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...
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...
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...
by Ross Thrasher Pandemic fatigue is popping up all over the planet, with widespread street protests, violations of closure restrictions, even torching a testing facility in the Netherlands. The economic and psychological costs of lockdowns are driving people to...
GTEC Board member, Dr. Linda Thyer, supports Vancouver’s CEAP. The following is the text of Linda’s talk in support at the Vancouver City Council meeting. Good evening Mr. Mayor and Councillors, and thank you for the opportunity to speak from the unceded...
Over the past several months GTEC participated in a community consultation process about the City of Vancouver’s Climate Emergency Action Plan (CEAP). The plan originated in the City’s formal recognition of the climate emergency in the spring of 2019. Participants in...
