December 22, 2017: “Free” Energy

(Image: Front Page Fold Over of Edmonton Journal: December 22, 2017) First one is free? This add, offering two months of free residential electricity and natural gas — because “that’s what neighbours do” in Alberta — makes me really curious…

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December 8, 2017: Hydro & “Power”

Today Canadians across the country are reading about the approval of the Site C Hydroelectric Dam in B.C. “The project will flood over 12,500 hectares of fertile farmland and sacred Indigenous territory in the Peace River valley.” In an article…

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November 26, 2017: Turning to Solar in a Time of Crisis

Last week, I played The Newtonian Shift. It is a game that simulates 25 years of energy transition as part of a 6 hour simulation game. In the energy transition, which plays out differently each time, depending on who is…

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November 5, 2017: Muskrat Falls

I woke up this morning with a lot of questions rolling around in my head: Why don’t we know more about the protests at Muskrat Falls? Is it really that there isn’t much being reported in the West? If so,…

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