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How are we preparing the next generation of energy professionals? Kieran Graham, student of the Sustainable and Renewable Energy Engineering program at Carleton University, is set to embark on his career in the energy sector. Kieran joins thinkenergy to chat about his studies, from thermodynamics to power generation, regulatory to economic aspects, and what's on the horizon for the industry and his future. Listen in for a fresh perspective on the future of energy with a next-gen energy professional. Related links: Sustainable and Renewable Energy Engineering program, Carleton University: https://admissions.carleton.ca/programs/sustainable-and-renewable-energy-engineering/ APEX Lab, Carleton University: https://carleton.ca/apex/ Kieran Graham on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kierangraham1/ Trevor Freeman on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/trevor-freeman-p-eng-8b612114 Hydro Ottawa: https://hydroottawa.com/en To subscribe using Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/thinkenergy/id1465129405 To subscribe using Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7wFz7rdR8Gq3f2WOafjxpl To subscribe on Libsyn: http://thinkenergy.libsyn.com/  - Transcript: Trevor Freeman  00:07 Welcome to thinkenergy, a podcast that dives into the fast, changing world of energy through conversations with industry leaders, innovators and people on the front lines of the energy transition. Join me, Trevor Freeman, as I explore the traditional, unconventional and up and coming facets of the energy industry. If you have any thoughts, feedback or ideas for topics we should cover, please reach out to us at think energy at hydro ottawa.com, hi everyone and welcome back. We know that we are already in this period of change that we call the energy transition, but this is not a short term thing. We will be in this period of change for years and likely decades to come. And that means that the next generation of energy professionals, so engineers, policy experts, customer focused, people, finance and so on and so on, they might spend their entire careers working on this. So I thought it would be interesting to check in with someone who's just about to enter the workforce to find out how we're preparing that next generation to dive head first into this challenge and hopefully bring innovative and exciting solutions to the table. This is a career and society defining challenge. This is something that we'll be focusing on for many, many years to come. So I really wanted to understand what is that next generation learning. Now I'm sure you'd all agree that what you learn in your formal schooling is only one small part of the knowledge base and skill set that is important for contributing in a meaningful way. I know that the things I became really excited about and passionate about as I was getting through my engineering degree really helped set my course and have led me to where I am today, and definitely was not the course I thought I was on when I started engineering school. And for the record, these things that I became really passionate exciting about weren't, you know, the fluid dynamics and soil mechanics and thermodynamics and all these courses I was taking. It was the concepts and the way of thinking and the things I became passionate about. So all that being said, I'm pretty excited today to talk to my guests about what he has been learning and how he thinks that's setting him up for a career focused on energy. Kieran Graham is in his final year of his degree at Carleton University here in Ottawa, and he's in the sustainable and renewable energy engineering program. I love the fact that we have a whole focus program on clean and renewable energy, that's fantastic. Kieran is the president of the Sustainable and Renewable Engineering Society, and he helps organize academic social and networking events for students in that program and others that are interested in sustainable and renewable energy. He has worked with the apex lab at Carleton, doing research on various carbon capture technologies, and he was also the organizer, or one of the organizers, for the 2026 Ontario Engineering Competition. Kieran Graham, welcome to the show.   Kieran Graham  02:48 Thanks a lot for having me. I'm excited.   Trevor Freeman  02:50 So Kieran, let's start with a little bit of background on your program at University. So you're in the Sustainable and Renewable Energy Engineering program at Carleton University. Tell us a little bit about what that program is and what you focus on.   Kieran Graham  03:03 Yeah, so I will admit it's a little confusing at first, like Sustainable and Renewable Energy Engineering, the long name, and then we have two streams. So one's called Smart Technologies for Power Generation Distribution, the other one's about efficient energy conversion. So the easiest way to actually differentiate these two is electrical and mechanical. So smart technologies is electrical efficient conversion is a more mechanical. So like, if you have know anything about engineering disciplines, it's electrical and mechanical.   Trevor Freeman  03:35 Gotcha   Kieran Graham  03:36 Also, by the way, SREE is short form for sustainable renewable energy engineering, just to save us some fumbling over our words, in the future, perfect.   Trevor Freeman  03:45 This is a very acronym heavy podcast at time, so I appreciate you spelling that out for us. So when we when we hear SREE, you're talking about the program, gotcha. So give us an idea of, like, what's the focus of the program more broadly?   Kieran Graham  03:58 Yeah, so like, I'm in the electrical stream. So I take a lot of different courses at the beginning, ranging from fluid mechanics, and we take electrical courses like circuits and signals and just Electronics One. But then we also later take courses that are more SREE specific, that are more focused on learning how we are using thermodynamics to then put it through as a turbine and then create that energy. And then, how is it work, specifically with a nuclear power plant, or we even learn a little bit about natural gas, but just for context. And then, how does that differ from generating electricity with wind in a wind turbine. It's pretty similar, but like, how where's the difference? And like, how do we apply that in different scenarios?   Trevor Freeman  04:48 Got you so if I could say that back to you. You know, when I was in energy or engineering school, I learned a lot about those fundamentals. I learned, we know, we did thermodynamics, we did all that kind. Of stuff we just mentioned, but the application to power generation, and the renewable aspect of it, the sustainability side, that was all stuff I learned later in my career. You're building that into your programs. Kind of built that into what you're learning. So you're learning the more traditional engineering side of things, the thermodynamics and how this stuff works, but in the context of power generation, I assume, you know, like application of power generation, like how the grid works, things like that.   Kieran Graham  05:28 Yeah, exactly. So we take a little bits of courses that other programs will take, and then I got, first we're taking those same courses, and then we take other courses that are really specific, and we apply them to sustainable and renewable energy engineering. The other thing is, later in our degree, we also apply things on a more higher level, like energy is kind of like a high level topic. There's so many things that are happening and there's a lot of regulatory and economic aspects to it. So we have to look at, like, the energy market and like, yes, like nuclear fusion is like a great option if it works and if it's economically viable. And you know, nuclear has its own regulatory aspect, so we have that coverage of information and knowledge later in the years.   Trevor Freeman  06:17 Gotcha so. And for our listeners out there who are not kind of engineering nerds like Kieran and I. One of the things how I describe engineering more broadly is that it's sort of a systems thinking approach to things. So understanding, what are my inputs? What's the result of those inputs? What does that mean for the output? What are the feedback loops? And so what I'm hearing you say, Kieran, is that it's bringing that into the energy sector, the energy industry, which is fantastic, like, really exciting to hear that this is, this is what you're learning, and this is what the next sort of generation of engineers is being taught right now. How did you end up in this program? What drew you to this particular field of engineering?   Kieran Graham  07:01 Yeah, so it's a little complicated, because when I applied to university, I knew I wanted to stay in Ottawa, and my parents both went to Carleton. My grandpa worked at Carleton like when it was first established, so I had deep roots there. And in my mind, Carleton is a superior University in Ottawa. I know that's controversial, but, you know, it's okay. But anyways, I applied to three different engineerings at Carleton, and my first choice was actually aerospace engineering, because in high school, it was kind of like a this was the prestige of making aerospace engineering. And I actually got in and my first year I was in aerospace engineering, but at Carleton, first year, engineering is all general. So after first year, I decided that my goals, and I don't want to talk down to my aerospace colleagues, but my morals and my aspirations were more set towards a sustainable and renewable energy engineering focus. So sustainable renewable energy engineering was my second choice going into Carleton, so it's a pretty easy switch in second year, but from my childhood, I had an aunt who worked for Greenpeace Canada and also just learning about sustainability in my house and at school, this just seemed like a natural, good choice.   Trevor Freeman  08:28 My journey, and we won't get into the details of my journey, but it echoes that a lot of kind of having an idea going into engineering school and at some point, realizing that maybe this doesn't line up with my values, or what I want to do, the impact that I want to have. And that kind of gets into my next question of, you know, generally, the engineering profession is built around having an impact, a positive impact on society, on people, and using a, like I said, systems thinking approach to that. That's sort of the bar that we try and live up to. So, you know, you talked about wanting to have an impact. What does that impact me? Or what is having a positive impact mean for you, and how do you see yourself contributing as you're nearing the end of your education, at least formal education side of your undergrad?   Kieran Graham  09:14 Yeah, so I actually just took my engineering professional practices course, which I learned about the code of ethics and how the engineers duty is paramount to serving the public. And I think that actually really resonated with me as much as you know, the course is a lot of just talking about regulatory stuff, it actually was refreshing and good to hear that that's like the regulatory view on what engineering should be, because my personal goals are very much to have a positive and strong impact on society, and specifically like my local community. You know, my family's deeply rooted in Ottawa, so I want to have a good, positive impact. Impact on Ottawa. So I guess when I switched from aerospace to sustainable energy, I decided that, like, there's a climate crisis right now, and I just saw the opportunity to create a large positive impact within engineering, which I was really enjoying and helped solve those problems of having that net zero or clean energy solution, which was being so, like, stressed upon within, like, my whole life,   Trevor Freeman  10:31 That's great, yeah. I mean, it's, it's definitely, in my opinion, and I think this has been echoed a lot on this podcast, is, you know, the energy transition, the climate crisis, and sort of our reaction to that is definitely, the defining challenge of our of our time right now, and certainly, certainly your career, probably moving forward in this field. So looking at the energy transition, what skills or knowledge do you think you've developed throughout the last couple of years in your undergrad that have prepared you to contribute to this. You know, rapidly changing industry that the electricity sector, the energy sector of today is not the same as it was five years ago, and it won't be the same in five years. So coming into it at this point, what do you think you're bringing to the table that's going to help contribute to that?   Kieran Graham  11:23 Yeah. So, I mean, it's the whole point of the program. And you know, people running, I'll shout out Ahmed Abdullah, a professor who's really been heading the SREE  program. And so the, really, the big goal of SREE is like to be multidisciplinary, and being able to approach all the different aspects of this climate crisis and energy transition. You need to be able to understand how, like, I said, like the mechanical thermodynamics and fluid dynamics work, but also understand how a electric generator works, and then how transmission works, and need to understand, like, what's the point of creating solar in the desert, if you have to then transfer it all the way to, I don't know, somewhere in Europe, or something like, those are the large scale aspects that you need to be able to understand. The other thing that's also really important is just having the knowledge of understanding how like load profiles work and how data analysis and understanding like this is what a good load profile looks like. This is a problem like the duck curve or problems like this, like that, we as three engineers really understand, like how these different problems are created, and then how we can fix them and where they're being affected, like the duck curve in California, and like in Canada, we have a winter peaking system. Like all these problems are different, different aspects that we are very knowledgeable on and already have a base understanding of. And I think that's what's really important and helpful going into this industry.   Trevor Freeman  13:04 Yeah, that's great. Has there been a time during your program, during your undergrad, or a project that you've worked on that has really kind of changed the way you view energy or the electricity grid, or open your eyes to something that you weren't aware of before, really kind of, yeah, drove your passion for it?   Kieran Graham  13:27 Yeah, so, you know, there's been many problems and projects that I've had throughout my degree, and you know, the view and impact on my motivation has been very hopeful and very doubtful in equal amounts. But I would say maybe more helpful hopeful in the in the future, just because sometimes in school, things get a little stressful and blow up in proportion. But I'd say my biggest hopeful, I guess, and changing my my view of things would be my capstone project. So the capstone project that I'm working on currently is focusing on a net zero 2050 Ottawa. And how are we going to prepare for that? How are we going to handle the generation for that? How are we going to get energy places? How are we going to handle the winter peaks of electrifying, heating. How are we going to deal with EVs? It's a never ending puzzle slash scavenger hunt of finding data and how do things work together? How do we piece it together? Yeah, it's been a great challenge, but also really opened my eyes up to how all these, these different sectors that I've been learning about in my degree, how do these all work fit together and solve a problem.   Trevor Freeman  14:52 Great, yeah, and that's exactly where I want to go next. So, so I'm glad you brought up your capstone project. Just a quick backgrounder for our listeners. A part of an engineering undergrad in Ontario, at least, I think across Canada, is a final year project which is known as the capstone project. So the idea of the capstone project is it's supposed to be a culmination of all the different sort of theoretical things you've learned in your degree, bringing all that knowledge together and giving the students a chance to apply that in some real world scenarios. So, you know, it's interesting, Kieran, to know that your capstone was looking at what does a net zero 2050 reality look like for the City of Ottawa? Because the City of Ottawa has a 2050 Net Zero target, 2040 actually, for the corporation of the City of Ottawa, and 2050 for the community. And there's, there's lots of moving parts to that. It's a real world thing that's happening that a lot of folks are working on. So I'd like to dig into that a little bit more with you and find out. And I know you're not quite finished it yet, so you're not going to have all the answers, but you know what? What are some of the things that you're looking at? What are some of the must do's for us as society and us as a city and all the stakeholders involved if we're going to to achieve that net zero reality?   Speaker 1  16:17 Yeah, so we are a group of, I think, 18 or 19 different undergraduates for all, hopefully graduating at the end of the semester. And so this project is happens every year for the past, like four or five years, I think, and we're the third year focusing on Ottawa. So there's been a lot of things covered. And honestly, at the beginning of the project, we were like, how could we possibly have a third year of material to study? And I think now that we're approaching the final we're realizing how much there is to look at, and maybe we'll have some notes for next year saying, like, there really is a million things that we could look at in this scope. Like, it's just a really big scope, but we have, like, a buildings team, an energy storage team, a nuclear team, a solar team, and a transportation team, and I'm on the integration team, so my job is really just trying to put things together from all the different sub teams who are focusing on very specific things, and Specifically I'm the integration team lead. So I'm focusing on load prediction. So like, in 2050 what's the load that we're going to need to have? And that really, including working with transportation and buildings and understanding how, like, the EVS and the heat pumps and electrified heating are we going to have district heating, like, how is all this going to affect our 2050 load.   Trevor Freeman  17:46 And so what are some of those strategies? Like, the things you mentioned are bang on. That's of course, the things that are going to drive our demand. Are you looking at providing that additional capacity? You know, with local generation, what's the what's the strategy there? How do we have enough energy and have enough clean energy in order to meet that growing demand that you've identified?   Kieran Graham  18:10 Yeah, so that's like the big problem, right? So I'm doing load prediction, and then we have teams like nuclear and solar. And past years we've had wind teams, and I think there was a biofuels team as well past years, and we put all this data, kind of on two sides, and then we feed it through an optimization software that someone is working on in my team, and it's going to look at economically, how competitive something like solar or nuclear or wind or hydro, I guess would be looking within Ottawa like, how do all these compare? And it's all really about economics. When you're looking at it like, which is feasible because there's lots of cool technologies, like I mentioned earlier, but it's optimizing for cost, and then we're finding a low profile, and then ultimately, we want to run it through a software called eTap, which basically is like a digital twin for looking at energy load flow analysis and making sure the grid can actually handle this 2050 load.   Trevor Freeman  19:16 And so you've identified kind of the technology challenges and solutions. I'm glad to hear you talk about like, you know, the economics have to make sense. Of course, there are technologies out there that, yeah, if there was unlimited resources, it would solve our problems. What about the sort of, I guess there's sort of two streams here. There's the regulatory, or let's call it the political side, the enabling aspects of, how do we get this technology that makes sense and has a business case? How do we get that deployed, more deployed faster, you know, more broadly, how do we do that? Did you look at the sort of regulatory, political side of things?   