'Alternative' energy and less energy

The glaring problem with Canada’s solar sector and how to fix it

27/11/20
Author: 
Leigh Matthews
Link: 
National Observer
Renewable energy sources, like solar, are key parts of Canada's net-zero strategy, but this push is unsustainable without regulations governing hazardous e-waste, resource extraction and recycling. Photo iSolara Solar Power

November 27th 2020

Giant solar farms have been widely heralded as great news for green energy in Canada. But is solar energy really sustainable? In the clamour to promote solar panels, there has been a conspicuous silence about the environmental costs of production and what happens to all those panels at end of life.

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'Alternative' energy and less energy
Canada
Ecology/Environment
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Global clean tech opportunities abound, just not in Canada

12/11/20
Author: 
Will Dubitsky
Link: 
National Observer
renewable energy image -In 2021, renewables investments, for the first time in history, will be greater than investments in the oil and gas sectors combined. Photo credit: shutterstock

September 11th 2020

Global developments suggest a Canadian migration to a green economy is critical to competitiveness. However, if one tries to find Canadian clean tech manufacturing/innovation companies listed on a stock market, one will likely come up with nearly zero, while the number of Canadian-based oil and gas firms offering stocks is seemingly infinite.

 

Canada has got its priorities wrong.

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'Alternative' energy and less energy
Canada
Climate Change
Global
Oil - Pipelines
Tar Sands
Transportation
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Cities tried to lead the charge on climate action. Most of them are behind.

24/10/20
Author: 
Emily Pontecorvo
Link: 
grist
Green New Deal gathering in New York - Drew Angerer / Getty Images

Oct 22, 2020

Back in 2006, when George W. Bush was president and the Paris Agreement was still a decade away, the city of Tucson, Arizona, made a modest plan to do something about climate change. It set a goal to reduce city-wide greenhouse gas emissions 7 percent below 1990 levels, and gave itself a generous 14 years to do it.

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'Alternative' energy and less energy
Climate Change
Urban
USA
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Providing decent living with minimum energy: A global scenario

23/10/20
Author: 
Joel Millward-Hopkin, Julia K.Steinberger, Narasimha D. Rao,, Yanick Oswald
Link: 
Global Environmental Change

....Although technological progress and individual-level change are essential parts of a solution to ecological breakdown, incrementalist propositions along the lines of green growth and green consumerism are inadequate....

Abstract

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'Alternative' energy and less energy
Energy
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Climate Reality Check 2020

15/10/20
Author: 
Ian Dunlop, David Spratt, also published by Climate Code Red
Link: 
Resilience

October 14, 2020

What must climate and energy policy really achieve? It’s time for a …Climate Reality Check 2020

First posted at Pearls and Irritations

The Australian Government is dangerously out-of-touch as climate change accelerates and a cascade of tipping points risks unstoppable global warming.

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'Alternative' energy and less energy
Climate Change
LNG - Fracking
Oil - Pipelines
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Leaked 2018 Strategy Proposed ‘Broader Than Oil’ Coalition To Undercut Ottawa's Clean Fuel Standard

09/10/20
Author: 
Primary author Mitchell Beer
Link: 
The Energy Mix
oil refinery - skeeze / Pixabay

OCTOBER 9, 2020

A top communications and government relations firm led by long-time Conservative Party strategist Jaime Watt developed a confidential plan to undercut support for the federal Clean Fuel Standard (CFS) by convincing Canadians that “fighting climate change is a losing battle,” according to leaked documents released this week by Greenpeace Canada.

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'Alternative' energy and less energy
Alberta
Canada
Climate Change
Ecology/Environment
Environmental Groups
Oil - Pipelines
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Canada Pension Plan fuels the climate crisis with our own retirement savings

05/10/20
Author: 
Patrick DeRochie & Adam Scott
Link: 
National Observer
Recent analyses of CPP’s investments in oil, gas and coal raise red flags about the fund’s alignment with Canada’s climate commitments and mandate to invest in the best interests of Canadians. Photo by Shift Action for Pension Wealth and Planet Health

Last month, Mark Machin, CEO of the Canada Pension Plan (CPP), wrote that climate change is the crisis beyond COVID-19 that we can’t afford to ignore, stating that “the full effects will depend on the actions we take now and in the future.”

We strongly agree.

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'Alternative' energy and less energy
Canada
Climate Change
Coal
LNG - Fracking
Oil - Pipelines
Social
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Research Shows Batteries Made From Hemp Are Superior to Lithium, Graphene

20/09/20
Author: 
Shish Kabob Seger
Link: 
Testset
hemp batteries

JULY 10, 2020

Could industrial hemp be part of the future of battery powered vehicles? Fresh research into the efficacy of hemp batteries says yes. 

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'Alternative' energy and less energy
Energy
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Hemp vs. Lithium Batteries: Which Is Best?

20/09/20
Author: 
WayOfLeaf Staff
Link: 
Way of Leaf

 3 Jan, 2020

Hemp is a wonder crop. It’s an amazingly versatile plant that can be used for a wide range of purposes. Scientists are starting to discover more and more uses for hemp, with recent studies suggesting that hemp batteries may be more powerful than lithium.

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'Alternative' energy and less energy
Energy
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Trans Mountain Is No Longer Viable, Say Over a Hundred Economists and Experts

19/09/20
Author: 
Joël-Denis Bellavance, La Presse
Link: 
La Presse

September 17, 2020

Fall of World Demand and the Price of Oil

OTTAWA – In the face of the historic worldwide fall in demand for oil and the price drop of black gold, the Trans Mountain Expansion Project (TMX) is more financially perilous than ever for Canadian taxpayers

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'Alternative' energy and less energy
Alberta
British Columbia
Canada
Climate Change
Green New Deal/LEAP
Oil - Pipelines
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