Raise the Hammer
Measuring the Potential of Biogas to Reduce GHG Emissions
Can 'green' natural gas work as a transition fuel for home heating?
by John Loukidelis and Thomas Cassidy
Published November 23, 2020 in Special Report: Climate Change (0 comments)
Erin O'Toole's Climate Policy is Insincere and Unserious
Grown-ups know that combatting climate change will cost money. One way or another, we all must pay. Either we pay for combatting climate change, or we will pay much more dearly with lives and money as unmitigated climate change worsens year after year.
by John Loukidelis
Published September 08, 2020 in Special Report: Climate Change (1 comment)
Wrestling the GHG Emissions Monster to the Ground, One Building at a Time
Reducing the carbon footprint of a building is not as difficult or expensive as one might think. But individual efforts will not be enough by themselves.
by John Loukidelis and Thomas Cassidy
Published September 08, 2020 in Special Report: Climate Change (0 comments)
Glaring Shortcomings in Anti-LRT Op-Ed Recommending E-Bus Fleet
A dense city, served by a first-rate transit system, is an essential part of any attempt to tackle GHG emissions. The LRT was meant to move the city in that direction.
by John Loukidelis
Published February 02, 2020 in Special Report: Climate Change (2 comments)
A Sobering New Year's Message
We can always choose to be on the side of those trying to prevent catastrophe instead of those stamping on the gas pedal to get us there faster.
by Michael Nabert
Published January 05, 2020 in Special Report: Climate Change (4 comments)
Carbon Pricing a Small-Government Solution to Climate Change
Everyone can reduce the amount of tax they pay by reducing the amount of carbon they use. In the long term, we all stand to benefit.
by Lauren Stephen
Published October 28, 2019 in Special Report: Climate Change (6 comments)
Alberta's Oil Tantrum Masks a Desperate Cry for Help
Alberta's entire political economy is built on resource extraction, corporate capture and rampant denial of reality.
by Ryan McGreal
Published October 24, 2019 in Special Report: Climate Change (8 comments)
Hamilton is Joining the Extinction Rebellion
When 3-4 percent of the population is actively engaged in nonviolently challenging the regime, it can bring about major change. For Hamilton, that means about 18,000 people. We have a long way to go.
by Nicole Smith
Published October 16, 2019 in Special Report: Climate Change (6 comments)
Electric Vehicles are Not the Climate Solution
There's a lot more to transportation-related carbon emissions than tailpipe exhaust, and merely swapping electric vehicles for internal combustion will not be enough to save our civilization.
by John Loukidelis
Published July 30, 2019 in Special Report: Climate Change (2 comments)
The Climate Crisis and the Canadian Federal Election
What's in an emergency? Some bleak thoughts on staring down the last meaningful climate election.
by Michael Nabert
Published June 27, 2019 in Special Report: Climate Change (30 comments)
With Climate Action, the Middle Ground Between Success and Failure is Failure
We need a massive, comprehensive, all-hands-on-deck mobilization of our entire country to transition rapidly and decisively to a decarbonized economy if we have any hope of saving the planet for our children and grandchildren.
by Ryan McGreal
Published May 17, 2019 in Special Report: Climate Change (3 comments)
Addressing the Twin Crises of Global Warming and Neoliberalism
A Green New Deal offers a blueprint for a rapid transition to a sustainable economy that brings everyone along, delivering more prosperity to Canadians and guaranteeing that no workers will be left behind in the transition.
by Ryan McGreal
Published May 10, 2019 in Special Report: Climate Change (5 comments)
16 Ways to Spend Your Carbon Tax Dividend
You're getting climate cash. Here are 16 ways you could invest it to reduce your emissions and save more money.
by Jen Dawson
Published May 01, 2019 in Special Report: Climate Change (5 comments)
Hamilton Declares Climate Emergency
Hamilton City Council recently declared a climate emergency. This is what the declaration means for the city and its residents.