Kieran Graham  19:56 Yeah, so in our capstone, we don't necessarily look. At it super specifically, like we're not necessarily looking at how regulations would affect it, but it's more we're going to be looking at scenarios of, if we have 100 per cent EV adoption in 2050 what is the load going to look like? But you know, the changing of the federal EV mandate, how is that going to look at change the load projection, and then, how is that going to affect our generation? Like, what do we like if we have huge peaks our nuclear teams generation, which won't necessarily be able to ramp as fast as something like a battery storage or or like a hydro dam, or something like these. These are the complications that we're looking at, not necessarily super focused on regulation, but keeping it as like a guiding prospect of, should we be considering 100 per cent EVs, like, is that really a realistic goal for 2015 at this point?   Trevor Freeman  20:59 Yeah. And I guess it's kind of the same thing. And so maybe the answer is similar, but it's this the societal side of things too. And so yeah, like, from a technology perspective, it would be great if we hit that 100 per cent EV coverage by 2050, if not sooner. We know that that's a big source of emissions. It'd be great if we could do sort of like mass heat pump deployment. But at the end of the day, people, you know, we're relying on individuals within our society to make those decisions, and so one aspect of this is, how do we help that be the right decision? And how do we help people want to do this? Because it is the smarter choices. Has that conversation come into the project, and it's okay if it hasn't, I know there's obviously a limited scope of the project. Scope of the project, but is that something that you guys are talking through?   Kieran Graham  21:52 Yeah, I think that's something that we are always like talking about as, like a bunch of young engineers who are really looking to understand the industry. And, you know, making sure these things actually happen is always kind of on our mind, like, what's the point of us doing all this work? And, you know, stressing ourselves till two and two in the morning getting our work done or getting ready for a presentation. It's like, why are we doing all of this? I think you know, the aspect of community involvement and the regulatory and making it make sense is part of our job. Like, yes, that maybe our focus isn't necessarily on making it all make sense for the public, but it's, it's something that we have to consider. Like, if it's not economically and like socially viable, then isn't there's no there's no point. Like, it's just not, not a proper engineering solution. So I think ultimately, it's not something that we're focusing on, but something that we talk about all the time, that like, like we go to community events and kind of learn about what people's like outlooks are on, on all these different problems. And would people be okay with having battery systems and solar systems on their house, and would they be okay with using those, as you know, distributed energy resources that can feed back to the grid? Would people be okay with bi directional charging on their EVs like these are big batteries that could be used for different things. Like these aren't necessarily direct considerations of our capstone, but something that we keep in mind when we're trying to create a solution.   Trevor Freeman  23:26 Yeah, great. And I'm glad to hear you say that, and I'm glad it's part of the conversation. It's certainly, it's certainly a huge aspect of how we actually deploy these strategies and solutions and how we develop them. It's a big part of you know what I get to do at Hydro Ottawa, being on the customer side of things, is listening to our customers and understanding what their realities are, and trying to find ways of okay, well, how does that match up with programs or opportunities that we have to be able to run. So really glad to hear that you're talking through that the challenge of decarbonizing our energy mix. So going from sort of like fossil fuel combustion energy generation to a cleaner solution is really only one challenge that's facing the energy sector. I'm sure you're aware, you've brought up things that are causing an increase in demand, but we're also seeing, you know, non-climate related drivers of increased energy demand. So I'm thinking about, like, AI proliferation and data center growth and all these things. Is that part of the calculus that goes into your project. Are you thinking of, how do we also meet this growing energy demand for non-climate related reasons?   Kieran Graham  24:48 Yeah. I mean, you know, understanding the energy mix, and you know, the load for the future is really difficult, and I know that's my whole job, but you know, if I had an A plus answer, I. Wouldn't have to worry about capstone for the next couple of months. But you know, all these considerations I'm thinking about, so like when I'm getting buildings data from the commercial sector and the residential sector, industry is not very big in Ottawa as an electrical load, at least, but I need to look at that for load prediction, because maybe industry load is going to increase with data center, like, where does that fall under the data the energy split, I know like Kanata Tech Center, like, that's going to be growing, and that's a big energy load, and I know it's a big stress on distribution systems, and the feeders over there struggling, and I know Hydro Ottawa is planning to upgrade those locations. But how can we maybe predict that, like data center or data center like load in Canada, that? How can we deal with that in different way, like adding a battery system over there, or maybe generation closer to there, which just stress the overall grid less.   Trevor Freeman  26:05 Yeah, I think it's in, you know, for our non-Ottawa listeners, Kanata is a part of the city that has a high concentration of, sort of the high tech sector. It's, it's certainly a growing area in Ottawa, and one of our constrained areas on the grid that we're investing in and bringing a lot additional capacity to in the coming years. So those challenges that you identified, how do we deal with, not only this energy transition from a clean technology perspective, but also a changing economic demographics like we're seeing more investment in these areas, and how do we make sure that we're keeping up. So yeah, that's definitely, definitely a part of it. So one of the goals of the podcast is definitely to make sure the message is clear that the energy transition is not something of the future. It's not something that will happen eventually. We're in it right now. We're seeing the change to our to the way we use energy, and the way we produce energy and move and store and all those things. So is there something that's happening now, you know, within the energy space that you're particularly excited about that you've, you've kind of learned about in the last little while that you want to get involved in when you when you graduate?   Kieran Graham  27:16 Yeah, so my whole degree is about this. So there's so many different aspects that I could talk about in that I'm interested in. And specifically to my capstone, machine learning is a big field in pretty much anything like machine learning and AI will be involved in any sort of capacity, in any industry. I'm sure. The problem with my specific application is I'm trying to predict 2050, load, and our load for the past few years hasn't really been increasing. Due to efficiency, and there was covid and different aspects like that. And so how do we apply that, and what, what kind of way is really interesting. But another thing that I'm really interested in is virtual power plants and stuff like micro grids. And how does all these, these little DERs and non-wire solutions, how do all these these work together? And how can we, like as a community, work with our So, like solar on our houses, or battery systems in our houses, our EVs, our bidirectional charging, as I mentioned earlier, like how, how could these technologies work together to really reduce the stress on the distribution system for you guys at Hydro Ottawa? And how could everything work together? And you see it happening in California. It's like being tested. If I think Ottawa would just be a great place for this, because of the nature of everyone having cars and everything's everyone has big, pretty big houses. We can have solar on our roofs, like, yes, we have a winter but which has less sunlight, but solar is still incredibly viable and useful. So how can all of this work together and become a virtual power plant that one house has energy and you know, the generations not able to keep up, or the distribution system is failing for whatever reason, you can rely on a community which has battery systems or generation systems just locally. How can we use that to then power each other's houses? I think that's really cool, a future thing that really looking forward to.   Trevor Freeman  29:26 Yeah, it's, it's definitely something that gets talked a lot about, and, you know, in the industry in general, but even, you know, at Hydro Ottawa, looking at, how do we leverage, you know, this is what you're talking about. How do we leverage customer owned devices, customer equipment, to help manage grid capacity needs. So if we're in a time of increased demand on the grid, how do we make calls out to people that have batteries, people that have EVs, that are plugged in, people that have smart devices in their home, and say, Hey, we need a little bit of capacity. We're going to ask you to draw from your battery instead of the grid, or we're going to ask you to pause your EV charging, or turn your thermostat down a degree in order to generate that capacity on the grid. And it's, it's not even so much, you know, it's, it's not that the grid is failing and able to keep up. It's otherwise we would have to build a much bigger grid. We'd have to invest more in the grid. This lets us be more efficient with how we invest in the grid and how we build out so we can sort of not over build, which traditionally what we do is we kind of build the worst case scenario. What? What would we do if that worst case scenario wasn't as bad, if we could pull on these, these other customer owned equipment? So yeah, very cool concept, and definitely something that we're looking at here at Hydro Ottawa, and have a couple pilots coming up on that.   Kieran Graham  30:53 Yeah. And I just wanted to say, like earlier, you're mentioning, like, how do we work on, how do we solve these solutions of net zero within a community, I just think, like the adoption and community incentives and how do we work together? Like, these are the solutions. These are, these are the things that if we as a community decide to do, it's just a very viable thing. It's just we need to be able to work together as a community to be able to do it.   Trevor Freeman  31:22 Yeah, so, you know, we've been talking a little bit about a different approach to energy and that community approach. I really like that based on on what you know from your studies and your experience in this area. What do you think the utility of the future looks like, like? What does that look like to you? What is the role of the utility moving forward?   Kieran Graham  31:47 Yeah, so it's a hard question, because obviously, there's so many things that could happen. And you know, like I was saying, predicting the future is very hard, and I can't just, can't just use machine learning. It's not a pattern. It's not like something that's going to be super predictable. But I do think like the idea of micro grids and working together and distributed energy resources, like all these things are going to be needed to be able to work together. So there's going to be so many little systems and organization, and the utility was going to be the person, kind of, like a mini IESO, I guess, like, how, like, you're going to be controlling, or not necessarily controlling, but organizing. Who's going to be using their DERs, like, which areas are going to need more solar deployment? Where can we integrate vehicle to grid charging? Where can we add more charging infrastructure for communities? Where can we put, like, community batteries, like, more of like an organizer of even smaller systems within the community. I think that's just the nature of technology is going to be, come more complicated, but we're also going to become more proficient and be able to organize those things. So, yeah, I guess that's, that's what I view the future of utilities.   Trevor Freeman  33:17 Yeah, it's, it's a little bit, you know, lots of, lots of, lots of concepts. There it's, it's getting a little bit closer to the end user when it when we look at, how do we operate the grid? So right now, you brought up the IESO, that's our Independent Electricity System Operator who operates on the provincial level. I think the future is that that that level of operation gets a little bit closer to the end user, and that the local distribution companies like Hydro Ottawa have more control to identify where does the grid need extra capacity? Where does it have capacity that we can shift? And that's all happening at the same time as technology is giving us more insight into that. We're having we're going to have more understanding of what's happening down at that granular level. So we're going to be able to make these calls a little bit better. So, yeah, I think, I think you're on the right track. I think that's, that's where we're going. We're going to more of a bidirectional flow of energy, a little bit more closer to the end user control over how the grid is operated.   Kieran Graham  34:20 Yeah, and in our classes, we learn about, like in Europe, how they have bidirectional charging and generation. In like Germany, people have solar panels on their balconies everywhere, and it the solar penetration like Germany, a lot of parts of Germany are on the same latitude as us. So it's like, it's not infeasible for like Ottawa, to have solar everywhere and have that be part of the grid, and not just for your own benefit or anything like that. Like, it's a, it's a real possibility.   Trevor Freeman  34:51 Yeah, yeah. I think there's, there's lots of things that we can do to really improve, to really leverage the devices that are out there, to leverage. Opportunities that we have in front of us. So, Kieran, as we kind of get close to the end of our conversation here, are there any words of wisdom that you'd like to share? You know, you're kind of at the end of the beginning of your career journey. Here, you're almost done your undergrad, about to take whatever next steps there are, that's, you know, starting your career or further education. What about you know someone who's maybe at the start of that part of their journey? You know someone that's thinking about wanting to get involved in the energy transition, maybe wanting a career in that space. What words of wisdom would you provide?   Kieran Graham  35:35 Yeah, so I mean, there's plenty of things I would recommend, you know, for young students, and for people similar approaching my situation, I think the biggest thing is just like networking and creating communities. Like, if you're a new student going into school, like, be part of socials. Be part of engineering societies, and or not engineering societies even like you can just any sort of club or sports team, or just have a community of people that you can really rely on to, like, if you're struggling with an assignment or a topic or a certain class, just like, have someone to be able to talk to talk through like that topic, and ultimately, like those connections who are helping you out with things Like, it'll go back, and they'll be like, Hey, do you understand this? You can get help them. And then you have a friendship, you have a connection, you have someone who's maybe going to work in a field that, like, in the future, you'll be able to leverage to get a job. Like, I have people who, you know, I helped in, or probably they helped me more because they were in older years, and they are working at different industries, and I can now talk to them and be like, hey, like, how do you like your new job now that you're in the workforce, and do you have any opportunities that I can, I could look into working for? So really creating that network of people who can help you out with those things, like you don't have to do it alone, and it really just opens your eyes and allows you to have really good conversations and prepare you for the future.   Trevor Freeman  37:08 Yeah, so if I could, if I could just build on that, it's the importance of creating those connections in that community is great for your own learning, your own knowledge, but also for solving problems, like, no problem is solved by a single discipline or a single focus. You know, it's great that you're learning all these tools in your engineering degree, but you know, real problems get solved by a mix of, you know, the engineer folks, the finance folks, the customer side of things, the, you know, societal side of things. So really great advice. Thanks for sharing that with us. So Kieran, we always end our interviews with a series of questions that I ask to all our guests, so I'll dive right into those. What is a book that you've read that you think everyone should read?   Kieran Graham  37:56 Yeah, so a lot of my reading has been textbooks recently, but I think when I have the time I read a lot of dystopian, so I'll say Fahrenheit 451, even though it's a pretty common one, but it's just really good and really relevant to things.   Trevor Freeman  38:10 So yeah, definitely one of those classics that's important for everyone to read or at least be aware of. So same question, but for a movie or a show, what's one that you would recommend everybody?   Kieran Graham  38:21 Yeah, there's plenty of good shows those are a little bit easier to find some time and brain power for, but big Star Wars fan, so I'm going to say Andor, just a really good show, really relevant, really love that show.   Trevor Freeman  38:34 Yeah, fantastic. I agree. And I just so my oldest kid is 12, and I've just got him starting to watch that one. So it's a great. If someone offered you a free round trip flight anywhere in the world, where would you go?   Kieran Graham  38:49 Yeah, another really hard question. I'm going to Peru right after I graduate. So if you guys wanted to pay for that, that would be great.   Trevor Freeman  38:56 It's not an offer. Just to be clear.   Kieran Graham  38:58 No, I know. I would just say, like, maybe I really have been seeing these videos about Kyrgyzstan, like the those, like East Asian or, guess, Western Asia countries like Kyrgyzstan would be really cool.   Trevor Freeman  39:17  Cool. Yeah, very neat. Who's someone that you admire?   Kieran Graham  39:20 Yeah, so I admire plenty of people. I think I'm going to say my grandpa, though. I've always looked up to him and like how he lives his life, and, you know, he's funny, and just like, has really good values. And I think he's just someone who I ultimately, as a person, look up to. And you know, he worked at Carlton, so I don't know it's just like, the future of like, where I would like to see myself.   Trevor Freeman  39:48 Great. Yeah, great answer. And finally, what's something that you're really excited about when it comes to the energy sector, its future, and you have the benefit of being at the very beginning of your career, you get to get involved in this. So what's something you're excited about?   Kieran Graham  39:59 Yeah. Yeah. I mean, like, I said earlier, like, there's plenty of things, but I'll say virtual power plants again. Like, if we could create a community where we have DERs and are working together micro grids and all of this, like, that would be so amazing. It'd be so cool. So I think that's going to be, that's my thing. I'm super excited for.   Trevor Freeman  40:21 Very cool well, I'm very excited to see you get involved in that, and thanks for your time today. Kieran, it's great to chat with you. It's great to get some insight into kind of what the next generation of engineers are learning and really looking forward to, kind of seeing where you land in short order here and what your career starts to look like. So thanks very much.   Kieran Graham  40:41 Awesome. Thank you very much.   Trevor Freeman  40:43 Take care. Thanks for tuning in to another episode of the thinkenergy podcast. Don't forget to subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts, and it would be great if you could leave us a review. It really helps to spread the word. As always, we would love to hear from you, whether it's feedback, comments or an idea for a show or a guest. You can always reach us at thinkenergy@hydroottawa.com.

