Why we should be pulling out all the stops to expand renewable energy

Why is there no federal program to help business, homeowners and institutions— basically anyone with a roof—install solar panels? Where are the innovations to develop stored water systems for renewable energy storage across Canada? Why do we continue to act as though we have all the time in the world?
Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, pictured May 22, 2018, at a rally to urge the government to stop the Kinder Morgan bailout.
It is time to face some hard facts about the climate crisis. The Paris target is not a politically derived imaginary number without consequences. It is a best guess, based on science (with greater risks that it is too optimistic a number than that it is too conservative). We know human activity ha...

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