by Ian Borsuk
Published April 24, 2019 in Special Report: Climate Change (0 comments)
After 30 Wasted Years, the Climate Emergency Demands Drastic Action
We have known about the climate emergency for the past 30 years and did nothing, cowed by a fossil fuel industry more interested in profit than human survival. Now it's too late to play nice if we want a future for humanity.
by Ryan McGreal
Published April 24, 2019 in Special Report: Climate Change (9 comments)
Innovation Will Not Solve Climate Change
Thanks to incentives protecting the status quo, market "innovation", far from helping us with climate change, has made it worse.
by John Loukidelis
Published January 14, 2019 in Special Report: Climate Change (2 comments)
Latest Climate Report Urges Cities to Do More
The latest IPCC Report shows that cities and the policies they pursue have an important role to play in addressing the crisis. We need to bear this in mind in Hamilton as we prepare to vote for new leadership on City Council.
by John Loukidelis
Published October 15, 2018 in Special Report: Climate Change (0 comments)
Canada is Still Part of the Climate Change Problem
Don't let Trump distract Canada from holding our own leadership to account for failure to act meaningfully on climate change.
by Michael Nabert
Published November 27, 2017 in Special Report: Climate Change (10 comments)
Creating a Permaculture Garden
A team of volunteers has begun the work of converting a backyard into a permaculture garden of perennial vegetables.
by Adam Chiaravalle
Published November 17, 2017 in Special Report: Climate Change (1 comment)
Food for Thought: Bringing Farms into Canadian Universities
Having a farm at McMaster can do even more to build our personal capacity to address climate change in way that does not build cynicism, but rather creates community and shows that we can make a difference while having fun.
by Adam Chiaravalle
Published September 28, 2017 in Special Report: Climate Change (1 comment)
This is an Excellent Time to Talk About Global Warming
There are still people who believe that the science is ambiguous, or that the scientific community is divided, or even that there is some kind of evil conspiracy on the part of scientists to dupe the public into believing that global warming is happening.
by Ryan McGreal
Published September 08, 2017 in Special Report: Climate Change (5 comments)
Hamilton Needs to Take Flood Risk More Seriously
Cities like Hamilton cannot afford to continue paying lip service to climate change while maintaining policies guaranteed to make it worse.
by Michael Nabert
Published September 07, 2017 in Special Report: Climate Change (0 comments)
After the Flood: Uncertain Future for Global Climate Refugees
Policy lags behind promises on environmental migration as climate change raises pressure for a global fix.
by Paul Weinberg
Published July 24, 2017 in Special Report: Climate Change (1 comment)
Helping Make Change Happen in Stinson Neighbourhood
If we are ever going to turn around climate change, we need to be able to re-learn how to have fun with one another and derive fulfillment from simple experiences.
by Adam Chiaravalle
Published June 23, 2017 in Special Report: Climate Change (2 comments)
Interview: Gordon Laxer on Big Oil, Rachel Notley and a Greener Future
The goal of cutting carbon emissions by 80 percent by 2050 cannot be met if the Alberta NDP government continues on its current trajectory of existing sands oil extraction and support for proposed pipelines
by Paul Weinberg
Published April 14, 2016 in Special Report: Climate Change (0 comments)
Don McLean and the Local Implications of Climate Change
There is a growing understanding of what can be done to slow the nightmare of climate change that is unfolding and change direction.
by Beatrice Ekwa Ekoko
Published March 22, 2016 in Special Report: Climate Change (29 comments)
Compress Work Week to Reduce Greenhouse Gases
Cut carbon emissions in half, save money and have more time to enjoy life.
by Gregory Ciupka
Published December 10, 2015 in Special Report: Climate Change (6 comments)
Aligning Action with Rhetoric
During election campaigns, politicians speak often of their leadership abilities - perhaps it is time to show some leadership action.
by George Sweetman
Published November 09, 2015 in Special Report: Climate Change (5 comments)
Discredited NEB Poised to Approve Line 9 Reversal
The National Energy Board has refused to require Enbridge to use pressurized water to test its Line 9 pipeline running from Sarnia to Montreal before expanding its flow volumes by 25 percent and adding diluted bitumen to its product mix.