This week, This Matters is publishing episodes of the Toronto Star's new podcast Small Things Big Climate.    The Star is often inundated with emails from readers asking what they can do to fight climate change. While there are lots of things people can do to lower their personal carbon emissions – and it's important to feel like you're part of the solution – individual action cannot end global warming on its own. So in this episode we take a look at community groups working on scaling up individual action to the neighbourhood level, and ask a former environmental activist turned Member of Provincial Parliament whether writing politicians actually makes a difference. Host: Marco Chown Oved, Climate Change Reporter, Toronto Star Guests: David Langille and Julia Morgan, co-chairs of the Pocket Change Project. Peter Tabuns, former head of Greenpeace Canada and the Ontario NDP's environment critic. To hear more episodes, go to Small Things Big Climate or find it in your podcast feed. 

Greg Brady focuses in on The National Day for Truth & Reconciliation. The day honours survivors of residential schools, and those who didn't make it home to their birth parents from those schools….it's also colloquially known as Orange Shirt Day - the orange shirt is a simple of the stripping away of cultures and freedoms stripped away from young Indigenous people over our country's history…NDP MPP Sol Mamakwa hopes to make today a paid provincial holiday.  Next, Dr. Keith Stewart. He's a Senior Energy Analyst with Greenpeace Canada. He's here to unpack a story about the TTC taking a closer look at the kind of ads it allows and ensuring the ads align with Toronto's own climate change policy. Lastly, Dr. Eric Kam, an economics professor from Toronto Metropolitan University. Good news for those earning minimum wage in Ontario and good news for all employees as salary increases that outpace inflation are expected for the first time in a while.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Greg Brady focuses in on The National Day for Truth & Reconciliation. The day honours survivors of residential schools, and those who didn't make it home to their birth parents from those schools….it's also colloquially known as Orange Shirt Day - the orange shirt is a simple of the stripping away of cultures and freedoms stripped away from young Indigenous people over our country's history…NDP MPP Sol Mamakwa hopes to make today a paid provincial holiday.  Next, Dr. Keith Stewart. He's a Senior Energy Analyst with Greenpeace Canada. He's here to unpack a story about the TTC taking a closer look at the kind of ads it allows and ensuring the ads align with Toronto's own climate change policy. Lastly, Dr. Eric Kam, an economics professor from Toronto Metropolitan University. Good news for those earning minimum wage in Ontario and good news for all employees as salary increases that outpace inflation are expected for the first time in a while.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What are the downsides of anti-racism workshops? Why is it important to analyze power structure and systems in anti-racism work? What limits diversity and anti-racism training from being successful in the long term?  In this series on healthcare and social disparities, Dr. Jill Wener, a board-certified Internal Medicine specialist, anti-racism educator, meditation expert, and tapping practitioner, interviews experts and gives her own insights into multiple fields relating to social justice and anti-racism. In this episode, Jill interviews Sarita Srivastava, author of the book from NYU Press, “Are You Calling Me a Racist”?: Why We Need to Stop Talking About Race and Start Making Real Antiracist Change. They discuss some of Sarita's analysis around some of the limits and failures of diversity and anti-racism training in organizations. Listen as they talk about how to address the pushback against DEI work. Sarita Srivastava is Professor of Sociology and Dean of the Faculty of Arts & Science, and Director of the Global Centre for Climate Action at OCAD University in Toronto. Her research areas include social movements, race, and emotion. In her prior position as Sociology and Gender Studies professor at Queen's University, she spent many years teaching and supervising student work in the sociology of race and gender. In her work as an activist, she was director of a national environmental campaign for Greenpeace Canada, active in community radio and environmental education, and supported indigenous, labor, and feminist social movements. LINKS Instagram: @saritatoronto X: @saritatoronto LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/sarita-srivastava-a4887b28 Get the book: https://nyupress.org/9781479815258/are-you-calling-me-a-racist ** Our website www.consciousantiracism.com You can learn more about Dr. Wener and her online meditation and tapping courses at www.jillwener.com, and you can learn more about her online social justice course, Conscious Anti Racism: Tools for Self-Discovery, Accountability, and Meaningful Change at https://theresttechnique.com/courses/conscious-anti-racism. If you're a healthcare worker looking for a CME-accredited course, check out Conscious Anti-Racism: Tools for Self-Discovery, Accountability, and Meaningful Change in Healthcare at www.theresttechnique.com/courses/conscious-anti-racism-healthcare Join her Conscious Anti-Racism facebook group: www.facebook.com/groups/307196473283408 Follow her on: Instagram at jillwenerMD LinkedIn at jillwenermd

