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Geothermal for Canada – Questions and Challenges

Contributed by Michelle Stirling © 2019

Friends of Science Society has re-issued our 2016 report: “Geothermal for Alberta? A Case for Caution”to help inform the debate on the potential benefits and pitfalls of this novel form of heating and power generation for Canada.  Though the document takes a specific look at Alberta, it includes a global overview of geothermal. This is a plain language…

PROMISES VS. PERFORMANCE – The World’s Largest Emitters Since COP21

Contributed by Robert Lyman ©2019  Read his bio  here.

New report – download here: PROMISES VS PERFORMANCE Final

  Executive Summary

At the COP21 Conference in December 2015, most member countries of the United Nations agreed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) in accordance with Independent Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) to be updated every five years. Almost four years…

CO2 Fertilization and Warming Benefits Us All

Contributed by Kenneth B. Gregory, P. Eng. ©   2019

Human-caused climate change is a major issue of our time.  Unfortunately, governments and most news media rely on a political organization of the United Nations called the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) for information and assessments about climate science and policy options. The IPCC relies on climate models that assume all…

A Father’s Email to His Younger Family Members!

Action Alberta had an interesting post the other day.

With permission we repost a slightly edited version.

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https://actionalberta.ca

Here is a thought-provoking, timely recently sent by a father to his family. We thought that it was so instructive that we are repeating it here! You may wish to consider sending it to your family as well!

Dear Family:

On…

Alberta Wide Rally 2016 – Lest We Forget

Photo Credit M Stirling – from balcony at McDougall Centre Calgary

On November 5, 2016, some 9,000 Albertans gathered in 13 communities to peacefully protest the carbon tax and Alberta Climate Plan.  Lest we forget. This was a truly grassroots event. Kudos to the organizers and all who came out.

Video of Calgary, McDougall Centre presentations.

Geo-Engineering Gone Wild – Confusing Correlation, Causation and Solution

Opinion Contributed by Andrew Bonvicini, P. Geoph

Humans have engineered phenomenal solutions to large scale problems.  The Dutch have constructed a landscape of ditches, waterways, canals and culminating in the Delta Worksthey proved that the fight between man and water can often be addressed by large-scale engineering projects.  About 26% of the Netherlands’ area lies below sea level, the…

Opinion – Contributed by Michelle Stirling © Nov. 2017

Part One

At the recent #COP23 Conference of the Parties (to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change), the Hon. Catherine McKenna, Minister of Environment and Climate Change for Canada, took the lead to announce the development of an alliance called #PoweringPastCoal – saying to CBC The National that: “hard things are hard”…t…

U.S Energy Information Administration International Energy Outlook 2017 – The Highlights

Friends of Science Society’s Note: Canadians will find these figures of interest in light of the recent cancellation of #EnergyEast pipeline in Canada, some of the reasons suggested for the cancellation were related to additional considerations of GHG emissions, driven by claims from ENGOs and anti-fossil fuel activists that the world is phasing out hydrocarbons.

Contributed by Robert Lyman © 2017