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April 2, 2012

Driving to Earth Hour

Mitchell Beer

4470975360_681cc6e02d.jpgOur daughter mentioned Saturday afternoon that a friend of hers would be marking Earth Hour with an acoustic guitar performance at our local fair trade coffee house.

We've supported the annual show of awareness and support for low-carbon energy futures since it came to Canada in 2008. So at the appointed time, four of us piled into our reasonable efficient, low-sulphur diesel vehicle…and drove to Earth Hour.

Bridgehead Coffee distributed candles, and promptly at 8:30 PM, the lights…

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OfflineMitchell Beer
February 23, 2012

Following the Evidence Where It Leads

Mitchell Beer
tar sands-istock.jpgOne of Canada's leading climate scientists found himself with a more nuanced result than he might have expected when a casual conversation led him to look into the direct climate impact that would result from burning all the oil in the country's oil sands reserves.
 
In the end, Dr. Andrew Weaver's paper in a forthcoming issue of Nature pointed to the complexity of climate research and the overwhelming obligation to follow the results of scientific enquiry wherever they lead,…
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The Project

Lorne Trottier, FCAE

"Energy poses big challenges for Canada in the 21st century in terms of supply, environmental sustainability, climate change, and economics. The Canadian Academy of Engineering and the David Suzuki Foundation, two highly respected organizations, bring different but complementary perspectives to the challenge."

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