2023 was the hottest year on record, at 1.48 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels. That's just below the 1.5 C increase that the UN says is the limit to avoid the worst impacts of climate change. As the summer of 2024 approaches in the Northern Hemisphere, climate scientists are raising the alarm on dangerous impacts of ongoing heat waves. Also Shell's flagship carbon capture and storage project in Canada generated millions of dollars in carbon credits based on greenhouse gas emission reductions that never took place. According to a study by Greenpeace Canada, the scheme was part of Shell's billion-dollar Quest carbon capture project. While these phantom credits were legal from 2015 to 2021 under approved carbon tax rules, Shell's actions raise questions about carbon capture practices in Canada's lucrative fossil fuel industry. And a paper published in the journal Scientific Reports describes the case study of an orangutan who treated and healed his own wound. Zoologists have long seen behaviors of self-medicating in the animal kingdom, but until now it has rarely if ever been documented in scientific literature. — We rely on support from listeners like you to keep our journalism strong. You can donate at loe.org – any amount is appreciated! – and thank you for your support. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Europe's largest oil and gas company Shell was accused in an investigative report from Greenpeace Canada of selling millions of carbon credits tied to CO2 removal that never took place.Let's look at what Shell did, how carbon offsets work, and how environmentally beneficial they actually are.Patrick's Books:Statistics For The Trading Floor:  https://amzn.to/3eerLA0Derivatives For The Trading Floor:  https://amzn.to/3cjsyPFCorporate Finance:  https://amzn.to/3fn3rvCPatreon Page: https://www.patreon.com/PatrickBoyleOnFinanceBuy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/patrickboyleVisit our website: www.onfinance.orgFollow Patrick on Twitter Here: https://twitter.com/PatrickEBoylePatrick Boyle on YouTube Support the Show.

