Dr. John Hollins, past Chair CACOR, reviews Bill C-69. Some thoughts An Act to enact the Impact Assessment Act and the Canadian Energy Regulator Act, to amend the Navigation Protection Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts. Fundamental issue Thoreau captured the essence of the matter in 15 words some 150 years ago: […]
Frankenstein, the Baroness, and the Climate Refugees of 1816
It is two hundred years since “The Year Without a Summer” when a sun-obscuring ash cloud — ejected from one of the most powerful volcanic eruptions in recorded history — caused temperatures to plummet the world over. Gillen D’Arcy Wood looks at the humanitarian crisis triggered by the unusual weather, and how it offers an […]
UTOPIA 9/11 A PLEA FOR A NEW WORLD
Dr. NICOLE SCHWARTZ-MORGAN, CACOR member In about a decade, its indefatigable stream of commentators will celebrate the five hundredth anniversary of Thomas More’s Utopia or On the Best State of a Republic (1516). That’s a long time to be a focus of attention. The quantity of ink this text has generated suggests that, like a […]
CAN ORGANIC FEED THE WORLD?
CAN ORGANIC FEED THE WORLD? by Rodale Institute, May 14, 2019 This blog post is part of a special series called “The Truth About Organic.” Want more? Download the full “The Truth About Organic” guide here. With the global population set to hit 9.1 billion by 20501, it’s true that in the future we’ll need […]
Canada’s Greenhouse Gases: Follow a pathway
Dr. John Hollins, past Chair CACOR Board of Directors with advice from Robert Hoffman past Chair CACOR Board of Directors [1] This opinion is based on a study by the anadian Association for the Club of Rome [2] Summary Canada’s public policy to reduce its emissions of greenhouse gases has not delivered. Canada failed by […]