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Your climate impact
We know it's confusing trying to envision what climate impact means to each of us. When you estimate your climate impact (or carbon "footprint") with Project Neutral, you'll learn how many tonnes of climate pollution come from your household activity. But what does that really mean in terms of your impact on climate change?
The big (and by that we mean global!) picture
We know that our daily choices are having a greater impact on the planet. Individuals…
Turbines don’t increase the temperature, but they redistribute heat that is already in the air
CBC Radio · Posted: Mar 16, 2019 12:00 PM ET | Last Updated: March 15
View of a windmill farm in La Ventosa, Juchitan community, Oaxaca State, Mexico. (PATRICIA CASTELLANOS/AFP/Getty Images)
This weeks question comes from David Burtt in North Gower, Ottawa. David asks:
I am curious to know the effects on climate that may be caused by the very large wind turbine farms. The turbines are obviously absorbing energy from the wind, so is there an effect "downstream", from the farm?
We went to David Johnson, a [WISE Member and] Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the…
Climate Change and Energy Futures final report
The Climate Change and Energy Futures workshop was held at the Nexus Centre, Memorial University, on October 10-11, 2018. The workshop was co-organized by Mark CJ Stoddart (Memorial University), John McLevey (University of Waterloo), John Sandlos (Memorial University), Vanessa Schweizer (University of Waterloo), and Catherine Mei Ling Wong (University of Luxembourg). Assistance was provided by Elahe Nezhadhossein. Cover design is by Saburo Horikawa.
The workshop was supported by a SSHRC Connections Grant, the Memorial University Conference Fund, the Nexus Centre (Memorial University), the University of Waterloo Interdisciplinary Centre on Climate Change, the Waterloo Institute of Sustainable Energy, and the Department of Knowledge Integration at the University of Waterloo.
Canada and The World is produced and edited by Matthew Markudis
What does Canada need to do to move toward a more green economy? In this episode, guest-hosted by Patricia Goff, three experts provide their wish list and weigh options already on the table for a more green future, ranging from a national carbon tax and decarbonization to supplying the world with more natural gas to completely phase out coal and better accountability around personal carbon footprints. Is there a future that includes oil and gas? Is climate change an emergency or a manageable…
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