Squamish Environment Society

Guy Dauncey is one of Canada's most engaging advocates for the clean economy and his new book The Climate Challenge: 101 Solutions to Global Warming is now available. Here's the inimitable Dauncey in his own words: We know how to tackle the climate crisis. The technologies, the policies, the lifestyle changes - most ...

Friends at seeactinspire have posted my speech to the Fill The Hill rally in Ottawa last Saturday. Lots of other great videos on their channel too. Big shout outs to Fill The Hill, 350.org and Power Shift Canada for their organizing and ecoSanity.org who shot the video. Sure was cathartic ...

"extraordinarily timid and unimaginative," is what British High Commissioner Anthony Cary calls the response to yesterday's report by Pembina and DSF. The report kicked up quite a stink from the Premiers of Alberta and Saskatchewan and Environment Minister Prentice. But the British High Commissioner has to pick his targets carefully and ...

Guest post by Clare Demerse, The Pembina Institute Climate Leadership, Economic Prosperity The science is clear about what Canada needs to do to avoid global warming. But despite this, we often hear critiques that it's too expensive for Canada to cut its emissions as quickly as the science demands. We wanted to understand ...

Ottawa Dashes Hopes for Climate Treaty in Copenhagen blares the front-page headline facing Canadians across the country today. But the Canadians converging for Saturday's day of action give me plenty of hope. There's a group of laid-off autoworkers on their way to Ottawa to call on government to catalyze a new ...

Gearing up for Saturday! Come one, come all. News Release: Unprecedented number of Canadians to take part in world's largest political demonstration against climate change Canada 2nd only to U.S. in number of activities planned for global day of action OTTAWA, Oct. 22 /CNW/ - Tens of thousands of Canadians from all walks ...

Some of the leading player in Canadian industry are calling on the federal government to set hard, declining caps on global warming emissions in a statement released today. The industy leaders include: Catalyst Paper Corporation, Direct Energy, Dow Canada, DuPont Canada, ENMAX, Royal Bank of Canada, Rio Tinto, Spectra Energy and ...

Its a great honour to have been picked for the cover of the November edition of Reader's Digest! (Though I wish I'd known about the cover ahead of time -- I would have gotten my hair done!) I hope you'll join PowerUP Canada -- It's totally free, no obligations! I'll send periodic ...

Thought I'd go along to hear Michael Ignatieff's speech to the Vancouver Board of Trade today and was certainly glad I did. Ignatieff is clearly stepping into the vacuum created by a lack of national leadership on clean energy and global warming. This is a challenge to the Harper government to ...

The G77 actually walked out of the climate negotiations in Bangkok last week to protest Canada's position, CP has confirmed. This may not be entirely surprising if you've been following Canada's below-the-radar actions at international climate negotiations. But it is beyond dangerous to be stalling international progress against global warming. ...

As the Thanksgiving weekend approaches and I turn my attention from climate politics to turning the pumpkins in our garden to pie I’ve been thinking a lot about gratitude.  It’s easy these days, with our government not reducing global warming pollution, arguing internationally to scrap the Kyoto accord, and ...

Movie stars, directors, mayors and provincial politicians all joined a great turnout last night for the Vancouver premiere of "The Age of Stupid" which we hosted with the Vancouver International Film Festival. Stars from Twilight, and other productions stayed on with us mortals after the film to put the BC ...

Update: Apple has now quit the US Chamber of Commerce "effective immediately." Citing the "climate crisis" and the Chamber's obstructionist campaigns to delay climate legislation, Apple's departing letter says in part: "We would prefer that the chamber take a more progressive stance on this critical issue and play a constructive role ...

Global TV is running a segment on offshore wind energy in Canada including interviews by yours truly. Takes a look at why Canada is lagging despite our enormous potential and the need for government action. They look at 3 projects in Ontario and BC that are trying to get ...

Official ribbon-cutting for the NeWind Park in Newfoundland Almost funny watching the media trying to figure out what's going on in the lead up to December's UN Climate Summit: see China steps up as climate change leader (TorStar) vs. China diminishes hope for climate deal (Globe). Thankfully, we're seeing practical forward ...

Turns out that Prime Minister Harper wasn't at the UN climate speeches by Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao today because he was at the Tim Horton's Innovation Centre -- you can't make this stuff up. He'll attend the closed door session called by the UN Secretary General this evening. In ...

Check out the contrast in strategy between Obama's speech to the U.N. today and Canada's position of waiting on China, India and the U.S. as articulated by Env Minister Prentice to CTV. Here's Obama (full speech text here): Contrast the Obama clip to Prentice's interview on Canada AM Canada, of course, is a ...

"We’re investing less in renewables than the State of Alaska. When it comes to clean energy, Stephen Harper isn’t just behind Barack Obama. He’s behind Sarah Palin." -- Michael Ignatieff at the Toronto Board of Trade Not a bad line. Buried in the speech though. Came along with a dig at the federal ...

Ouch! The head of the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change had some unusually blunt words for Canada today: “In the last couple of years, I’m afraid, Canada has not been seen as sitting at the table,” Rajendra Pachauri, head of the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change said in Montreal ...

Lots to digest in the climate world. Canada's manufacturers get abysmal grades from the International Energy Agency who spent decades as cheerleaders for fossil fuel development but are newly freaked by climate forecasts and are calling for a "low carbon industrial revolution." That the penny has dropped for the IEA ...