Is this the start of an aviation revolution? FUTURE PLANET SUSTAINABILITY Aviation is one of the fastest rising sources of carbon emissions from transport, but can a small Canadian airline show the industry a way of flying that is better for the planet? By Diane Selkirk 11th February 2020 As air journeys go, it […]
China can be rich, climate neutral by 2050, global energy group’s report says
China can become a fully developed economy that doesn’t produce any carbon emissions by mid-century. The nation’s high savings and investment rate allow for the spending required to meet the twin goals, according to a report by The Energy Transitions Commission (ETC), a global coalition of executives from across the energy landscape committed to the […]
BILL C-69: Is the balance right?
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 […]