“If I have to hop on a bulldozer myself, we’re going to start building roads to the Ring of Fire.” Doug Ford, 2018 “It cannot take us 12 to 15 years to open a mine in this country. Not if we want to achieve our ultimate goals.” Jonathan Wilkinson, Federal Natural...
The demand for electricity continues to rise as countries transition to an electrified economy. To ensure an adequate and reliable supply during peak hours, governments must decide which energy technologies should be prioritised and developed to help with this...
Fighting in a World on Fire The next generation’s guide to protecting the climate and saving our future by Andreas Malm and adapted by Jimmy and Llewyn Whipps In their book, Jimmy and Llewyn Whipps make the following observation: “The point is that conditions are...
At the end of June, I was shocked up when I looked across the small lake my family cottage overlooks. Normally I see a green line of trees hugging the far shore but that day a grey-blue-brown haze shrouded the shoreline, the air smelled like burning plastic and...
Driving the inland and costal highways on Vancouver Island is a never-ending road trip like no other. It involves travelling through and around dense forest, homeland of old-growth and the mythic giants called Douglas Fir. Traversing the length of Highway #4 west...
Canada’s Minerals Strategy looks like a poorly thought-out pipe dream and a gift to corporations. Currently less than 1% of the global fleet is electric, which means that 99% is yet to be built. Renewables currently make up only 4% of global energy source. In...
