Tag: Carbon
Seven Reasons Why Policymakers Must Reject CCS
"Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is purported to collect or “capture” carbon dioxide generated by high-emitting activities, and is therefore commonly proposed as a...
Locking Out Carbon Lock-In
"Avoiding carbon lock-in is crucial to addressing climate change. Avoiding carbon lock-in is a well-established imperative in climate policy and sustainable finance, but tackling...
We Have Left It Too Late
We've waited too long to get serious about climate change. For decades, warnings from scientists and the IPPC have gone unheeded. And now, we've...
Plastic Is The New Coal
"If plastic were a country, it would be the world's fifth largest greenhouse emitter, beating out all but China, the U.S., India and Russia,"...
Is Planting Trees The New Carbon Fighting Technology?
One has to wonder why it has taken so long to discover that tree-planting done on a massive global scale is likely to become...
Major CleanTech Triumphs Of 2017
We are on the cusp of a new industrial revolution led by a radical acceleration of technology, the exponential growth in computing power, the...
Five Simple Steps Needed On Carbon Pricing – CCL Canada
From October 21-24, 2017, Citizens’ Climate Lobby (CCL) Canada members will be in Ottawa lobbying their MPs and Senators. We will present 5 simple...
A Plan to Make a Plan – More Climate Inaction
The Vancouver Declaration is a plan to make a plan. In the photo, Prime Minister Trudeau, accompanied by the provincial premiers and territorial leaders,...
Biomass, Biofuel, Bioenergy, Biopower – Myth or Reality?
In her most recent post, Ellen Moyer explores the pitfalls of Biomass, Biofuel, Bioenergy, Biopower as an alternative to the carbon-spewing energy we have used...
Shifting Goalposts
Shifting goalposts is the title of one of the chapters of The Carbon Bubble, What Happens to Us When it Bursts, authored by Jeff Rubin....