[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]DOWNLOAD PDF (227KB)[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]ZIYA TONG is a rare mix of entertainer, educator and fierce activist. She’s best known as the co-host of Discovery Canada’s flagship series, Daily Planet, but Tong has hosted various educational programs for more than a decade. Tong credits her love of nature to the work of David Attenborough and a meeting …
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]DOWNLOAD PDF (0.2MB)[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]“Youth are indeed the future,” Nivatha Balendra, an attendee of the Generation Now Youth & Innovation Forum said. “Youth possess the answers to some of the most pressing issues that we are facing today. By allowing youth to come forth and develop our ideas and brainstorm and by giving us the resources to do so, you are utilizing half …
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]DOWNLOAD PDF (100KB)[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text] Nuclear options I found this article (“Deep decarbonization,” Winter 2016) interesting and optimistic that we could move towards less GHG emissions. I note the emphasis on hydroelectric power as a key contributor to this goal. But there is no mention of nuclear power! I am sure you are aware that Ontario produces more than half of its electricity from nuclear, …
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]DOWNLOAD PDF (0.3MB)[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text] [mk_dropcaps style=”simple-style”]C[/mk_dropcaps]ANADIANS ARE at a turning point when it comes to how we get from point A to point B. Transportation was the second biggest emitter of greenhouse gases in Canada in 2014, with 23 per cent of total emissions and about one-third of end-use energy demand. Passenger transportation alone made up …
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text disable_pattern=”true” align=”left” margin_bottom=”0″] [mk_dropcaps style=”simple-style”]T[/mk_dropcaps]HERE ARE ABOUT 40 countries and more than 20 cities, states and provinces trying to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by implementing different forms of carbon pricing. Combined, these jurisdictions have put a price on 12 per cent of the world’s carbon. According to the World Bank, these carbon pricing …
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text disable_pattern=”true” align=”left” margin_bottom=”0″] DOWNLOAD PDF (5.4MB) [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text disable_pattern=”true” align=”left” margin_bottom=”0″] —Nick Walker, with illustrations by Jacques Perrault [/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider size=”40″][mk_button dimension=”three” size=”large” outline_skin=”dark” outline_active_color=”#fff” outline_hover_color=”#333333″ bg_color=”#13bdd2″ text_color=”light” url=”/resources/energy-exchange-magazine/issue-5/” target=”_self” align=”left” fullwidth=”true” margin_top=”0″ margin_bottom=”15″ animation=”scale-up”] Read more stories from the Winter 2016 issue of Energy Exchange magazine[/mk_button][/vc_column][/vc_row]
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text disable_pattern=”true” align=”left” margin_bottom=”0″] [mk_dropcaps style=”simple-style”]N[/mk_dropcaps]UCLEAR FUSION is a tantalizing promise of a clean, efficient, safe and plentiful energy supply. Better still, unlike conventional nuclear fission power, fusion power is safe from meltdowns and doesn’t produce nuclear waste. For decades, scientists around the world have strived to achieve controlled and sustainable fusion reaction. (Nuclear …
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][mk_image src=”https://energy-exchange.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/ThinkstockPhotos-485315499.jpg” image_width=”1000″ image_height=”550″ crop=”true” lightbox=”false” frame_style=”simple” target=”_self” desc=”HARVEPINO/ISTOCK” caption_location=”inside-image” align=”left” margin_bottom=”10″][mk_padding_divider size=”40″][vc_column_text disable_pattern=”true” align=”left” margin_bottom=”0″] [mk_dropcaps style=”simple-style”]T[/mk_dropcaps]he average Canadian household spends about $3.60 a day on electricity. That’s not much when you consider we use electricity to preserve our food and heat and cool our homes. In fact it’s impressive what the cost …
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][mk_image src=”https://energy-exchange.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/TreatyDays2014344.jpg” image_width=”500″ image_height=”600″ crop=”true” lightbox=”false” frame_style=”simple” target=”_self” desc=”COURTESY FORT MCKAY FIRST NATION” caption_location=”inside-image” align=”left” margin_bottom=”10″ title=”Fort McKay Chief Jim Boucher”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text disable_pattern=”true” align=”left” margin_bottom=”0″] [mk_dropcaps style=”simple-style”]O[/mk_dropcaps]IL HAS BEEN TAKEN from the land around Fort McKay since 1966. Before that, the Cree, Métis and Dene of Fort McKay lived off the land. We had …
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text disable_pattern=”true” align=”left” margin_bottom=”0″] [mk_dropcaps style=”simple-style”]T[/mk_dropcaps]HE AMOUNT OF ENERGY your smartphone, TV or laptop uses is significant, particularly when you consider that there are more mobile devices that need a charge than humans on Earth. While the charts on this page were taken from a 2012 study in the United States, the per-device electricity …
