Pipelines or a national power grid: what should Canada build now?

Canada is a laggard in the international race towards the energy of the future.

Some ‘positives’ in the climate crisis

All of this comes down to that 1980s oil filter commercial that concluded with ‘you can pay me now or pay me later.’ That same logic applies to mitigation of climate change to protect future generations. After all, the future belongs to younger Canadians who need to be considered as our nation is rebuilt.

A nation-building project that will protect the environment and our health

A transition away from fossil fuels to renewable energy has the potential to create a safer and healthier environment, less suffering from the ongoing effects of continued greenhouse gas emissions, and a stronger economy driven by the new jobs created.

Carney’s plan should emphasize public health rather than fossil fuels

The Liberal government needs to prioritize giving Canadians a longer and more prosperous life rather than aligning itself with the fossil fuel industry.

The disconnect between climate promise and delivery

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s plan to cut carbon emissions while expanding fossil fuel energy sources is 100-per-cent contradictory. Canada must move forward on climate, and not backwards, as the Liberal government’s plan suggests.

Climate change barrier between the public and government MPs

As professionals in climate and medical science, we cannot successfully advocate for climate change mitigation until that party caucus wall is opened, which won’t happen without either major changes in our political system, or public outcry.

The way forward on the climate crisis 

Renewable energy microgrids are best initiated at local scales, ignoring fossil fuels, and allowing market forces to dictate reductions in fossil fuel demand.

Why common mitigation efforts are not solutions to the climate crisis

Climate warming in any year is the result of cumulative carbon emissions over the previous 50 to 100 years, so any process that allows emissions to continue at current rates dooms us to catastrophe.

Natural gas is neither a cleaner nor safer form of fuel energy

Not only does the extraction and use of natural gas affect the health of humans and animals, it also contributes to climate change, which negatively impacts the population’s physical and mental health, write a group of physicians and scientists.

The futility of carbon capture and storage

Carbon capture and storage is a wasteful and expensive green-washing program.

Misconceptions of what ‘net-zero emissions’ actually means will have dire health impacts

We cannot emphasize enough that current plans for addressing climate change are incompatible with an acceptable destiny. Our future health, as opposed to dollars, must become our priority.