July 23, 2024. Summer best of repeat show. Hard reality of reaching net zero. Gorgeous doc movie about mountain lakes (free). Political craziness around the Canada carbon tax.

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Prominent Canadian geo scientist Dave Hughes outlining the major challenges for BC and Canada to meet any climate targets.

Calgary filmmaker Leanne Allison tells us about making a beautiful film about mountain lakes called Losing Blue.

National Observer columnist tells us about the political posturing around the carbon tax.

LINKS:

Getting to Net-Zero in Canada Geologist David Hughes’ detailed analysis of the scale of the problem, government projections and daunting challenges. This report underscores the need for a comprehensive strategy with practical, scalable solutions and a robust policy framework that will steer Canada toward a sustainable, net-zero future by 2050.

From the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives: https://policyalternatives.ca/netzero

The Office of the Auditor General says delays in implementing important net-zero regulations is one of the most significant barriers to delivering emissions reductions. This highlights the need to quickly move to cap emissions from the oil and gas sector, align private finance with net-zero, finalize clean electricity rules, and phase out gasoline powered car and truck sales by 2035.

Auditor General’s Report comments

The Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development (CESD) says the story from 1990 to 2019—which is the full time span for which we have data—has been about a 20% increase in emissions over successive governments, from the first commitment in the green plan to Rio, all the way to the present, so there have been a series of failures followed by failures and other failures.[26]

https://www.ourcommons.ca/DocumentViewer/en/44-1/PACP/report-13/page-18

Andrew Nikiforuk’s article on Hughes’ study: A New Report Maps Canada’s ‘Daunting’ Path to Net-Zero Carbon
https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/02/08/Canada-Daunting-Path-Net-Zero-Carbon/

FILM LOSING BLUE

Film LOSING BLUE on NFB.CA

CHRIS HATCH ON CLIMATE

Re.Climate 2024 Report Canadian Climate Opinion
https://reclimate.ca/resource-training-hu/what-do-canadians-really-think-about-climate-change-in-2024/

Chris Hatch’s ZERO CARBON column on NationalObserver.com
https://www.nationalobserver.com/u/chris-hatch