Final clean electricity regulations need more flexibility to adapt to physical limits, says Electricity Canada CEO
A final draft of Clean Electricity Regulations, part of Canada’s 2030 Emissions Reduction Plan, are expected to be published before the end of 2024.
It’s time for Canadians to stop thinking that water challenges happen elsewhere, and start taking action here at home
It’s not easy to change our behaviour, but these types of water events are only going to increase in Canada. We must choose how to adapt and learn for the future.
Nuclear a dirty, dangerous distraction: Gordon Edwards
All energy systems make use of toxic materials, including wind and solar. But renewable energy systems do not create these poisons. Nor do they disseminate them into the environment. By contrast, nuclear power plants create hundreds of varieties of radioactive elements that were never found in nature before the discovery of nuclear fission 85 years […]
Oilsands alliance can’t handle the truth
Asking oil companies to provide evidence for their green claims isn’t censorship, it’s an inoculation against misinformation.
Northern cod controversy: more than just fish
The Liberal government must honour its commitment, and reverse its decision to end the northern cod moratorium. Anything less is a betrayal of the promises made and the communities that depend on it.
Governments unprepared for risks of a dilbit spill in western waters
I can lament the failure of the B.C. NDP and the federal Liberals to keep their promises, while praying that the likely spills will be averted by sheer luck.
An Arctic strategy is the nation-building project Canada needs now
Canada’s long-term goals in the region depend on the development of Northern and Indigenous communities.
Climate mitigation an either/or situation, no more time for balance: Henderson
Most of the stories and opinion columns in last week’s Natural Resources Briefing, including Jesse Cnockaert’s introduction, propose a balance of continuing natural resource exports—which are central to the present Canadian economy—while moving to a new, cleaner energy economy. This is a false balance built on ongoing climate denial. The reality is that climate mitigation […]
MPs, experts say costs linked to frequency of wildfires, severity of weather events to increase without more climate action
According to senior climatologist David Phillips, 184,493 sq km of woodland went up in smoke across Canada in 2023—the equivalent of nearly one and a half times the size of the Maritime provinces.
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