Alberta Premier Smith should spend wisely, sustainably, create green jobs, writes Tom McElroy
Re: “Feds sustainable jobs plan a good start, but too soft on emissions reductions, say environmental experts,” (The Hill Times, March 8, by Jesse Cnockaert). In this article about addressing the climate crisis by moving to a sustainable energy system, a quote from Albert Premier Danielle Smith clearly shows that she has been sleeping in […]
Does the planet need a new Bretton Woods Agreement and can Canada help?
The world is a very different place from when the World Bank and International Monetary Fund were created in the mid-1940s at Bretton Woods, N.H., and both the role and operational instruments they deploy must be modernized to address today’s very different challenges.
Freddy and the ice: messages from the future
Two new things on the climate front, and both bad news. Hurricanes used to be like drive-by shootings: one pass, one hit, and then gone. Now they’re starting to come back for a second hit.
Energy transition relief as ineffectual as feds’ ‘puny’ carbon tax, writes Henderson
Re: The renewable energy policy briefing (The Hill Times, March 6): Canada should initiate industrial policies, including building renewable capacity to help rapidly innovate a post-carbon economy. But the present energy transition mitigation concept is as ineffectual as the federal government’s puny carbon tax which has just wasted nearly a decade of exceedingly precious mitigation […]
Canada has a toxic tailings problem
It’s time for oil companies to be held accountable for cleaning up their toxic waste.
Energy
Canada should be the world’s energy producer and supplier of choice
The solutions are transformation, not transition; technology, not taxes; led by the private sector, not government.
Vulnerable populations will be more at risk due to Bill S-5’s CEPA changes
Bill S-5 may doom attempts to improve environmental health outcomes for vulnerable populations for generations to come.
Energy transitions: away from diesel, or towards sovereignty?
Indigenous off-grid communities in Canada are exploring their own solutions to move towards cleaner energy generation that are aligned with their worldviews and sovereignty objectives.
Canada’s oil and gas industry faces an existential crisis and a weak emissions cap won’t save it
Ottawa’s job is to ensure that the inevitable transition is as smooth as possible by sending a clear signal to the industry to clean up its pollution.
