raging in the ocean
Last month, it was worst off the eastern coast of North America where the sea surface temperature was as much as 13.8 Celsius higher than the 1981-2011 average for this time of year. Not only was that a record; it was an astounding leap upwards: more than double the previous record.
Canada is a laggard and soon-to-be pariah on fighting climate change: activist Bill Henderson
Re: “Canadas climate fight is full of question marks,” (The Hill Times, April 26, editorial). Much thanks to Environment Commissioner Jerry DeMarco for raising the alarm. As a longtime climate activist focused on effective climate mitigation, I have written many times on these pages that Canada was still in a climate plan to fail, and […]
What goes ‘moo’ and then explodes?
Since the rise of agriculture, humans have increased the mass of animal life on land fourfold, but wild animals now account for only four per cent of that biomass.
The choice is clear: Canada needs a hard cap on oil and gas pollution
Canada must limit and reduce oil and gas pollution if it wants to achieve its climate targets. But how that is done is equally as important as the fact that it must be done.
We’re all accountable for anthropogenic climate change, folks
If we consider anthropogenic climate change as a global problem which affects us and our governments, but would rather assign the accountability to others: get over it. We are all accountable. Rationalizing who might be more responsible is not the point, unless it helps to justify how much accountability and action you are willing to accept. We are […]
A sinking ship: don’t be fossil fooled by LNG
LNG distracts Canada from a zero-emissions future, jeopardizing its commitments to a cleaner, prosperous economy.
Fossil fuel industry still selling ‘a pig in a poke’ while continuing to reap absurd riches: McElroy
Re: “Will governments or markets drive Canada’s energy transition?” (The Hill Times, March 22, 2023). The UN has spoken: we must act urgently to do everything humanly possible to avoid a catastrophic future climate our children may not survive. The recently released IPCC report called emphatically for dramatic action to stop destructive climate change. It isn’t a […]
New energy era, new rules needed to develop responsible projects
We cannot be as irresponsible with critical minerals as we have been with fossil fuels.
