In a recent opinion piece for the National Observer, author and Cleantech advocate Tom Rand outlines why our need to transition to low carbon energy sources is so urgent, and how current advances in renewable energy solutions can make that possible – if there is sufficient will to act […]
Amory Lovins explains in this video how the market place is falling in love with renewables. “Solar power is scaling up even faster than cell phones.” Since 2008, half the world’s new electricity generating capacity has been renewable. Lovins demonstrates how the lower cost, lower risk, and scalable mass-production of […]
We recognize the dim future of the fossil fuel economy yet we continue to search frantically for new sources of oil. As KAIROS demonstrates in its research paper “Pumped Up: How Canada subsidizes fossil fuels at the expense of green alternatives“, we spend far more money in Canada to […]
According to this professionally conducted telephone poll: 77% of Canadians support increased taxes on carbon based fuels, with revenues used to fund research and development for energy efficiency and renewable energy programs; and 84% agree that “Rich countries like Canada have a moral obligation to show international leadership by reducing their […]
