CANADA: Renewables Shift Within Reach 20 March 2015

CANADA: Renewables Shift Within Reach 20 March 2015

Postby Oscar » Sat Mar 21, 2015 11:37 am

Renewables Shift Within Reach 20 March 2015

[ http://www.manitobawildlands.org/news_i ... umber=2235 ]

Manitoba Wildlands March 20, 2015

Canada could shift entirely to renewable sources of electricity by 2035 and eliminate 80 per cent of its greenhouse gas emissions by mid-century, says a group of Canadian academics that is aiming to spur government action on climate change.

To get there, they recommend a national carbon-pricing plan, and greater effort to move electricity produced from low-carbon sources such as hydro dams across provincial borders.

A major global climate treaty, in the works for years, is supposed to be finalized in December at a summit in Paris, but most countries have yet to announce what their national contributions to the pact will be. Earlier this month the European Union unveiled its contribution, vowing to cut greenhouse gas emissions at least 40 per cent by 2030, compared to 1990.

In a 56-page policy document scheduled for release on Wednesday, March 18, more than 70 scientists, engineers and economists say Canada is in a more favourable position than most countries for a switch to renewable power, including large-scale hydroelectric. The most significant barrier is not technical or economic, but a lack of political will, they said.

The report says 77 per cent of Canada’s electricity is already produced without burning fossil fuels, and it has many sources of renewable energy.

“This is within reach. We could be the world leader … that’s a very important message for Canadians to understand,” said Catherine Potvin, an ecologist and Canada Research Chair in climate change mitigation at McGill University, who led the writing of the document.


View Pembina Institute Canada's Renewable Energy Future page
[ http://www.pembina.org/re/canada ]

View March 19, 2015 CBC News article
[ http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/obama-c ... -1.3001844 ]

View March 17, 2015 The Globe and Mail article
[ http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/pol ... e23513579/ ]

View March 16, 2015 Leader-Post article
[ http://www.leaderpost.com/technology/Sa ... story.html ]
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