A Primer on Terms Related to Climate Change
October 16, 2015 - In the run up to the Paris climate change conference I thought it would be useful to put together some definitions relevant to the subject. Much of what you will read here has...
View ArticleIsland Nations Call for 1.5 Celsius Degree Cap on Atmospheric Warming
October 23, 2015 - Why are places like the Maldive Islands requesting that COP21 in Paris set a 1.5 Celsius (2.7 Fahrenheit) cap as a global warming target?read more
View ArticleAmerican President Makes Climate Change Statement by Rejecting the Keystone...
November 7, 2015 - It took seven years of political maneuvering, but the current application to build a pipeline from Canada's oil sands production facilities to Gulf Coast refineries in the United...
View ArticleThe State of Carbon Capture Technology Going into COP 21
December 1, 2015 - Today at the Paris climate talks carbon capture and storage (CCS) is on the agenda. The Premier of Saskatchewan will present to conference attendees the Boundary Dam Project and its...
View ArticleCoal and COP21: Is It the End of Days for This Fossil Fuel?
December 11, 2015 - The climate talks in Paris will end on Saturday with some kind of international agreement. It will not bind any one nation to meeting carbon reduction targets but it will establish...
View ArticleClimate Resilience Initiative: Anticipate, Absorb, Reshape
December 26, 2015 - Did you know that in the past two decades, 90% of major disasters were weather related? There were nearly 7,000 record heatwaves, storms, floods and droughts.read more
View ArticleCOP21 Aircraft Greenhouse Gas Omission Addressed by 23 Countries
February 9, 2016 - At the Paris climate talks greenhouse gas emissions from ships and airplanes were discussed but there was no final agreement on a cap.read more
View ArticleThe Burden of Climate Change is not Falling on the Emitters
February 11, 2016 - The problem with greenhouse gases is they don't recognize political boundaries. Carbon dioxide emitted in China and the United States impacts the entire globe.read more
View ArticleCumulative Emissions in the Present Pointing to a 4 Degree Celsius Rise by...
March 8, 2016 - Today's headline calls for global action, and in particular, an immediate response from the Developed World to start cutting greenhouse gas emissions now. This is not alarmist thinking....
View ArticleWhat Do Methane Target Reductions Mean for Global Warming?
March 11, 2016 - This week U.S. President Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau announced a collective emission reduction target for methane gas (CH4) coming from the oil and gas sector. The goal...
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