Emissions Reduction Plan: Canada The federal government of Canada is not on track to meet the 2030 target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 40% below the 2005 level by 2030. While the 2030 Emissions Reduction Plan included important mitigation measures to...
The not-too-late book club, introduced by Brian Williams, is about to begin reading another book on the climate crisis. The book club is just wrapping up reading the book, Not Too Late, edited by Rebecca Solnit and Thelma Young Lutunatabua. GTEC Reader subscribers and...
This article was originally published in Vox, a news and opinion website on Oct 18, 2023 and is re-published by GTEC with the permission of the author. Why so much is going wrong at the same time Lots of things are going wrong. Does that make it a polycrisis? By...
by Ross Thrasher Highlights of an Interview by Mary Kean with Wildland Fire Ecologist, Bob Gray in the GTEC Reader (Sept. 2023) Since the release of the Filmon Report, a B.C. royal commission in response to the Okanagan fires of 2003, the extent of wildfires in this...
This Op-Ed by Linda Thyer and Arden Henley, was originally published in the Vancouver Sun, August 29, 2023. Opinion: The smoke in the air that impairs our health and compromises our capacity to breathe is a form of subsidizing the fossil fuel industry Here we are on...
You’re doing it wrong: Recycling and other myths about tackling climate change Washington Post, August 28, 2023 A slim majority of Americans think their individual actions can reduce the effects of climate change, according to a Washington Post-University of Maryland...