Climate Change

Bad guys and bombs: The nuclear risks of small modular reactors

05/11/23

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John Woodside

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Illustration by Ata Ojani/Canada's National Observer

Nov. 3, 2023

Nuclear proliferation experts are warning that 50 years of policy designed to limit the spread of nuclear weapons is unravelling as governments invest in certain small modular reactors that could be misused to build bombs.

The concerns are aimed at Moltex, a Saint John, N.B., nuclear startup building small modular reactors (SMRs) that will be powered with spent fuel from CANDU reactors. To make the fuel, Moltex plans to separate plutonium from uranium in CANDU waste and use the extracted plutonium to power new SMRs.

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

Missing Paris Goal Could Cost CANADA $5.5 Trillion

04/11/23

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John Woodside

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National Observer

Mark Carney speaks at the Fall 2023 Net-Zero Leadership Summit in Ottawa on Oct. 31, 2023. Photo via Carney/X(Twitter)

Nov. 2, 2023

It’s estimated that the Canadian economy could take a $5.5-trillion hit by the end of the century due to climate change, according to a white paper from Independent Sen. Rosa Galvez’s office published this week as sustainable finance experts and policymakers descended on Ottawa for a high-level conference Wednesday.

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Banks Fund $1.8 Trillion in Carbon Bombs 2016-2022

04/11/23

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Olivia Rosane

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Common Dreams

Protesters picket outside a Chase Bank branch in November 2019. (Photo: Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Oct. 31,2023

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Is White Hydrogen a Magic Climate Solution

04/11/23

Author:

Louise Boyle Senior Climate Correspondent

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Independent

White House Announces $7 Billion Push to Replace Fossil Fuels With Hydrogen

Nov. 2, 2023

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

The ‘flickering’ of Earth systems is warning us: act now, or see our already degraded paradise lost

04/11/23

Author:

George Monbiot

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The Guardian

‘Rishi Sunak now seems to have discovered his purpose: trashing the planet on behalf of corporate power.’ Photograph: Peter Nicholls/AP

Oct. 31, 2023

When Rishi Sunak granted 27 new North Sea licences this week, he wasn’t thinking about the survival of the living world

Can you see it yet? The Earth systems horizon – the point at which our planetary systems tip into a new equilibrium, hostile to most lifeforms? I think we can. The sudden acceleration of environmental crises we have seen this year, coupled with the strategic uselessness of powerful governments, rushes us towards the point of no return.

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Bidenomics and the Left

30/10/23

Author:

Sam Gindin

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The Bullet

October 29, 2023 •

“There’s something happening here
But what it is ain’t exactly clear.”

– “For What It’s Worth,” Buffalo Springfield.

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What do our cabinet ministers think about LNG?

26/10/23

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BC Climate Emergency Campaign

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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

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

Not one, but two legal challenges! Hold Woodfibre LNG and FortisBC accountable

22/10/23

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My Sea to Sky

In January I joined dozens of other caring citizens to call on Minister Guilbeault to stop Woodfibre LNG from harming seals and sea lions.

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Yukon Corn Harvests? Climate-Based Shift Will Also Threaten Bio-Diversity

22/10/23

Author:

Kiley Price

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Inside Climate News

A small herd of Woodland Caribou on the tundra, Mackenzie Mountains, Yukon, Canada. Credit: by DeAgostini/Getty Images.

Oct. 19, 2023

As new areas become suitable for planting, researchers predict that vast swaths of biodiversity will be at risk, particularly in northern regions and the tropics.

Climate change has the potential to restructure the world’s agricultural landscapes, making it possible to plant crops in places where they have never been viable historically. Within the next 40 years, these new growing regions could overlap with 7 percent of the world’s wilderness areas outside Antarctica, putting those ecosystems at risk, scientists reported Thursday.

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