Dr. Jordan B. Peterson sits down with industry consultant, science activist, and past president of Greenpeace Canada (1971 to 1986), Dr. Patrick Moore. They discuss his time in Greenpeace, the historic timeline of global ice ages and climate change, the clear lies being peddled to promote alarmism, and how the woke left manipulates science (and scientists) to promote a falsely perceived and politically incentivized future catastrophe. Dr. Patrick Moore has been a leader in the international environmental field for more than 45 years. He is a co-founder of Greenpeace and served for nine years as President of Greenpeace Canada and seven years as a Director of Greenpeace International. As the leader of many campaigns Dr. Moore was a driving force shaping policy and direction for 15 years while Greenpeace became the world's largest environmental activist organization. In recent years, Dr. Moore has been focused on the promotion of sustainability and consensus building among competing concerns. He was a member of the British Columbia government-appointed Round Table on the Environment and Economy from 1990 - 1994. In 1990, Dr. Moore founded and chaired the BC Carbon Project, a group that worked to develop a common understanding of climate change. In 2021 Dr. Moore published "Fake Invisible Catastrophes and Threats of Doom" exposing the fake news and fake science around 11 claims of disaster including climate change, coral reefs, polar bears, plastic, nuclear energy, and more.  - Links - 2024 tour details can be found here https://jordanbpeterson.com/events   Peterson Academy https://petersonacademy.com/    For Dr. Patrick Moore: On X https://twitter.com/ecosensenow?lang=en “Fake Invisible Catastrophes And Threats of Doom” (Book) https://www.amazon.com/Fake-Invisible-Catastrophes-Threats-Doom-ebook/dp/B08T6FFY6S/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=fake+invisible+catastrophe&qid=1612915229&s=digital-text&sr=1-1 

Does face-to-face fundraising feel out of reach for your small nonprofit? Many you think you need a big amount saved just to start. What if I told you there's a way to step into large-scale face-to-face fundraising, just like the big, well-funded organizations, but without the financial barrier of hiring an agency? Today, we'll discuss the pros and cons of pricey face-to-face campaigns and reveal accessible (and scalable!) paths for smaller nonprofits.Joining me is Jerome Cheung, a seasoned fundraiser whose 18-year career has spanned across high-profile charities and agencies. His expertise in monthly giving, telefundraising, face-to-face engagement, and other fundraising avenues has made him a distinguished professional in our field. I met Jerome at Public Outreach, a face-to-face fundraising agejcy, where he honed strategies to manage donor attrition and has successfully spearheaded initiatives for organizations like the American Red Cross, Greenpeace Canada, and Ecojustice.Key Episode Highlights: Rethinking Big-Budget Campaigns: Why break the bank when you can make meaningful connections affordably? Small nonprofits might not have deep pockets, but what we do have is determination and a personal touch that's truly priceless.Volunteers to the Rescue: Your mission's got supporters, right? Let's get them out there talking to folks. Jerome tells us our volunteers have something really special—a real love for the cause that makes potential supporters stop and listen. Start with a Hello, Not an Ask: I joke that asking for monthly donations right away is like asking someone to marry you on the first date - there is little opportunity to build a relationship! Jerome and I talk about kicking things off with a friendly chat and a simple "Can we keep in touch?"Take it to the People: Where's everyone hanging out? At the park, grabbing coffee, walking the dog? That's where we can make some real connections. Jerome shares some cool strategies for making the most of these everyday spots.Don't forget to become a supporter of our show!Watch this episode on Youtube: https://youtu.be/lDuNNHprP9ILinks and Resources:  Connect with Jerome on LinkedIn: https://ca.linkedin.com/in/jerome-cheung-a0819912Email: jerome.cheung@stratcom.caConnect with Maria on LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/mariario/Support the show: https://www.buzzsprout.com/208666/supporters/newSupport the show

On today's show, Dr Patrick Moore discusses the outcome of the UN COP28 climate summit. GUEST OVERVIEW: Dr Patrick Moore has been a leader in the international environmental field for over 30 years. He's a founding member of Greenpeace and served for nine years as President of Greenpeace Canada and seven years as a Director of Greenpeace International. He left the organisation as it began to adopt anti-scientific and anti-human policies. Dr Moore is currently a director of the CO2 Coalition. His recent best-selling book, “Fake Invisible Catastrophes and Threats of Doom” is available from Amazon.

A MUFON official claims that Christians inside the Pentagon shut down its UFO investigation office because they were afraid the craft were piloted by demons. This is disinformation—partly true but intended to make Christians look foolish. 5) Gavin Newsom appoints Maryland woman to replace California Sen. Dianne Feinstein; 4) Israel reportedly hits Iranian weapons shipment inside Syria; 3) Co-founder of Greenpeace Canada calls climate crisis a hoax; 2) Another sugar substitute found to have dangerous health consequences; 1) MUFON officials claims Christians inside Pentagon are afraid of UFOs. FOLLOW US! Twitter X: @SkyWatch_TV YouTube: @SkyWatchTVnow @SimplyHIS @FiveInTen Rumble: @SkyWatchTV Facebook: @SkyWatchTV @SimplyHIS @EdensEssentials Instagram: @SkyWatchTV @SimplyHisShow @EdensEssentialsUSA TikTok: @SkyWatchTV @SimplyHisShow @EdensEssentials SkyWatchTV.com | SkyWatchTVStore.com | EdensEssentials.com | WhisperingPoniesRanch.com

Dr. Patrick Moore has been a leader in the international environmental field for more than 40 years. He is a co-founder of Greenpeace and served for nine years as President of Greenpeace Canada and seven years as a Director of Greenpeace International. As the leader of many campaigns, Dr. Moore was a driving force shaping policy and direction while Greenpeace became the world's largest environmental activist organization. In recent years, Dr. Moore has been focused on the promotion of sustainability and consensus building among competing concerns. He was a member of British Columbia government-appointed Round Table on the Environment and Economy from 1990 – 1994. In 1990, Dr. Moore founded and chaired the BC Carbon Project, a group that worked to develop a common understanding of climate change. Make sure to check out this author's Wikipedia page! You'll be amazed! You can listen to the podcast on Apple Podcast, Spotify, Google Podcast, or visit my website www.drkatherinehayes.com

GUEST OVERVIEW: Dr Patrick Moore has been a leader in the international environmental field for over 30 years. He's a founding member of Greenpeace and served for nine years as President of Greenpeace Canada and seven years as a Director of Greenpeace International. He left the organisation as it began to adopt anti-scientific and anti-human policies. Dr Moore is currently director of the CO2 Coalition. His recent best-selling book, “Fake Invisible Catastrophes and Threats of Doom” is available from Amazon.

In this eye-opening episode, Niall engages in a candid conversation with Patrick Moore, a prominent figure with a deep involvement in eco-activism and climate change awareness. Patrick's journey has been nothing short of remarkable, having been an early member and past president of Greenpeace Canada before transitioning to become a critical voice in the world of climate change policies. Patrick shares his personal highlights and lowlights from his time as an eco-activist, providing listeners with unique insights into the inner workings of the climate change movement. He delves into the driving force behind the insistence for radical change and the real-life experiences that have shaped his views. Throughout the episode, Patrick dispels common myths surrounding climate change and the carbon crisis, urging listeners to question the information being presented to them on a daily basis. He emphasizes the importance of educating oneself about the science behind climate change, encouraging people to think critically and not blindly believe in what he calls "nonsense" that is forced upon us. As the conversation unfolds, listeners will gain a deeper understanding of the complexities surrounding climate change policies and the urgency to base decisions on scientific evidence rather than fear-driven narratives. Patrick's unique perspective and wealth of experience offer a refreshing take on the pressing issue of climate change. Join Niall and Patrick Moore as they delve into the truth behind carbon and climate catastrophe, empowering listeners to think critically and engage in informed discussions about the future of our planet. Don't miss this earth-shattering episode that challenges conventional beliefs and urges us to seek the truth behind climate change policies. Niall concludes the episode with a powerful reminder of the importance of seeking knowledge and understanding the complexities of climate change, encouraging listeners to be proactive participants in the ongoing dialogue about the fate of our environment.

GUEST OVERVIEW: Dr Patrick Moore has been a leader in the international environmental field for over 40 years. He is a co-founder of Greenpeace and served for nine years as President of Greenpeace Canada and seven years as a Director of Greenpeace International. As the leader of many campaigns Dr Moore was a driving force shaping policy and direction for 15 years while Greenpeace became the world's largest environmental activist organization. From 2006-2012 he served as co-Chair of the Clean and Safe Energy Coalition, a US-based advocacy mission to build public support for more nuclear energy plants to provide electricity. Dr Moore is an independent ecologist/environmentalist with Ecosense Environmental Inc. He is a board member of the CO2 Coalition formed to educate thought leaders, policy makers and the public about the important contribution made by carbon dioxide to our lives and the economy. Patrick's latest book Fake Invisible Catastrophes and Threats of Doom available from Amazon.

