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Originally posted Tuesday June 30, 2020 in The Star
By Jatin Nathwani
Contributors:
M.V. Ramana
Schyler Edmundson
We must reduce the burning of fossil fuels to save our planet — but should nuclear energy be part of the solution? Prof. Jatin Nathwani argues yes while Prof. M.V. Ramana and Schyler Edmunston argue no.
“Truth is the daughter of time,” Francis Bacon noted four centuries ago. Perhaps the time has come to acknowledge the near existential threat posed by climate change to our collective well being and recognize the importance of one compelling solution — nuclear energy — in solving this problem.
The…
Originally posted by Jeff Semple, Global News
June 14, 2020 11:00 am
The original article can be found here
Paul Koch woke up one morning last month and peered out his kitchen window to find a trespasser taking a dip in their backyard pool.
“I called my wife and said, there’s a moose in the pool!”
Koch said the 800 lbs female swam a few laps and then stood calmly in the shallow end for several hours. He called police, who watched as the moose eventually made her own way out of the backyard.
This is a call reminder for researchers who are interested in applying to the NFRF Global Platform stream
The deadline for this call is September 1, 2020 with the NFRF Registration Form due by September 15
Dear Researchers,
Canadian researchers are eligible to receive funding under the New Frontiers Research Fund 2020 Horizon Global Platform program (the international stream of the NFRF) for specific funded Horizon2020 calls. You are receiving this email given your research interests and background in biofuels, bioenergy and sustainable/clean energy, which corresponds with an eligible Horizon2020 call that you could potentially apply to with your European partners (see below).
A report by Jatin Nathwani and Raynier Ramasra
Published online by Balsillie School of International Affairs in the Balsillie Papers
The Post-COVID-19 Economy: Financing Canada’s Leadership in Sustainable Energy
The current federal government returned to deficit spending while the economy was still expanding, which reduced the available fiscal capacity when the COVID-19 pandemic began. With interest rates already near historic lows, current monetary capacity to stimulate the economy is also diminished. Yet while no serious voice would suggest the government stop its current efforts to sustain the economy, the politicians…
Written by WISE Member Professor Maurice Dusseault
The combination of the Coronavirus shutdown and the KSA’s (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia) attempted punishment of Russia’s oil producers and America’s shale oil frackers has shocked the Canadian oil industry profoundly. Price collapse happened in a few weeks, and no producers in Canada are profitable at the prevalent prices in the third week of April, 2020. The question in Canada is not how to respond, but how to survive, and the short-term survival options for Canadian producers are few.
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Canada will be investing heavily in renewable energy systems in Northern, Indigenous and remote communities over the foreseeable future, with a goal of achieving full energy security for these communities. We are seeking a dynamic and engaging scholar to join Canada’s leading research community on renewable energy development in Northern,…
This week, oil futures fell below $0 per barrel. What happened? What is Canada’s plan for helping the industry at home, and will it be effective?
We put these questions to Professor Jatin Nathwani, Executive Director of the Waterloo Institute for…
THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 2020
To see Professor Nathwani answering, click here.
What is happening in the global energy market? Why are we seeing oil prices below $0 per barrel?
Global energy markets are in turmoil for two reasons: a dramatic drop in demand because large parts of the global economy are in a 'lockdown' and the second reason, in simple terms, is that we are in a global recession.
The reason we are seeing oil…
Written by Jatin Nathwani, Founding Executive Director of WISE for the Hill Times
WATERLOO, ONT.—Although the final pages on the unfolding human tragedy of the COVID-19 pandemic have yet to be written, the ‘tsunami-scale’ of economic disruption has led to responses by the federal and provincial governments that the most acclaimed of futurists could not have predicted even six weeks ago. If the adage, ‘Do not let a good crisis go to waste’ has any resonance, this is the perfect opportunity to re-set and re-confingure Canada’s energy sector away from dependence on oil and gas.…
Over 1 billion people do not have access to clean and affordable energy. This means that medical clinics are often dark at night when crucial medical work has to be done, cooking fuels create indoor air pollution (a larger killer than malaria and AIDS combined), children have difficulty studying after dark, and an incredible amount of time and money is spent collecting meager energy sources such as wood or kerosene.
To combat global energy poverty, Dr. Jatin Nathwani from the Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Energy (WISE) and Dr. Joachim Knebel from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in Germany set up Affordable Energy for Humanity, a global change initiative comprising over 50 energy access institutions from 30 countries around the world. Since AE4H’s inception in 2015, its members have been collaborating to innovate and test aspects of solutions to energy poverty.
The ‘Off-grid and…
Hill Times op ed by WISE Executive Director
The COVID-19 pandemic has arrived in our midst. This is a historic opportunity for the oil and gas sector to transition to a low carbon energy economy.
Prof. Nathwani is the Ontario Research Chair in Public Policy for Sustainable Energy and Executive Director of WISE
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