'Alternative' energy and less energy

30/11/24
Author: 
Seth Klein
CNO columnist Seth Klein dumped gas heating years ago and has never looked back. Photo by: Adrienne Tanner for Canada's National Observer

Nov. 29, 2024

It wasn’t easy, and it was uncomfortably close. But late Wednesday evening, the gas industry’s effort to re-introduce fossil fuel heating in new homes and buildings in Vancouver was mercifully defeated.

Mobilizing to confront the climate emergency desperately requires forward momentum. Instead, thanks to the unrelenting persistence of the fossil gas industry, countless Vancouver-area climate activists and organizations just spent untold hours over the last four months re-prosecuting a fight they had already won.

30/11/24
Author: 
Julia Jacobo
Trump taps fracking CEO as energy secretary  President-elect Donald Trump announced Chris Wright, Liberty Energy CEO and climate policy critic, is his pick for energy secretary.

Nov. 19, 2024

"There is no climate crisis," Wright said in 2023.

Watch video here.

24/11/24
Author: 
Alexandria Shaner
The Green New Deal From Below - book cover

Nov. 24, 2024

Less than one week after a self-proclaimed dictator, climate change denier, and big oil-funded billionaire (among other equally impressive accolades) took the single most powerful political office in the world, it seems like a horrible time to release a book about the Green New Deal (GND).

18/11/24
Author: 
Barry Saxifrage
Canada is out of excuses. Europe slashes climate pollution while we flounder

Nov. 18, 2024

Canada is out of excuses. Europe slashes climate pollution while we flounder

To avoid a dystopian future for our climate, the world’s most advanced economies must lead the way. These are the nations with the necessary money, talent and capacity to transition to safer energy sources first. And their high per-capita emissions mean these nations are disproportionally responsible for creating the crisis. 

14/11/24
Author: 
Deep Jigneshkumar Parekh
The Chemetall Foote Lithium Operation in Clayton Valley, a dry lake bed in Esmeralda County, Nevada, just east of Silver Peak, a tiny town that has been host to various kinds of mining for about 150 years. Photo by: Doc Searls / Flickr CC

Nov. 14, 2024

Where once we dug deep for fossil fuels, today, we dig even deeper for critical minerals. They may be different resources, but their extraction will leave a similar scar on the land, particularly for Indigenous communities who are once again at the forefront of resource extraction’s environmental and cultural toll.

Recent news highlights growing resistance from Indigenous communities worldwide as the global push for energy transition minerals clashes with local rights and ecosystems.

27/10/24
Author: 
Brett Wilkins
Ahead of the Climate Ambition Summit, thousands of youth, frontline advocates and climate and community activists join in the March to End Fossil Fuels in New York City, on September 17, 2023. Erik McGregor / LightRocket via Getty Images

Oct. 15, 2024

Climate Scientists and Environmental Groups Alarmed Over New UN Climate Report

Experts say the report confirms that nations’ efforts to cut emissions have been grossly insufficient to date.

The world’s nations must commit to dramatically slashing greenhouse gas emissions in the near future or risk a “catastrophic” rise in global average temperatures, a key United Nations climate report published Thursday warned.

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