Joanna Kerr is the president and CEO of MakeWay, a philanthropic institution that brings together groups of philanthropists and works on moving the needle and solving solutions to the world's biggest problems and challenges in Canada. Joanna explains why MakeWay has set up opportunities for philanthropists to be in a relationship with community leaders alongside other philanthropists, to learn together to support the key priorities of the nonprofits trying to make the world a better place for all of us. Episode Highlights:How to give deliberately through a pooled fund that makes a differenceMistakes people make when they don't adequately lean into people who have experienceJoanna Kerr Bio:Joanna Kerr is the President and CEO of MakeWay.She has dedicated her career to advancing social justice and women's rights, a healthy environment, and strong civil society. Prior to joining MakeWay in 2019, Joanna led Greenpeace Canada for over 5 years. She was the first female Chief Executive of ActionAid International based in South Africa, and the Executive Director of the Association for Women's Rights in Development.She currently serves as the Chair of the Equality Fund, Canada's global fund for women, and is the International Board Chair of World Animal Protection. She is also the Lake Steward for the lake she can often be found nearLinks: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joanna-kerr-bb011b71/?originalSubdomain=caMake Way: https://makeway.orgNorthern Manitoba Food and Culute Collaborative: https://makeway.org/inaction-carousel/northern-manitoba-food-culture-and-community-collaborativeLearning Trip: https://makeway.org/food/a-learning-trip-to-garden-hill-northern-manitoba-guest-blog-by-funder-andi-sharmaAWID: https://www.awid.orgRight Relations: https://www.ourlivingwaters.ca/right_relationsIf you enjoyed this episode, listen to these as well:https://www.doyourgood.com/blog/74-nicole-bicehttps://www.doyourgood.com/blog/62-geneva-wikihttps://www.doyourgood.com/blog/118-geneva-wiki Crack the Code: Sybil's Successful Guide to PhilanthropyBecome even better at what you do as Sybil teaches you the strategies as well as the tools, you'll need to avoid mistakes and make a career out of philanthropy through my new course, Crack the Code!In this new course, you'll gain access to beautifully animated and filmed engaging videos, and many more! Link for the wait list for the Philanthropy Accelerator https://www.doyourgood.com/Philanthropy-Accelerator-Mastermind-WaitlistLink to the nonprofit email sign-up to connect https://www.doyourgood.com/ticket-to-fundraisingCheck out her website with all the latest opportunities to learn from Sybil at www.doyourgood.com. Connect with Do Your Goodhttps://www.facebook.com/doyourgoodhttps://www.instagram.com/doyourgoodWould you like to talk with Sybil directly?Send in your inquiries through her website https://www.doyourgood.com/ or you can email her directly at sybil@doyourgood.com!

Dr. Patrick Moore is the Co-founder & former President of Greenpeace Canada. He's the #1 bestselling author of Confessions of a Greenpeace Dropout: The Making of a Sensible Environmentalist and the new book Fake Invisible Catastrophes and Threats of Doom.   Dr. Moore joins the show to discuss why the environmental movement abandoned science and logic in favor of emotion and sensationalism (SURPRISE! It has to do with money and funding). He also shares the properties of carbon dioxide - a compound that is necessary for all forms of life and survival.   Tune into this history lesson of the global environment, how work from home affects it, and the future of energy.   Websites: www.ecosense.me www.greenpeace.org

Markham interviews Keith Stewart  of Greenpeace Canada, which is asking the Competition Bureau to investigate claims made by the Pathway Alliance's “Let's clear the air” campaign. Pathways Alliance provided the following comment by email: "We will take the necessary time to review the complaint and will not be speaking directly to it at this time. What I can say is our campaign acknowledges the oil sands represent a significant share of our country's emissions and that we must work collaboratively, including with governments, to achieve our goal of net zero from operations and deliver the world's preferred barrel of responsibly produced oil. We will continue to speak on behalf of one of Canada's most important industries and show how we're addressing the climate challenge."

Sarah King is the Head of Greenpeace Canada's Oceans & Plastics campaign. Pushing for a plastics-free future by holding corporations accountable for the growing plastics pollution crisis, Sarah has worked to protect our oceans and ocean-dependent communities for over a decade. She studied in the Environmental Applied Science and Management programme at Toronto Metropolitan University, and has worked at a consulting firm doing environmental impact assessments in order to help determine the scope of negative impacts associated with various development projects. I speak with her about the place of plastics in our everyday lives, the impact that plastics have on the environment, and the many ways that the Trudeau government's plastics ban is woefully inadequate. I won't summarize everything that Sarah explains here, but I will quote a particularly pithy summary of her position: she says that, in fact, “the entire category [of single use plastics] is a problem,” because of the overwhelming scale of production and our “lacking and disjointed infrastructure.” She stresses that the government is actually “very scared… to take strong action to hold industry… accountable. The result tends to be policies that benefit industry and do nothing to protect the environment. Loopholes can be found throughout Canada's environmental regulations, and that means profit over survival. We have a new set of policies that the Liberal government is claiming will give us a “zero plastic waste” future by 2030, but King is very pointed in her assertion that, actually, the government has to know that this is a false promise: in her words, “they have to be looking at that [target] knowing that it's impossible,” given the state of environmental protections in this country and the incredibly minor push to end plastics production and pollution. Confronting industry and closing loopholes is all about moving radically in a different direction. King says that embracing a “reuse and refill revolution” would legitimately “signal the end of the plastic era” and begin to seriously challenge “our fossil-fuel-dependent system” in which “the wrong things are valued.” Getting to that entirely reasonable, feasible alternative will take a project of accelerated solidarity-building, though, because the lobby for fossil fuels and petrochemicals is very strong. For this reason, King is really looking for more alignment between segments of the environmental movement. We're starting to see this, and to see a shift both toward the centring of “the people that are most impacted” when it comes to “crafting solutions and a way forward” and toward, as Sarah puts it, “addressing not just our planetary crisis, but also our social justice crises around the world.”

Entrevue avec Marie-Josée Béliveau, Chargée de campagne Alimentation et nature à Greenpeace Canada : devant une entente historique des pays membres à la Convention des Nations Unies sur la biodiversité (COP15), les experts s'entendent pour dire que c'est un pas dans la bonne direction.Pour de l'information concernant l'utilisation de vos données personnelles - https://omnystudio.com/policies/listener/fr

Entrevue avec Marie-Josée Béliveau, Chargée de campagne Alimentation et nature à Greenpeace Canada : devant une entente historique des pays membres à la Convention des Nations Unies sur la biodiversité (COP15), les experts s'entendent pour dire que c'est un pas dans la bonne direction. La rencontre Martineau-Dutrizac avec Richard Martineau : mise à jour sur les théories du complot. Des propos de Adil Charkaoui font réagir Richard.  Entrevue avec Benoît Morin, président de l'Association québécoise des pharmaciens propriétaires : dans une vidéo sur Facebook, Isabelle Levasseur, pharmacienne-propriétaire du magasin Brunet sur la rue Saint-Marguerite à Trois-Rivières, invite ses clients à adopter cinq gestes pour alléger la tâche des pharmaciens. Chronique d'Alain Pronkin, spécialiste des religions : la messe de minuit en voie de disparition au Québec. À Montréal, le SPVM rappelle à l'ordre des agents arborant des badges de Saint-Michel. Le cardinal Marc Ouellet annonce porter plainte pour diffamation. Les actualités religieuses.  Entrevue avec Sandrine Cabana-Degani, directrice générale de Piétons Québec : l'organisation de Piétons Québec presse le gouvernement du Québec d'agir. La rencontre Foisy-Robitaille avec Antoine Robitaille et Philippe-Vincent Foisy, animateurs à QUB radio : la rencontre Trudeau-Legault. Rapport annuel de l'UPAC.  Chronique de Guillaume Lavoie, membre associé à la Chaire Raoul-Dandurand : Donald Trump. La rencontre Durocher-Dutrizac avec Sophie Durocher : les catégories non-genrées aux Gémeaux. Bulletin de nouvelles avec Alexandre Moranville-Ouellette : les actualités.  Entrevue avec Pierre-Olivier Zappa, chef d'antenne du TVA 22h : retour sur le dossier de James Awad dans le JDM. Un an après avoir organisé un des partys les plus controversés de la pandémie avec DJ et alcool dans un avion de Sunwing, James William Awad avoue que si c'était à recommencer, il ne ferait pas cette fête qui a soulevé l'ire aux quatre coins de la planète. Chronique sexologie avec Anaïs Guertin-Lacroix : guide pour choisir le bon jouet sexuel à offrir à votre conjoint ou conjointe pour Noël.  Une production QUB radio   Décembre 2022    Pour de l'information concernant l'utilisation de vos données personnelles - https://omnystudio.com/policies/listener/fr