by Don McLean
Published June 16, 2015 in Special Report: Climate Change (8 comments)
No Shortage of Denial About Global Warming
There's a pretty good case to be made that denial extends right through our consumer society, which dumps greenhouse gases into an atmosphere that is already obviously overloaded.
by Don McLean
Published March 23, 2015 in Special Report: Climate Change (27 comments)
Climate Change, Rising Energy Prices, and the LIC Solution
Local improvement charges is a financing program that can help us use less energy without compromising our budget, while making our homes more comfortable.
by Joy Liu
Published July 10, 2014 in Special Report: Climate Change (12 comments)
Alberta Oil Sands: Seeing is Disbelieving
If we forced oil sands companies to pay the real costs of their activities instead of externalizing them to future generations, the oil sands would very quickly lose their economic appeal.
by Justin Jones
Published January 23, 2014 in Special Report: Climate Change (16 comments)
Climate Change Action Month: Get Involved!
Climate Change Action Month is an opportunity to learn about some of the small but important steps that individuals and organizations can take to address the complex challenge that is climate change.
by Dave Heidebrecht
Published October 23, 2013 in Special Report: Climate Change (0 comments)
Clean Air Hamilton Annual Report
Automobile exhaust remains a major contributor to air pollution. The biggest thing City Council can do to reduce air pollution is to support walkable streets and improved transit.
by Ryan McGreal
Published June 29, 2011 in Special Report: Climate Change (8 comments)
The Folly of General Electricity Subsidies
An across-the-board electricity rebate serves to undo the important work being done to upgrade the grid by incentivizing people to waste electricity.
by Jason Allen
Published December 03, 2010 in Special Report: Climate Change (20 comments)
Peak Climate and New Energy
Failure of the Copenhagen farce will surely reawaken media and public opinion to the complex trends of both natural and anthropogenic climate change, along with anthropogenic ecosystem disruption, degradation, and destruction.
by Andrew McKillop
Published December 23, 2009 in Special Report: Climate Change (0 comments)
COP-15 Risks: Moving The Goal Posts Too Far
Not only real world realpolitik, but also energy-economic facts and figures militate against a Happy Ending in Copenhagen for climate change mitigation.
by Andrew McKillop
Published October 26, 2009 in Special Report: Climate Change (2 comments)
Hamilton Joins 350.org Campaign on Climate Change
Send Your Message to Ottawa on Saturday, October 24: Hamilton Wants Action on Climate Change.
by Jen Dawson
Published October 21, 2009 in Special Report: Climate Change (35 comments)
Energy Security and Climate Change
Adding the many complex uncertainties together, the Keynesian quest for low carbon energy, supposedly to save the world from climate catastrophe, could intensify global energy economic volatility with surprising results.
by Andrew McKillop
Published September 22, 2009 in Special Report: Climate Change (7 comments)
What The City Should Do About Climate Change
Explanation and background on the ten new steps Environment Hamilton recommends for the city to address the challenges of climate change.
by Environment Hamilton
Published March 27, 2009 in Special Report: Climate Change (25 comments)
Win-Win Emission Reduction Strategies
Smart Transportation Strategies Can Achieve Emission Reduction Targets And Provide Other Important Economic, Social and Environmental Benefits.
by Todd Litman
Published February 26, 2007 in Special Report: Climate Change (1 comment)
The Weather Makers
Tim Flannery's sweeping study on climate change is an absolutely essential read if you want to understand the 21st century's most pressing challenge.
by Ryan McGreal
Published January 10, 2007 in Special Report: Climate Change (0 comments)
Short Term City Response to Climate Change
Environment Hamilton recommends ten initiatives the city can take to address climate change.
by Environment Hamilton
Published December 13, 2006 in Special Report: Climate Change (8 comments)
Changing the (Political) Climate
Climate change is not an us-and-them problem. When the very planet is at stake, there can only be us-and-us.
by Ryan McGreal
Published October 07, 2005 in Special Report: Climate Change (0 comments)
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