‘We live in a time of absurd and frightful confusion’: Victoria, B.C., letter writer
We live in a time of absurd and frightful confusion, with political divisions widening every day like a planet fragmenting into shards in the latest Armageddon-based blockbuster. The relentless advance of lies is beyond the human capacity to remain reasonable. The hyper-connected overload from social media and disinformation, and the rapidly accumulating trauma of history […]
The futility of carbon capture and storage
Carbon capture and storage is a wasteful and expensive green-washing program.
Oppenheimer’s legacy: an unheeded warning for our climate
Much like the atomic bombs dropped on Japan, there is a causal link between the pollution we emit into the atmosphere, and the fatalities from climate change and natural disasters.
Sustainable aviation fuels can help Canada meet its climate goals, but leadership is needed
Investment in SAF production in Canada has so far proceeded at a very slow pace that is at odds with its potential breakthrough impact on the aviation sector’s carbon footprint.
Governments, scientists should put more brain power into green energy, writes B.C. reader
Canada wants to reportedly move forward with more nuclear power plants? Nuclear power is nuclear waste and a major disaster waiting to happen. Why would anyone want a depository of nuclear waste in their backyard for hundreds of years? Would you really want a nuclear power plant in your neighbourhood? I think not. The government […]
Technology—not taxes—is the right approach to climate change
We need to harden our infrastructure, conserve and protect nature while sensitively harvesting natural resources, and apply modern technology to solve our environmental issues.
Will the world’s people destroy their only home?
The G20 summit in India next month is being viewed as a sort of last chance for the world’s largest economies to commit to the accelerated, radical action needed to limit warming to 1.5 C above pre-industrial levels.
For the good of the planet, and their business, Canadian firms need to rise to the climate-reporting challenge
Most of the heavy lifting on reducing emissions is going to happen in the private sector, and Canadian regulations for mandatory climate-related disclosures need to catch up to other jurisdictions.
Canada is unprepared for the climate emergency and we need to work as one nation to fight it, not 13 separate and sovereign fiefdoms
As in the fights to arrest acid rain and protect the ozone layer, Canadians need to rally behind the political leaders with a clear vision and the courage to get there.
World needs Canadian LNG to reduce global emissions and for long-term energy security: Enbridge
David Crane’s opinion column in the July 24 issue of The Hill Times, “Dear government: don’t be pressured by the hype from natural gas producers and pipeline owners,” tries to make the case that exporting Canadian natural gas as liquified natural gas (LNG) is not in the best interest of Canada nor the energy security of […]
