Posted by Arden Henley | Feb 28, 2021 | Covid-19, international news, lifestyle
By Ross Thrasher After five months of steady increases in new coronavirus cases and deaths across the planet, both curves have begun to bend downward in February. The world’s increment during the shortest month has been 12.5 million infections and 300,000... 
Posted by Arden Henley | Feb 28, 2021 | climate change, Council for the Green New Economy, e-vehicles, energy, international news, lifestyle, news, sustainability, technology
by Arden Henley There is now wide agreement that the world’s economy is in transition to a much lower carbon emission future. This will increasingly mean changes in employment opportunities. Some jobs, such as those in the fossil fuel sector, will become less... 
Posted by Arden Henley | Feb 19, 2021 | energy, lifestyle, news, opinion, technology
By Ken McFarlane This is a response to Andrea Reimer’s recent National Observer article – https://www.nationalobserver.com/2021/02/18/opinion/cleantech-bcs-100-billion-dollar-opportunity The article itself refers to KPMG’s third BC Cleantech Report Card. As with... 
Posted by Arden Henley | Feb 15, 2021 | climate change, Covid-19, international news, lifestyle, news
By Ross Thrasher The goal of “herd immunity” against COVID-19, whereby enough people are protected (by vaccines or recovery from infection) that the disease no longer circulates, may not be truly achievable in 2021. It is believed that at least two-thirds... 
Posted by Arden Henley | Feb 8, 2021 | climate change, Covid-19, international news, lifestyle
By Ross Thrasher There are growing global worries about the development of new strains of the COVID-19 virus. The variant originally detected in the United Kingdom, labelled B117, has now spread around the world. This variant seems to be 50% more contagious than the...