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Climate Change Has Arrived
Through erratic weather patterns, forest fires and glacier melt we are already experiencing the effects of climate change. Worse, the process of climate change, based on the levels of greenhouse gases we have already put in the atmosphere, is likely to increase the severity and frequency of severe weather events. If we allow levels of greenhouse gases to continue to rise, the disasters of today will be dwarfed by future catastrophic impacts.
Clearly, one of humanity’s principal challenges in this century will be to stop climate change. To do this, we must drastically reduce our greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) – gases such as carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide that trap heat in the atmosphere, raising global temperature and thereby spurring climate change.
Sierra Club Canada Releases Scary ‘Climate Change Science Since 2007’ Report
2009-12-17
(Ottawa) While the eyes of the world are on the Copenhagen climate talks, Sierra Club Canada (SCC) has released a report that summarizes the current state of global climate change. Climate Change Science Since 2007 reviews the developments in climate change science since the publication of the Nobel Prize winning 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Report, presenting an update on the science underpinning the climate change debate. The SCC report and a power point presentation summary can be found here.
“Canadians need an accessible source of real information on climate change science,” said John Bennett, SCC’s executive director. “People are hearing a lot of conflicting information about global warming, so we’ve compiled a summary of the science for a non-academic audience.”... Read more »
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Everyone needs a philosophy
Submitted by John Bennett on Thu, 2010-09-02 12:43
Busy week writing letters to the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission. It's a futile thing really, but it's our job to shout for justice. I have always imagined myself as Henry Fonda staring down the 11 other jurors and, in only 90 minutes, turning an 11-to-1 guilty vote to 12-to-0 not guilty.
Maybe that's why I mount my trusty steed and, with a shout to Sancho to fix my grammar, knock out another submission, statement, press release or letter.
If you speak the truth eventually you will be heard. Everyone needs a philosophy. This is mine.
I think my next project will be a funding application to the Alberta government. Apparently, while the premier has been spending thousands on tar sands propaganda the culture minister has been funding the documentary Dirty Oil.
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Sierra Club accuses feds of misleading public
Yesterday, Minister of the Environment Jim Prentice released a list of quotes from environmental groups supporting his pending proposal to overhaul heavy vehicle emission regulations.
Followers of Canadian environmental politics might have been surprised to see an enthusiastic endorsement of the plan from the Sierra Club, an organization with a less than cordial relationship with the Harper government.
The Sierra Club of Canada's executive director, John Bennett, certainly was.
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The quote in question was actually an endorsement of the Obama administration's 2009 announcement that it would set emissions standards similar to those that have been in place in California since 2001.
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http://thetyee.ca/Blogs/TheHook/Environment/2010/07/30/Sierra-Club-Misquoted/ Regulators hit pause on biomass
A regulatory hearing on Nova Scotia Power Inc.’s application to build a $208-million biomass energy project in Port Hawkesbury has been put on hold pending a review of other renewable energy projects.
The decision was reached Thursday after testimony from John Antonuk of Liberty Consulting Group in Pennsylvania at the provincial Utility and Review Board.
Antonuk, a board consultant, told a hearing in Halifax that there needed to be "a full and fair comparison of alternatives" that would allow the electrical utility to meet provincial renewable energy targets.
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http://thechronicleherald.ca/Business/1194325.html Hotter than ever: New international report adds to evidence of a warming world
Submitted by Daniel Spence on Thu, 2010-07-29 14:04While climate change is well-established science, it never hurts to explore this crucial matter in greater detail. The most recent report, called State of the Climate and released by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, tells us loud and clear: the Earth is warming fast, and it’s hotter than it’s ever been.
The report compares 10 climate indicators measured by 160 research groups in 48 countries. Each of the past three decades was the hottest on record. In other studies, the NOAA has concluded that 2010 is shaping up to out-heat all previous years.... Read more »
Coalition calls forest biomass policy and regulation a biomess
A coalition of, environmental groups are calling for the Minister of Energy and the Nova Scotia Premier to intervene at the Utility and Review Board on the issue of forest biomass policy and project regulations in the province.
“The coalition has serious concerns that the Utilities and Review Board does not currently have a clear policy mandate from the government of Nova Scotia to adequately rule on the use of forest biomass as part of meeting the province’s ambitious renewable electricity targets,” a coalition press release said July 29.
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http://www.atlanticfarmfocus.ca/Forestry/2010-07-29/article-1631381/Coalition-ca... Campaigner Profile
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John Bennett
John has a long history of campaigning on energy and environmental issues dating back to the 1970s when he co-founded the first Greenpeace office east of the Rockies and launched Green Peace’s first nuclear power campaign. He created a media session by leading a trio of Greenpeace activists who...
