Nuclear energy is not ‘clean’ or ‘green’ in the European Union’s taxonomy
The claim made in an Oct. 13 letter to MPs from the Canadian Nuclear Association—stating that the EU ‘formally voted to include nuclear energy in its EU taxonomy’—is partially true, but misleading, write Susan O’Donnell and Madis Vassar.
Cool the carbon-pricing debate and focus on solutions that make people’s lives better
The almost gravity-like pull carbon pricing exerts on public attention often takes away from other important steps that could be potentially more effective in terms of emissions reductions.
Deep efficiency retrofits are the only lasting fix to energy affordability
There is a clear path forward for the federal government out of their carbon tax mess if it offers a new income-targeted retrofit program to all provinces and all fuel types.
Supreme Court dares Canada’s polarized politics to do better
Supreme Court Chief Justice Richard Wagner and his fellow jurists have done their job. Now it is up to the politicians. The hurry up offence doesn’t work in a courtroom.
Radiation ‘a dangerous health hazard so let’s be truly informed about it,’ writes Geary
Re: “Nuclear power isn’t really so scary when you understand it,” (The Hill Times, Oct. 9, by Neil Alexander and Doddy Kastany). Understandably, the job of these Canadian Nuclear Society writers is to advance and promote all things nuclear. Not any specific innovation, but rather a wider don’t-worry-be-happy psychological acceptance of nuclear technology and radiation in general. […]
Bill C-69 dragon has been slain
If Canada is to be a world leader, we must reform our project assessment processes, and become a major supplier of natural resources and energy to our friends and allies. Our national security depends upon it.
Supreme Court’s Impact Assessment Act ruling not a repudiation of federal power over climate protection, MPs and experts say, but urgent fix needed for law
Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says the government ‘wants to ensure clarity and certainty for investment in projects this country needs,’ with Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson saying the Supreme Court’s concerns can be dealt with ‘in a relatively surgical way.’
Low levels of radiation can harm, writes former federal researcher
It is extremely concerning when none other than the president of the Canadian Nuclear Society Doddy Kastanya seems to believe low levels of radiation can do no harm (“Misunderstandings lead to poor judgment and potential environmental harm: nuclear society head,” (The Hill Times, letter to the editor, Sept. 13) in response to an opinion piece […]
Canada must invest in full spectrum of isotope production
In the fight against cancer, our strength will come from collaborating within the isotope industry and across sectors to deliver the best options to patients.
Canada needs strong principles to make sense of the critical minerals boom
To develop modern energy and transportation solutions, we need a modern approach to deciding where and when mineral development makes sense.
