Have you heard about Canada’s unjust energy transition? Better pay attention: it’s unfolding before your very eyes. The unjust transition will cost people jobs, create new and more insidious types of energy poverty, and accelerate negative environmental impact – the very opposite effects of what the putative notion of a just transition is intended to achieve. We’re
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Farming Is Losing to Misguided Urban Politics
on August 8th, 2022
Interest groups are weaponizing science to support a narrative that fits their biased view of what farmers should and shouldn’t do Most Canadians have never been on a farm, let alone lived on one, which makes more than 98 per cent of our population agriculturally illiterate. For many Canadians, crop production is an unknown concept.
Canada’s Oil and Gas Workers Don’t Need A Forced ‘Just Transition’
on May 2nd, 2022
Oil and gas will continue to be critical for decades to come, even as we pursue strategies to reduce emissions and encourage renewables The idea of the need for a “just transition” for Canadian oil and gas workers is based on the false narrative that global demand is now decreasing and, therefore, Canada’s industry will
The True Cost of Unreliable Renewable Energy
on January 27th, 2022
Arguments that renewable energy sources are cheaper have always been dubious on their merits, if not outright disingenuous We are constantly being told that wind and solar power are really cheaper than fossil-fuel power if you tot up the true costs of using each type. These arguments have always been dubious on their merits, if
Thunberg Has World Leaders in The Palm of Her Hand
on January 5th, 2022
World leaders are doing everything Thunberg and people like her say, without batting an eye It seems everything is about justice these days. As I drove home from the store recently, I saw a sign for the elections here in New York from the local Democratic Party, promising “equity, equality, and justice for all.” Beyond
Why Wind and Solar Energy Aren’t The Answer to Reducing Global Emissions
on November 24th, 2021
Wind and solar farms replacing the 84% of global energy from fossil fuels is technically impossible In a previous column I pointed out that since switching coal-fuelled power plants to natural gas cuts CO2 emissions in half, exporting liquefied natural gas (LNG) to displace coal benefits our economy and reduces global emissions. And that since converting gasoline
Canada’s Raw-milk Ban Defies Common-Sense
on November 15th, 2021
The alleged dangers will be news to countless communities and families who have for generations grown up on raw milk There’s a legal way to consume raw milk in Canada: buy it in the United States and bring it home. Of the 13 states bordering Canada, 12 have legal raw milk. More than 40 have it legal
Climate Change Creating A New Normal for Farmers
on November 8th, 2021
And consumers are seeing first-hand how climate impacts their pocketbooks COP26 is just around the corner – the 26th United Nations climate change conference starts in Glasgow on Oct. 31. During the two-week summit, delegates face the colossal task of bridging the gap between the climate commitments made in 2015 with the Paris climate accord
How to Reduce our Emissions Without Penalizing Rural Regions
on September 20th, 2021
Policies should be fair for all Canadians, regardless of where they happen to live
Canada’s Banks Investing in Climate Disaster
The second iteration of the Bloomberg New Energy Finance report, released last December, highlighted how, for the second year in a row, Canadian banks rank amongst the worst in the world when measured on how much funding is directed to fossil fuels versus renewable energy. Last December, while testifying at the Senate banking committee studying Bill S-243 — the Climate-Aligned Finance Act — Superintendent of