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 […]
Nuclear waste abandonment risks the dangers of amnesia
Broad-stroke reassurances from supporters of a proposed deep geological repository for Canada’s nuclear waste have failed to allay important environmental and security concerns.
Canada’s budget missed a big inflation-fighting measure: energy efficiency
Without greater efficiency in how we consume energy, federal support for riskier ‘clean’ energy will not only fail to deliver big emission reductions, but could also turn good intentions into a Trojan Horse for further inflation.
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.
Leaks show releasing oilsands waters into the Athabasca River is not the best solution for tailings ponds
The uncertainty of health and safety causes immense stress on a community already dealing with intergenerational trauma and lack of support.
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.
ZEV sales targets must ride alongside infrastructure commitments
It’s clear that investments supporting increased activity in the construction and building trades yields significant dividends for other sectors of the economy.
Imperial Oil to answer questions at House Environment Committee about tailings pond leaks, but Alberta regulator waiting for invitation
Indigenous communities along the Athabasca River are looking for federal intervention after an oilsands company and its Alberta regulator withheld information on tailings leaks for nine months.
