I’m a retired horticulturist who worked for the Food and Agriculture Organization (UN) for 10 years.
The latest UN report on climate change states clearly that we must end fossil fuel supremacy while accelerating climate solutions by directing funding to proven, cost-effective, widely available clean energy.
In Canada, it’s time for 100-per-cent clean electricity to power our homes and lives. Not only is it possible, it’s more affordable and will improve air quality and drastically reduce our carbon emissions.
The upcoming Federal Clean Electricity Regulations and other measures need to enable the massive scaling-up of wind, solar, energy storage and energy efficiency measures.
The B.C. government seems to be more focused on supporting the gas fracking industry and LNG export facilities rather than supporting sustainable power production like solar, wind and geothermal.
This has to change. But change will only happen if it is actively supported by the voting public, and that is when you come in.
