“This stimulus would unlock untapped community capital for
the fight against climate change, as a means to immediately create
green jobs across the country and, most importantly, build a bipartisan
support base for climate change action,” the co-ops write,
in a June 24 letter to Infrastructure Minister Catherine McKenna,
Environment and Climate Minister Jonathan Wilkinson, and Canadian
Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault.
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Wind and solar double global share of power in five years | Renewables | JWN Energy
The sources of renewable energy made up nearly 10 per cent of power in most parts of the world in the first half of this year, according to analysis from U.K. environmental group Ember.
That decarbonization of the power grid was boosted this year as shutdowns to contain the coronavirus reduced demand overall, leaving renewables to pick up the slack.
Alberta eyes cleaner future as hydrogen superpower
In an ideal world the answer would be from surplus electricity generated from renewable sources and used to electrolyse water to create hydrogen and oxygen with zero emissions. This “green” hydrogen could provide energy for industrial processes, for power generation (largely as a back-up to renewables when the wind is not blowing or the sun not shining) and even for residential and commercial use. Unfortunately, although this outcome would be perfect in theory, the practical reality is that it is highly unlikely to provide sufficient energy by 2050 to be a viable solution on its own.
The latest sign of a worldwide energy transition: Massive oil refineries across the western U.S. are being converted into biofuel plants.
Phillips 66 on Wednesday became the latest in a string of U.S. refiners to say it’s converting an oil refinery in California into a biofuel plant as gasoline loses its lustre to fuels derived from agricultural and waste products. The company said its 120,000 barrel-a-day Rodeo refinery near San Francisco will become the world’s biggest plant that makes so-called renewable diesel, as well as gasoline and jet fuel, out of used cooking oil, fats, greases and soybean oils.
I Hate That, Despite the Lofty Promises, Canada Remains a Climate Pariah
Liberal or Conservative, it doesn’t make a whit of difference which party governs. Canada remains in the grip of petro-pimps and, yes, that includes the current Liberal government.
The National Observer has an analysis piece showing that Canada, in the midst of the pandemic, is supporting fossil fuels at 10 times the G20 average.
There are rumours that the Trudeau government is on the verge of going all progressive on our arse. Yeah, right. This would be the same, progressively-inclined regime that’s pushing through the massive, overpriced, no longer needed Trans-Mountain pipeline expansion even as foreign investors and energy companies are abandoning the Athabasca Tar Pits, openly declaring bitumen a “stranded asset.” What’s that line about, when you’re trying to get out of a hole, you must first stop digging?