PostedNov 20, 2025 | climate change, community, energy, news
Climate visionary, EV advocate and CEO of Carbex Carbon Credit Exchange, John Stonier will speak at GTEC’s 8th Annual General Meeting on December 6th, 2025. John is President and CEO of Carbex Carbon Credit Exchange, which provides reporting, aggregation and...
PostedMar 10, 2025 | Arts & Culture, book review, climate change, energy
Book Reviews by Ross Thrasher Cautionary tales about the oil industry and its impact on modern society have a 100-year lineage. Here are brief summaries of a historical petro-fiction classic and an impressive recent entry in the genre. Oil!, by Upton Sinclair....
PostedOct 8, 2024 | climate change, community, e-vehicles, Education, energy, sustainability, technology
by Arden Henley California’s Oakland Unified School District is the first major district in the United States to transition to 100 percent electrified buses, transporting 1,300 students to and from school every day. But Oakland’s new school buses don’t just reduce...
PostedAug 12, 2024 | climate change, community, Education, energy, policy, sustainability, technology
On June 25, 2024, the 3rd anniversary of the unprecedented heat dome in Western Canada, 350.org launched a new campaign demanding life-saving heat pumps for all. During the 2021 heat dome, temperatures reached record breaking levels and 619 people died in BC. Most of...
PostedJun 14, 2024 | climate change, community, Education, energy, news, policy, sustainability, technology
By Ross Thrasher GTEC Communications and Media Team On June 11th the Burnaby Board of Trade assembled an impressive array of speakers and panelists at their second annual Clean Energy Summit. This information and networking event for clean-tech entrepreneurs attracted...
PostedMar 28, 2023 | climate change, energy, international news, opinion, sustainability, technology
Necessary Adjustments? Compiled by Ross Thrasher Just Transition Sometimes the transition to clean energy runs into opposition from unexpected sources. The January 2023 issue of Harper’s Magazine contains an article by Hillary Angelo entitled “Boomtown: a solar land...
