Three new signs have recently been greeting boaters arriving in Cortes Bay.
They say:
(Originally published on the Cortes Tideline)
By Barry Saxifrage
Judging by the big turnout at a recent community town hall, a lot of Cortes folks are concerned about the impact of the runway upgrade happening at the Lavender Farm. I’m writing to provide some information about one of those concerns – the extreme levels of climate pollution that this kind of airstrip enables. If you are concerned about the metastasizing climate crisis you might find this information of interest.
Continue reading My airstrip concern: oversized private jet emissions
How should we live on a planet where the rate of extreme weather events seem to be increasing, and humanity is the cause?
“We’re not doing well in terms of global temperatures at all. We’re on a dangerous trajectory. We are not going to keep below the 1.5°C on average limit, that seems really clear. We’re actually over 1.5°C in terms of individual years already, but the target was stated in terms of multi-year averages. It’s clear, with the inertia and the climate system, that we’re going to exceed that. It also seems quite clear that we’re going to exceed the 2.0°C limit the way things are going. We just don’t have the kind of policy action that we need internationally,” explained Dr Kai Chan, a professor in the Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability at University of British Columbia, Lead Editor of the new British Ecological Society journal ‘People and Nature‘ and co-founder of CoSphere for a community of small planet heroes.
Continue reading Beyond Personal Carbon Impacts, Seeking A More Sustainable Planet
The International Energy Agency (IEA) estimates, “heat pumps globally have the potential to reduce global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by at least 500 million tonnes in 2030 – equal to the annual CO2 emissions of all cars in Europe today.”
However the coolants used in many heat pumps available in our area may not be as environmentally friendly as believed.
Continue reading Problems with The Refrigerant Used In Local Heat Pumps
With the COP 28 only a little more than a week away, the University of British Columbia held a press conference about key issues. In the breakout session, Cortes Currents asked Dr Simon Donner a former COP delegate and professor from the Department of Geography and Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability, two questions.
