Climate Crisis Archives

Canada

#ClimateStrike Numbers Are Staggering. Canadians Anxious About #ClimateEmergency

Mitchell Beer, The Energy Mix @TheEnergyMix - October 1, 2019

Climate Action

Our Kids Are Starting a Climate Revolution. Let’s Join Them Before...

Below2C | Primary Source, Mike Gerbis| @Delphi_Group - September 25, 2019

Climate Change

Greta’s Message: You Are Failing Us…You Have Stolen My Dreams and...

Rolly Montpellier @Below2C_ - September 24, 2019

Carbon Pricing

It’s The Climate, Stupid!

Rolly Montpellier @Below2C_ - September 20, 2019

Climate Change

Adults Need To Do Their Homework On The Climate

Below2C | Primary Source, CCL Canada @CitizensLobbyCa - September 17, 2019

Climate Breakdown

Friday September 27 Is Canada’s Climate Moment

Rolly Montpellier @Below2C_ - September 13, 2019

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CLEAN ENERGY

Roadmap to a Green Economy - 10 Guiding Principles

Dianne Saxe | Saxe Facts @envirolaw1

The call of youth for more ambitious climate action by world leaders cannot be ignored. And politicians who ignore their protests do so at their own peril. One in 37 Canadians showed up for the recent #climatestrike on September 27—around 1 million, or 3% of us. Change is coming! This piece by Dianne Saxe describes... Read more

CLEAN ENERGY

To Decarbonize, We Need To Electrify Everything

Below2C | Primary Source: National Observer @NatObserver

In order to avoid dangerous climate change, the world needs to get very close to zero carbon emissions in a hurry. To do this, we need to replace all technologies that run on combustion energy with clean energy alternatives. Widespread electrification is necessary. And it’s coming. David Roberts, writes in Vox that we need to... Read more

CLEAN ENERGY

Helping Kids Prepare For A Climate Constrained Future

Montpellier | Primary Source, Climate Reality @Below2C_

I have four grandkids ranging in age between 9 and 14 years old. I often think about what their future will be like. Many adults prefer to withhold the truth about climate, to coddle and protect youth from the reality of a climate-constrained future. But ignorance is not a skill set, it’s a hindrance. It’s... Read more

CLEAN ENERGY

Going From Bad To A Whole Lot Worse For Big Oil

Jeremy Leggett @JeremyLeggett

A new groundbreaking report , Wells, Wires and Wheels, shows a huge capital-efficiency advantage of solar and wind over oil. The report introduces “the concept of the Energy Return on Capital Invested (EROCI)…a metric that allows for the comparison of the energy yielded from a given level of investment in different energy sources,” as it... Read more