An Overview of Energy Alternatives for British Columbia
The crisis of global warming is an opportunity for those with the vision to seize it. A new generation of green jobs and a green economy are within our grasp.
Columnist Ray Grigg: Need for energy fostering environmental destruction
We need more electricity to keep our high energy lifestyle functioning, and more oil to keep our transportation systems moving. We need more land to feed our growing populations, more oceans to supply our fish, more resources to fuel our industries, and more consumption to satisfy our corporations. So we can always find the justification for destroying something we haven’t yet ruined.
Alberta Tar Sands Facts – Judge for Yourself
The Alberta Tar Sands is the largest fossil fuel project on the planet, lying beneath 141,000 square kilometers of northern Alberta forest, an area almost as large as the state of Florida. Its development is turning once pristine stretches of forest into desolate landscapes. Former Premier of Alberta, Peter Lougheed, was recently quoted on the Tar Sands as saying, “… it is just a moonscape. It is wrong in my judgment, a major wrong.”
Global Warming Solutions for Governments
To stop Global Warming, we must close down all coal-fired power plants, end all fossil fuel subsidies and end all corporate campaign financing.
Article on carbon capture and storage misguided
CCS should never be considered a bandaid or quick fix. It should only be attempted in conjunction with a global effort to reduce GHG emissions to zero. It will be difficult enough to sequester what we already have. If we can’t bring atmospheric carbon dioxide down to what is believed to be the safe level of 350 parts per million or less, we won’t have a planet we can live on.
Obama’s Bold Move
With one bold stroke, President Barack Obama has changed the dynamic between Canada and the U.S. and rendered the federal budget obsolete before it was even tabled. Our politicians in Canada haven’t being paying attention.
How do I know? Easy. On the day that Obama was sworn into office, Environment Minister Jim Prentice said that his government will work closely with the new administration, adding that Obama’s environmental principles are “virtually identical” to those of the Conservatives.
Barack Obama to meet with Canada’s PM about Alberta Tar Sands
Canadian environmental groups are now demanding that Obama rejects special treatment for oil sands under any deal. “The integrity of such a system would be entirely compromised should it somehow give a ‘pass’ to the production of high carbon oil from the tar sands, which many believe is the intent of the overture,” said the letter, which was signed by a half-dozen groups, including the David Suzuki Foundation, the Pembina Institute and the Sierra Club of Canada.
Alberta Tar Sands Resolution Adopted by Youth Parliament
The 80th British Columbia Youth Parliament opposes the development of the Alberta Tar Sands and calls for a halt to both existing and future Tar Sands projects.