Entrevue avec Marie Montpetit, analyste politique : le départ de Dominique Anglade. La rencontre Gibeault-Dutrizac avec Nicole Gibeault : escouade contre le proxénétisme, déjà une centaine d'arrestations. Une capsule à 100 000 vues: le DPCP intéresse les jeunes au système judiciaire via TikTok. La prison pour avoir caché en Haïti une fillette agressée sexuellement. La rencontre Martineau-Dutrizac avec Richard Martineau : le départ de Dominique Anglade.  Chronique de Loïc Tassé, spécialiste en politique internationale : élections aux États-Unis. La COP 27. La population mondiale atteindra 8 milliards le 15 novembre 2022.   Chronique faits divers de Maxime Deland, journaliste à l'Agence QMI : deux meurtres en l'espace de 24 heures à Montréal. Une vidéo montrant deux policiers du SPVM qui menottent par erreur un homme noir devient virale. Un garçon de 11 ans est mort après avoir été agressé par un ado de 15 ans au Nouveau-Brunswick. Entrevue Pierre-Hugues Boisvenu, Sénateur conservateur : le sénateur Pierre-Hugues Boisvenu a déposé au Sénat le projet de loi S-255 intitulé « Loi modifiant le Code criminel (meurtre d'un partenaire intime, de son propre enfant ou de l'enfant d'un partenaire intime)».  La rencontre Foisy-Robitaille avec Antoine Robitaille et Philippe-Vincent Foisy, animateurs à QUB radio : démission de Dominique Anglade à la chefferie du PLQ.  Chronique de Richard Béliveau, docteur en biochimie et chroniqueur au Journal de Montréal : la malbouffe augmente les risques liés à la COVID.  Bulletin de nouvelles avec Alexandre Moranville-Ouellet : le procès d'Harold Lebel. La loi 21 devant la cour d'appel. Une centaine d'arrestations en 1 an pour l'escouade contre le proxénétisme. Des familles déchirées par le chantier du tunnel. META prévoit un licenciement massif. Elon Musk fait de l'ingérence et appelle les Américains à voter républicains. Entrevue avec Patrick Bonin, responsable de la campagne Climat-Énergie chez Greenpeace Canada : la COP 27, s'ouvre pour 2 semaines à Charm-el-Cheikh, en Égypte et place les enjeux de solidarité entre pays au cœur des négociations.  Les pays en développement veulent que les pays riches paient pour les pertes.  Chronique sexologie avec Anaïs Guertin-Lacroix : le sexe vanille. Pourquoi les hommes ont un testicule plus gros que l'autre? Le sextoy pour homme le plus vendu au monde. Une production QUB radio Novembre  2022Pour de l'information concernant l'utilisation de vos données personnelles - https://omnystudio.com/policies/listener/fr

Entrevue avec Patrick Bonin, responsable de la campagne Climat-Énergie chez Greenpeace Canada : la COP 27, s'ouvre pour 2 semaines à Charm-el-Cheikh, en Égypte et place les enjeux de solidarité entre pays au cœur des négociations.  Les pays en développement veulent que les pays riches paient pour les pertes. Pour de l'information concernant l'utilisation de vos données personnelles - https://omnystudio.com/policies/listener/fr

GUEST OVERVIEW: Patrick Albert Moore is a Canadian industry consultant, former activist, and past president of Greenpeace Canada. Since leaving Greenpeace in 1986, Moore has criticized the environmental movement for what he sees as scare tactics and disinformation, saying that the environmental movement "abandoned science and logic in favor of emotion and sensationalism". Greenpeace has criticized Moore, calling him "a paid spokesman for the nuclear industry, the logging industry, and genetic engineering industry" who "exploits long-gone ties with Greenpeace to sell himself as a speaker and pro-corporate spokesperson".

Dr. Patrick Moore has been a leader in the international environmental field for over 30 years. He is a founding member of Greenpeace and served for nine years as President of Greenpeace Canada and seven years as a Director of Greenpeace International. As the leader of many campaigns Dr. Moore was a driving force shaping policy and direction while Greenpeace became the world's largest environmental activist organization. In recent years, Dr. Moore has been focused on the promotion of sustainability and consensus building among competing concerns. He was a member of British Columbia government-appointed Round Table on the Environment and Economy from 1990 - 1994. In 1990, Dr. Moore founded and chaired the BC Carbon Project, a group that worked to develop a common understanding of climate change Dr. Moore served for four years as Vice President, Environment for Waterfurnace International, the largest manufacturer of geothermal heat pumps for residential heating and cooling with renewable earth energy. As Chair of the Sustainable Forestry Committee of the Forest Alliance of BC, he leads the process of developing the "Principles of Sustainable Forestry" which have been adopted by a majority of the industry. In 1991 Dr. Moore founded Greenspirit, a consultancy focusing on environmental policy and communications in natural resources, biodiversity, energy and climate change In 2000, Dr. Moore published Green Spirit - Trees are the Answer, a photo-book that provides a new insight into how forests work and how they can play a powerful role in solving many of our current environmental problems. Ford Foundation Fellowship, 1969-1972 Ph.D. in Ecology, Institute of Resource Ecology, University of British Columbia, 1972 Honours B.Sc. in Forest Biology, University of British Columbia http://ecosense.me/ https://twitter.com/EcoSenseNow Author: “Fake Invisible Catastrophes and Threats of Doom” —— Tom Nelson's Twitter: https://twitter.com/tan123 Substack: https://tomn.substack.com/ About Tom: https://tomnelson.blogspot.com/2022/03/about-me-tom-nelson.html Notes for climate skeptics: https://tomnelson.blogspot.com/2019/06/useful-notes-for-climate-skeptics.html ClimateGate emails: https://tomnelson.blogspot.com/p/climategate_05.html

GUEST HOST: Robert Brennan On today's show we discuss that the Great Barrier Reef has the highest coral cover since records began 36 years ago. Area of summer Arctic sea ice is higher than it was in 2012. 2022 Atlantic hurricane season is so far much quieter than previous years. Net Zero is toast as many countries revert to coal and gas. The West is committing economic suicide while the East builds coal and nuclear plants. Our CO2 emissions are proven to cause significant increased crop and forest production with no hard evidence that they are making any difference to the climate. GUEST 1 OVERVIEW: Dr Patrick Moore has been a leader in the international environmental field for over 40 years. He is a co-founder of Greenpeace and served for nine years as President of Greenpeace Canada and seven years as a Director of Greenpeace International. As the leader of many campaigns Dr Moore was a driving force shaping policy and direction for 15 years while Greenpeace became the world's largest environmental activist organization. From 2006-2012 he served as co-Chair of the Clean and Safe Energy Coalition, a US-based advocacy mission to build public support for more nuclear energy plants to provide electricity. Dr Moore is an independent ecologist/environmentalist with Ecosense Environmental Inc. He is a board member of the CO2 Coalition formed to educate thought leaders, policy makers and the public about the important contribution made by carbon dioxide to our lives and the economy. Patrick's latest book Fake Invisible Catastrophes and Threats of Doom available from Amazon. GUEST 2 OVERVIEW: Robbie Katter is Katter's Australian Party State leader in Queensland and Member for Traeger in Queensland's Parliament. Robbie served on the Mount Isa City Council as councillor for four years before being elected State Member for Mount Isa.

Did you know that the United Nations has declared plastic pollution a global crisis?  Join Food Sleuth Radio host and registered dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her interview with Sarah King, M.S., Head of Greenpeace Canada's Oceans and Plastics campaign. King exposes the fossil fuel industry's dependence on plastic for profit, its connection to our global climate crisis, and the myth of plastic recycling. She also discusses the potential impact of Canada's commitment to ban single-use plastics (See: https://www.greenpeace.org/canada/en/press-release/52311/global-plastics-treaty-mandate-pivotal-step-to-end-plastic-pollution/ ) and how we can grow the reuse – refill, zero-waste movement.Related website:   https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/story/what-you-need-know-about-plastic-pollution-resolution 

GUEST 1 OVERVIEW: Dr Patrick Moore has been a leader in the international environmental field for over 30 years. He is a founding member of Greenpeace and served for nine years as President of Greenpeace Canada and seven years as a Director of Greenpeace International. GUEST 2 OVERVIEW: Josephine Cashman is former Crown Prosecutor, a lawyer and businesswoman with more than two decades of experience working towards economic progress for Aboriginal people.

Encore! Look for pod favourite episodes being re-released outside of the regularly scheduled show. In this episode, Kristen and Kyla talk to Sarah King, Head of the Oceans and Plastics Campaign at Greenpeace Canada, about the plastic pollution crisis. Visit the Greenpeace action page: https://www.greenpeace.org/canada/en/act/ Visit the Greenpeace plastics page: https://www.greenpeace.org/canada/en/plastic/ Leave us a voicemail! https://podinbox.com/pullback Harbinger Media Network: https://harbingermedianetwork.com Website: https://www.pullback.org/research/plasticfreejuly Twitter: https://twitter.com/PullbackPodcast  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pullbackpodcast/?igshid=i57wwo16tjko  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PullbackPodcast/  Pullback is produced and hosted by Kristen Pue and Kyla Hewson. Logo by Rachel Beyer and Evan Vrinten.

GUEST OVERVIEW: Dr Patrick Moore has been a leader in the international environmental field for over 30 years. He is a founding member of Greenpeace and served for nine years as President of Greenpeace Canada and seven years as a Director of Greenpeace International.

GUEST OVERVIEW: Dr Patrick Moore has been a leader in the international environmental field for over 30 years. He is a founding member of Greenpeace and served for nine years as President of Greenpeace Canada and seven years as a Director of Greenpeace International.

GUEST OVERVIEW: Dr Patrick Moore has been a leader in the international environmental field for over 30 years. He is a founding member of Greenpeace and served for nine years as President of Greenpeace Canada and seven years as a Director of Greenpeace International.

GUEST OVERVIEW: Dr. Patrick Moore has been a leader in the international environmental field for more than 40 years. He is a co-founder of Greenpeace and served for nine years as President of Greenpeace Canada and seven years as a Director of Greenpeace International. As the leader of many campaigns, Dr. Moore was a driving force shaping policy and direction while Greenpeace became the world's largest environmental activist organization.

