By Ralph Torrie The race to net-zero will be a defining feature of the 21st-century global economy, but Canada’s climate change response is stuck at the starting gate. The share of our electricity supply provided by clean, renewable power is stagnating when we need it to be galloping forward, and the fossil fuel share of […]
A Review of How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: the Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need (by Bill Gates)
This is a book review provided by T. David Dougherty, a member of the Canadian Association for the Club of Rome, in December 2021. Recommendation I think everyone, including climate scientists, technology entrepreneurs, politicians, and ordinary citizens could benefit from reading this book. If enough of us did so, it would help create the common […]
Microgrids Cropping Up in Florida with Utility Partners
Florida is the most hurricane-prone state in the US, vulnerable to an average $15.4 billion in storm damages annually. So it’s perplexing that state government hasn’t made at least as much fanfare about microgrids as places like California and New Jersey. But even if its government isn’t leading the way, microgrids are cropping up in the state. […]
Capitalism is killing the planet
by George Monbiot There is a myth about human beings that withstands all evidence. It’s that we always put our survival first. This is true of other species. When confronted by an impending threat, such as winter, they invest great resources into avoiding or withstanding it: migrating or hibernating, for example. Humans are a different matter. […]
Restoring biodiversity and slowing climate change are crucial to protect health
Lukoye Atwoli and colleagues deliver a compelling call to address interacting global crises and to improve equity. Crucially, they link biodiversity loss with health and clearly warn that the Earth system is now too close to multiple tipping points, beyond which lie “catastrophic, runaway environmental change”. However, we think there is a risk that the […]
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