#How to fight the climate crisis with electricity

#How to fight the climate crisis with electricity

“How to fight the climate crisis with electricity” Canada can cut its emissions by scaling up one of our oldest technologies Rick Smith is president of the Canadian Climate Institute and co-author of two books on the effects of pollution on human health, including the bestseller Slow Death by Rubber Duck. He’s in the market for…

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#Longer allergy season possible due to climate change: study

#Longer allergy season possible due to climate change: study

“Longer allergy season possible due to climate change: study” The seasonal sniffling and sneezing could last longer for allergy sufferers. A recent study published in the journal Nature Communications suggested that climate change will lengthen allergy season.  Two scientists from the University of Michigan examined climate data and pollen data and found that pollen emissions later this…

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#Jet fuel is bad for the environment. Contrails are even worse.

#Jet fuel is bad for the environment. Contrails are even worse.

“#Jet fuel is bad for the environment. Contrails are even worse.” Airplanes constantly emit the trails every time they fly, blasting pollutants into the atmosphere. The industry behind them doesn’t know how to fix it. The fact that airplanes are climate-­damaging fuel hogs—aviation accounts for two per cent of human-caused climate change—has been obvious to…

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#Serbian scientists install an urban photo-bioreactor to capture CO2 and produce O2 just like trees

#Serbian scientists install an urban photo-bioreactor to capture CO2 and produce O2 just like trees

“#Serbian scientists install an urban photo-bioreactor to capture CO2 and produce O2 just like trees” LIQUID3 is an outdoor, urban photo-bioreactor that uses microalgae to perform photosynthesis and remove the same amount of CO2 as two ten-year-old trees. Sustainable design that confronts the effects of climate change comes in many forms. From bio-receptive concrete that…

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#On energy and climate, politics is the problem

#On energy and climate, politics is the problem

“#On energy and climate, politics is the problem” Nik Nanos and Brendan Frank: Climate disasters are piling up, and the public discourse around climate is getting more ambitious Nik Nanos is the Chief Data Scientist and Founder of Nanos Research and Chair of the University of Ottawa’s Positive Energy Advisory Council. Brendan Frank is a Senior…

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#Eight charts to watch on climate and energy in 2022

#Eight charts to watch on climate and energy in 2022

“#Eight charts to watch on climate and energy in 2022” For Maclean’s eighth annual chartstravaganza, we’ve once again asked dozens of economists and analysts to ponder the year to come, and choose one chart that will help define Canada’s economy in 2022 and beyond, and explain this outlook in their own words. This year, we’ve decided to…

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#The climate committee double-double – Macleans.ca

#The climate committee double-double – Macleans.ca

“#The climate committee double-double – Macleans.ca” Paul Wells: The government has named two cabinet committees with identical mandates, in a system sure to collapse under the weight of its own absurdity What’s the most important thing your workplace does? Maybe you work at a restaurant, so making food is a key to success. Maybe you’re…

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#Excusing Biden’s nap, freaking out over ‘Brandon’

#Excusing Biden’s nap, freaking out over ‘Brandon’

“#Excusing Biden’s nap, freaking out over ‘Brandon’” This statement: “The hours are long, the time differences are real, and the president has kept a rigorous schedule over several days, having lots of meetings, appearances and speeches.” — Kelly O’Donnell on MSNBC, Nov. 1 We say: Former President Donald Trump has long referred to his political…

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