The Teck Frontier mine had become a focal point of national debate around climate change and the economy, and its chief executive cited that nexus as one of the reasons the company was stepping aside.
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Stewart notes that two-thirds of Canadians voted for parties that supported stronger climate action in last year’s federal election. Liberal caucus members “are reportedly nearly unanimous in their opposition to the Teck Frontier mine,” and “there’s also more national alignment behind an energy transition than might be supposed by skimming the headlines,” with 75% telling Abacus Data last month that the transition will benefit them in the long term.
All of which means that “anyone with an interest in energy strategy should see that climate politics are changing, and fast,” he warns. “Failing to act with the urgency the climate crisis demands is rapidly becoming denial 2.0—political kryptonite. It’s a lesson Scott Morrison is learning in Australia, as his coal-happy energy policies come under fire from the public and internal pressure for stronger climate action.”
And closer to home, “as financial giants like BlackRock leave the oil sands behind, Canada could find itself learning that doubling down on oil could be economic kryptonite, too.”
Two-Fisted Storm System Pummels Iceland, British Isles
A rapid-fire pair of winter storms swept across the North Atlantic
from late last week into the weekend, bringing the most widespread flood
alerts on record for the United Kingdom and one of the lowest surface
pressures ever recorded in this part of the world.
from late last week into the weekend, bringing the most widespread flood
alerts on record for the United Kingdom and one of the lowest surface
pressures ever recorded in this part of the world.
The second and
stronger of the storms, named Dennis by the UK Met Office, bottomed out
south of Iceland with a central surface pressure estimated at 920
millibars, as noted
by weather.com. Only one North Atlantic cyclone is known to have been
stronger: a hyper-intense 913-mb cyclone on January 11, 1993, near
Scotland’s Shetland Islands. That storm tore apart super oil tanker
Braer on a rocky shoal, causing a massive oil spill.
Air Pollution Impacts Cost $8 Billion Per Day – The Energy Mix
The health impacts of air pollution cost countries US$8 billion per day, according to a study released this week by Greenpeace Southeast Asia and the Center for Research on Energy and Clean Air.
“That’s about 3.3% of global gross domestic product, or $2.9 trillion per year,” Bloomberg News reports. “China, the U.S., and India bear the highest economic cost of soaring pollution, at an estimated $900 billion, $600 billion, and $150 billion a year, respectively.”
Australia’s bushfires show drastic effects of climate change
While Williams and her crew were there a fire 25 miles from Canberra, the Australian capital, was burning out of control. Making it worse it even more dangerous are the conditions. While Williams and her crew were there it was windy, bone dry and nearly 110 degrees.
And it’s the changing climate that is at the heart of the problem, according to scientists.