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Ep. 151: Does Site C Infringe on First Nations Rights?
The rights of First Nations are being infringed upon by the Site C dam. That is the legal perspective of the West Moberly and Prophet River First Nations, who also question BC Hydro's numbers. Do they add up?
Ep. 150: British Columbia, Alberta, and Canada's Energy Transition
To talk about the largest energy revolution since the introduction of electricity, we sat down with Markham Hislop, for a Conversation That Matters.
Ep. 149: Policy Should Be Based on Facts, not Emotional Appeal
Blair King is an earth scientist who specializes in environmental remediation. He speaks out on a range of resource-based issues. He appreciates that emotional appeals are extremely compelling and he understands why we all want to rally around a good story.
Ep. 144: The Fate of Fort St. John, Alberta and Site C Dam
Fort St. John is a town on edge. With all the talk about pausing or cancelling Site C, no one is looking at the impact on the people who work on the project, the impact on the City and Not For Profit organizations.
Ep. 103: A Dearth of Carbon
Dr. Patrick Moore takes issue with NGOs over climate, genetically modified organisms and the "truth" about carbon. He says we were literally running out of carbon before we started to pump it back into the atmosphere.
Ep. 102: How much plastic is in the oceans?
Bramham points out that life in the arctic revolves around ice. Without it, the cycle of life changes for all living creatures.
Ep. 101: Why Are The Oceans Warming?
Everything you’ve heard about the oceans is true: the temperature is rising, acidification is increasing and sea levels are up. That is according to Dr. Scott Doney of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts.
Ep. 096: Are groups like Greenpeace still following science?
Dr. Patrick Moore is one of the most controversial figures in the environmental movement.
Ep. 095: Is Shipping in BC's Coastal Waters Safe?
When it comes to shipping safety on the West Coast and in Canada, the numbers speak for themselves. That is according to Robert Lewis-Manning, the President of the Chamber of Shipping in BC, on the state of the industry in the coastal waters of British Columbia.
Ep. 087: Salmon are disappearing from the Salish Sea
Brian Riddell of the Pacific Salmon Foundation says the number of fish that have vanished is extraordinary and he, along with a host of other agencies on both sides of the Canada-US Border, are working to understand what is happening.
Ep. 085: Certify Your Company as Ethical and Sustainable
What is the B Corp movement? According to Craig Ryan, a B Corp is to corporations what LEED is to building design.
Ep. 058: Advances in Alternative Energy
Are changes in behavior and the advances in alternative energy production opening up new possibilities? Professor Tim Flannery, the former Australian Climate Commissioner, thinks so.
Ep. 056: How to Capture Carbon to Make Fuel
Adrian Corless is the past CEO of Carbon Engineering, a company that is literally eating carbon from the air and mixing it with hydrogen and turning it into fuel.
Ep. 051: Making Cities Renewable
Shauna Sylvester is the driving force behind “Renewable Cities,” a conference that became a network focused on what cities can do to become 100% renewable – and it’s gone global.
Ep. 050: Green Energy Is The Future
Ross Beaty founded more than 12 resource based companies before switching to green power. Beaty discusses why his business focus changed and where he sees the future in energy.
Ep. 045: Canadian Citizen's Panel on Climate Change
Dr. David Kahane is the Director of Alberta’s Climate Dialogue, a citizen group that addressed Edmonton’s call for recommendations on energy neutrality.
Ep. 038: World In Midst of Carbon Drought
We’re in a carbon drought. That is according to Professor William Happer of Princeton University. The renowned physicist says when it comes to carbon dioxide, there’s more good than bad.
Ep. 029: Climate Change Is a Humanitarian Crisis
"Climate change is one the greatest challenges humanity has ever faced." That is the claim from environmentalist and writer Dr. Tzeporah Berman.
Ep. 028: No Computer Models for Global Warming
"Computer models never predicted an 18 year temperature pause." That is the claim from Dr. Ken Green, author of "Global Warming: Understanding the Debate" and the Senior Director at the Centre for Natural Resources at the Fraser Institute.
Ep. 027: Is Carbon Dioxide Making The World Greener?
Computer models do a good job of helping us understand climate but they do a very poor job of predicting it. That is according to physicist Freeman Dyson of the Institute of Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey.