Category: Australia | Climate Zone

Sleepwalkers and bat brains

01/25/201903/24/2019 Martin Bush 1 Comment 2018 disasters, Australia, climate change, heat waves

The latest Global Risks Report from the World Economic Forum puts the impact of the extreme weather caused by climate change on a par with nuclear war. Will this startling assessment finally jolt more governments to take serious measures to tackle global warming?

Nuclear is not the solution to climate change
By Martin Bush
Nuclear energy should not be part of the global solution to climate change. Canada should not be looking to small nuclear reactors to meet its emissions targets. […]
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EMISSION IMPOSSIBLE
By Martin Bush
Canada's 2030 emission reduction plan appears to have been written by the oil and gas industry with additional notes from the pro-nuclear lobby. It's not going to work. Canada will miss yet another GHG reduction target. […]
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Blue hydrogen is far from clean
By Martin Bush
Blue hydrogen is produced from natural gas in Alberta. It is being touted as the clean fuel of the future. But it's not: only green hydrogen, made by the electrolysis of water, is clean. Hydrogen should be produced in eastern Canada, not in Alberta. […]
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Canada’s offshore wind resources are huge
By Martin Bush
Canada has huge offshore wind resources, easily capable of replacing the electricity now generated by Canada's nuclear power plants. Small Nuclear Reactors are a wasteful and costly distraction. […]
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WMO horror stories
By Martin Bush
The latest information on the state of the global climate is a horror story of epic proportions. […]
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