Worshipping at the net-zero altar has led to two dictators controlling both energy security and the supply of manufactured goods Mark Twain famously said that “Truth is stranger than fiction.” Seldom have those words been more clearly illustrated than by the West’s attempt to rid the world of fossil fuels. In a supreme irony, the
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Climate Change Places Older Adults at Greater Risk
on July 11th, 2019
We need to plan better to protect vulnerable seniors from the impact of climate change An elderly man in Ottawa spent most of last winter snowed in, unable to leave his home, surviving on canned food. Last summer, 54 people died as a result of a heat wave in Quebec, many of them older adults. Seniors’ communities were quickly
Suing Oil Companies Over Climate Change will Only Hurt Taxpayers
on March 16th, 2019
Precious little good will can come from Victoria city council’s campaign, but it will certainly cost a great deal of money (FREE) The City of Victoria wants to round up municipalities to sue oil companies for damages from climate change. Not only is such a case virtually impossible to prove, it’s also full of rich
Climate Change Is A Global Health Emergency
on October 27th, 2018
Federal pipeline needs independent assessment, global health leaders say After a summer that saw over 90 heat-related deaths in Quebec, drought-impacted crops across the Prairies, and large swaths of Western Canada and Ontario ravaged by wildfires and shrouded in smoke, many of the world’s leading experts gathered in San Francisco at the Global Climate and
Canada’s New GHG Emissions Requirements will Inflict Widespread Pain
on February 11th, 2016
As always, the Trudeau government announces lofty goals short on devilish details On Jan. 27, the federal government injected yet another syringe full of uncertainty into the country’s oil and gas sector, announcing a nebulous plan to overhaul Canada’s environmental assessment process to incorporate concerns over greenhouse gas emissions. As always, the initial announcements are
Leaders in Water and Development Gather in Stockholm to Discuss World’s Water Crises
on August 19th, 2015
World leaders, water experts and development professionals will meet in Stockholm 23-28 August to seek solutions to the world’s several escalating water crises. This year, World Water Week is held under the theme Water for Development. The role of water for development cannot be overestimated. Water is the foundation for all aspects of human and
Climate Change: It’s Not The Science, It’s The Policy
on November 5th, 2014
The Real Issue Is Less The “Disease” Than It is The Proposed Treatment For Climate Change The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has released its latest “Synthesis Report” drawing together the findings of the most recent three-volume set of the Fifth Assessment Report. The Assessment Report is meant to be the last word
Bees at Risk From Climate Change
on September 26th, 2014
• Communities wary of climate-change linked threats to bee populations • Experts worry that the trend portends danger to community livelihoods By Patrick Musira : The physicist Albert Einstein, is reported to have said that if the honey bee is extinguished, humankind will follow four years later. Although perhaps the consequences may not be as
A Decade of Evidence Against Catastrophic Global Warming
on June 7th, 2012
Climate alarmists engender confusion because they ignore the evidence. But the record has not been kind to them. Take the 2002 climate change debate published in PEGG, the magazine of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta.
Canada’s Economic Backbone is Facing Yet Another Crisis
A looming strike by CN and CP highlights a chronic vulnerability in our national logistics infrastructure In a country as vast and resource-rich as Canada, one would expect logistics – a critical backbone of our economy – to be a priority. Yet, it remains one of the most underappreciated aspects of our economic infrastructure.