Energy

Elizabeth May Nails It in Her Discussion of Pipelines West, East, and South

Submitted by delores on Fri, 05/03/2013 - 09:51

Writing for Island Tides, Elizabeth May discusses the issues around all the pipeline proposals, eastern Canada's reliance on foreign oil, and comes to the only sensible solution -- slow down the expansion of the tar sands to a managable and steady 2 million barrels a day, which would cool inflation, and construct the refineries needed so that Alberta is shipping conventional oil and gas to eastern Canada instead of dilbert. May says this would be thinking like a country.

Sounds like a plan to me.

Educating Students About Energy Conservation in Mission BC

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by Linda Munro

Along with reading, writing and arithmetic, students and educators in Mission, British Columbia are getting lessons in energy conservation.

Two years ago Mission Public Schools and the District of Mission were identified as the largest energy consumers in their region.

Grants for Energy Saving Upgrades

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by Glenys Verhulst

City Green Solutions

Do you want to shrink your household carbon and energy footprint? If so, there are many programs and incentives available to help lower your home's greenhouse gas emissions and make your home more energy efficient, comfortable, and affordable to heat.

Bioenergy - Turning BC Forests Into Fuel

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Biofuelby Rob Wiltzen

A combination of federal government subsidies, changes in the pulp and paper market and questionable energy policies threaten British Columbia forests as they come to be viewed as bioenergy.

Tough times for the pulp and paper industry have called for change, and the industry appears to have diversified to energy production. Pulp mills already have the facilities for energy production, they have been given $1 billion in federal funding for the capital upgrades required, and they have a willing partner with BC Hydro offering lucrative power purchasing agreements. [See "BC's Bio Boondoogle," Watershed Sentinel.] Further, there's a profitable future in saleable carbon credits.

The entire scenario is founded on the use of ‘biomass' as renewable energy and it's become a bit of a gold rush.

Yellowcake Trail Series - A History of Uranium in Canada

A series of 4 articles, "The Yellowcake Trail," is now available in our special feature section or click HERE

The articles track all aspects of uranium in Canada from the mining and milling, to processing and use, throughout its eighty-year history. The series begins with the history of uranium in Canada, from its initial discovery to the rapid development of mines that placed Canada as the prominent world leader in uranium production. Each mine has a story and each story has a common thread and legacy.

Waste-to-Energy Part 3 - Incineration

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by Joyce Nelson

Preferential Treatment

In Canada, the federal government has been doling out funding to the waste-to-energy (WTE) sector, with billions of dollars available both for WTE companies and for municipalities to invest in WTE incineration via P3s.

For years, the point-man on the WTE incineration issue

Waste-To-Energy, Part 2 - Covanta

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by Joyce Nelson

With the November 2009 release of Metro Vancouver's draft "Integrated Solid Waste and Resource Management Plan," the Greater Vancouver Region is formally on the path to building one or more waste-to-energy (WTE) incinerators by 2015.

Incinerators - Waste-to-Energy Proposals

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by Joyce Nelson

Across Canada, the US, the UK, Europe, and Asia, communities are facing an unprecedented onslaught of proposals for new incinerators. In July 2008, Friends of the Earth released a map showing dozens of planned new incinerator sites across the UK. The British government has committed billions to new incineration, while cutting budgets for recycling by 30 per cent.

Germany, which already has such an over-capacity of incineration that it imports millions of tonnes of

Going Up to the Landfill in the Sky

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by Delores Broten

Its proponents call it “Waste to Energy” or WTE, but recycling advocates call it “The Landfill in the Sky.” The great incineration debate, which the environmental movement had pretty well won across North America, is back with a vengeance. Metro Vancouver is considering several incinerators as a solution to its municipal solid waste (MSW) garbage problem.

Right now, BC leads North America in responsible actions around waste.

Focus On Pine Falls: Power And Politics Along The Winnipeg River

by Alice Chambers

Perched on the banks of the Winnipeg River, immediately upstream of Sakgeeng First Nation Reserve in Manitoba, the Pine Falls mill is the oldest pulp mill on the prairies and it shows. The mill opened in 1927 and since that time there have been concerns over resource use, corporate behaviour, regulation and enforcement. This article briefly outlines the resource use and corporate behaviour issues and looks in some detail at the regulatory and enforcement situations.

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