'Alternative' energy and less energy

26/10/23
Author: 
BC Climate Emergency Campaign
Where do BC cabinet ministers stand on the defining climate question of our time?

Go to the link here to find the answers: https://bcclimateemergency.ca/fracking-and-lng

And if you think anyone is listed in the wrong category, or if you have intel on a minister listed in the "unknown" category, please reach out the BC Climate Emergency Campaign Coordinator at www.bcclimateemergency.ca

07/10/23
Author: 
Fiona Harvey
Pope Francis also cautioned against relying on technology such as carbon capture and storage to resolve the climate crisis. Photograph: Reuters

Oct. 4, 2023

Pope urges rich world to make profound changes to tackle climate crisis

Francis also defends climate protesters and calls on governments to make Cop28 in Dubai a turning point

Pope Francis has said the rich world must make profound changes to tackle the climate crisis, while defending climate protesters and urging governments to make the forthcoming Cop28 climate summit a turning point.

02/10/23
Author: 
John Helmer, Moscow
KICK START OR KICK OVER — CAN THE US DEFEAT RUSSIA IN THE LITHIUM BATTERY WAR?

Sept. 28, 2023

In January of this year the United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported the reserves of the nine leading countries in the world which mine lithium, the new fuel to power electric batteries. Chile led, followed by Australia, Argentina, China, and the US which claims to have one million tonnes. Russia was left out of the USGS chart.

01/10/23
Author: 
Vipal Monga
Flying over the Hudson Bay Lowlands to the Ring of Fire in Northern Ontario.

Sept. 28, 2023

$67 Billion of Rare Minerals Is Buried Under One of the World’s Biggest Carbon Sinks

A fight is brewing in Canada about how, or whether, to dig out materials essential for EV batteries that lie deep beneath vast peat bogs

The pace of the global transition to electric vehicles depends on the future of a remote region in Canada known as the Ring of Fire.

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