Monthly donors...we all want more of them! Today we're going to hear how Greenpeace Canada uses a simple email strategy to grow monthly giving. And the good news is: you can do this, too!Greenpeace Canada focuses on using open and honest emails as a core strategy to ask people who have signed petitions to consider becoming a monthly donor. And in just two years, they've grown monthly giving by over 330%, which is amazing.To tell us how they did it, we're talking to Miriam Wilson, who leads digital fundraising and donor engagement at Greenpeace Canada. This is a really practical conversation, and I hope you leave encouraged by the fact that there is a low cost strategy to grow your monthly giving that nonprofits of any size can implement at any time.Today we'll cover:[2:40] - How email conversions compare to other channels    [7:55] - Greenpeace's schedule for asking for monthly donors via email    [13:44} - Greenpeace's asking of prospects and first time givers    [18:21] - Crafting an effective monthly giving offer    [24:07] - Greenpeace's 5 segments for email: strategy and segmentation    [39:31] - Miriam's encouragement for nonprofit fundraisers and leaders    Get connected:You can find out more about Miriam and Greenpeace on her LinkedIn profile. Please consider subscribing to, rating, or sharing the BuildGood Podcast on your preferred platform. You can do that by clicking here. To learn more about how BuildGood can help you raise more money from individual donors, and take advantage of our free resources, visit buildgood.com.

Our guest today leads Greenpeace Canada's nature and food campaign, whose purpose is to maintain life on Earth in all its diversity.  He has been working in environmental justice and human rights advocacy for over 15 years and has been with Greenpeace Canada for a decade in a variety of positions. Please welcome:  Shane Moffatt   Shane's Twitter: @GreenShaneM   If you like what we are doing please like,  share and subscribe.   This Episode sponsored by: Marine Mammal rescue at the Vancouver Aquarium.  https://www.vanaqua.org/marine-mammal-rescue    The Pachamama Alliance -Empowering indigenous people of the Amazon rainforest to preserve land & culture  www.pachamama.org Surfrider Foundation : dedicated to the protection and enjoyment of the world's ocean, waves and beaches.  www.surfrider.org Hollyhock -  dedicated to helping create a better future via education and personal sharing.  www.hollyhock.ca   #greenpeace @greenshanem @realimpactpod #diversity #environment #COP26    "We'll cap oil and gas sector emissions today and ensure they decrease tomorrow at a pace and scale needed to reach net-zero by 2050... That's no small task for a major oil and gas producing country. It's a big step that's absolutely necessary.”  —Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, speaking at COP26, also committed $1-billion for the Accelerating Coal Transition (ACT) Investment Program, which will assist developing countries with the "coal-to-clean" transition      

About the Guest Dr. Patrick Moore has been a leader in the international environmental field for more than 45 years. He is a co-founder of Greenpeace and served for nine years as President of Greenpeace Canada and seven years as a Director of Greenpeace International. As the leader of many campaigns Dr. Moore was a […]

EPISODE #618 FAKE ENVIRONMENTAL CATASTROPHES Richard welcomes a founding member of Greenpeace who quit the organization after they became too radical and abandoned science. He'll discuss how dire claims about climate and the environment are based on scare tactics and fraudulent science. ​Guest: Dr. Patrick Moore was a founding member of Greenpeace and served for nine years as President of Greenpeace Canada, and seven years as a director of Greenpeace International. He parted ways after the organization became too radical. In recent years, Dr. Moore has been focused on the promotion of sustainability and consensus building among competing concerns. He was a member of British Columbia government-appointed Round Table on the Environment and Economy from 1990 - 1994. In 1990, Dr. Moore founded and chaired the BC Carbon Project, a group that worked to develop a common understanding of climate change. BOOKS: Confessions of a Greenpeace Dropout Pacific Spirit Fake Invisible Catastrophes and Threats of Doom SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS!!!   BetterHELP -Professional Counselling with a Licensed Therapist. You Deserve to Be Happy! Get 10% off your first month at betterhelp.com/Unlimited   Smile Brilliant - www.smilebrilliant.com Professional teeth whitening & oral care products customized just for you.   Use code CONSPIRACY for an exclusive Conspiracy Unlimited discount!   C60EVO -The Secret is out about this powerful anti-oxidant. The Purest C60 available is ESS60.  Buy Direct from the Source.  Buy Now and Save 10% – Use Coupon Code: EVRS at Checkout!   Strange Planet Shop - If you're a fan of the radio show and the podcast, why not show it off?  Greats T-shirts, sweatshirts, mugs, and more.  It's a Strange Planet - Dress For It! BECOME A PREMIUM SUBSCRIBER FOR LESS THAN $2 PER MONTH If you're a fan of this podcast, I hope you'll consider becoming a Premium Subscriber.  For just $1.99 per month, subscribers to my Conspiracy Unlimited Plus gain access to two exclusive, commercial-free episodes per month. They also gain access to my back catalog of episodes. The most recent 30 episodes of Conspiracy Unlimited will remain available for free.  Stream all episodes and Premium content on your mobile device by getting the FREE Conspiracy Unlimited APP for both IOS and Android devices... Available at the App Store and Google Play. To become a subscriber CLICK HERE or go to www.conspiracyunlimitedpodcast.com and click on Get Access to Premium Episodes    

In this episode, I chat with Justin Conley, Chief Insights Officer at imageMILL in Japan. Their work combines art & multimedia for corporate identity, web design, film production, photography, advertising & marketing.  Justin was previously Fundraising Director at Greenpeace Canada.We discuss:- The unforgettable experience of being a foreigner in Japan.- The role of honour & respect in Japanese culture.- How decisions really get made.- How Justin has reconciled his history of activism with his role here.- Working patterns.- Using narrative to create change and more. Find out more about imageMill at http://www.imagemill.jp/language/en/en-home/ 

Climate change it was an issue before the pandemic, and it will be an issue when the pandemic is over.More than that, the issue of climate change will be a long term issue that impacts the future of work.  Between the ways that we operate our factories and organizations to the kind of careers that the next generation follows, so many of our economic decisions that we make will be linked to issues around climate change, and in turn they will impact our work-lives for decades to come. To delve into the subject of climate change and the future of work, we are joined on this episode by Keith Stewart, Senior Energy Strategist with Greenpeace Canada. He talks about how the pandemic may impact climate change, the issues he sees for industries including energy, and what the implications are for those caught in the midst of transition. Guest: Keith Stewart is a senior energy strategist with Greenpeace Canada and part-time instructor at the University of Toronto. He has a Ph.D. in political science from York University and has worked as a climate policy researcher and advocate for 19 years. He is the co-author of the book Hydro: The Decline and Fall...

Justin Trudeau proved he wants to be surrounded only by sycophants when he excluded Andrew Scheer from the meeting of party leaders to address Canada's blockade crisis. True North's Andrew Lawton talks about Trudeau's Mean Girls routine in this edition of the show, as well as a push from CBC and the mainstream media to have government regulate new media. Also, former Greenpeace Canada president Patrick Moore joins the show to discuss the City of Regina's deplatforming of him from an upcoming conference. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When it comes to plastic polluters, do you know which companies are the top offenders? Greenpeace Canada has released their list of the top five plastics polluters, and Tim Hortons and Nestlé ranked in the top two spots for the second year in a row.   Guest: Sarah King Head of Greenpeace Canada's Oceans and Plastics Campaign

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In May and June, over a hundred groups across the country came together for town hall meetings to discuss climate change and what a Green New Deal for Canada could look like. And the energy continues – there are still a few town halls happening in the month of July. This week, a report was posted online summarizing what some of those findings were, and what communities were saying about how the Green New Deal could be applied in their cities, towns, villages and townships. The Green New Deal town halls were organized by a coalition which included the Council of Canadians, Leadnow, GreenPeace Canada, The Leap and 350.org. According to the report released this week over 7,000 people took part in 150 town halls. On today's show: 1) rabble radio executive producer Victoria Fenner went to one of these town halls in Barrie, Ontario, just north of Toronto. What she discovered was a discussion that was wide ranging, going way beyond what is usually considered to be environmental issues. In a series of questions prepared by the national organizers, participants were invited to look at issues relating to environment and sustainability in the broadest terms possible. The solutions people came up with had to do with environment, economy, transportation, health and every facet of life which is or will be affected by climate change. 2) She also talked to Tim Ellis, one of the national organizers of the Green New Deal town hall project to find out what the next steps are.  He works with Leadnow. 3) Also on today's show – Johnny Got His Gun is a musical response to school shootings in the United States, performed and composed by Emilie Feldberg, also known as E.L.F.  She contacted rabble radio with her song, which is on today's show, along with an interview with E.L.F. about why she wrote the song.  Her songs are strongly inspired by her political views, the impact of her environment on her, and the regular life of a seventeen-year-old today. She has studied music for most of her life, receiving training in classical studies as well as performing indie music. Emilie has taught both piano and voice and plays multiple musical instruments. She completed the royal conservatory of music grades in voice and uses her knowledge of vocal technique and classical styles to inspire her songs. She first became inspired by activism through feminism at a young age and has attended protests throughout her city. Since then, her music reflects what she sees in the world around her. Image: Victoria Fenner Music: Johnny Got His Gun. Used with permission of E.L.F. (Emilie Feldberg)

Greenpeace Canada analyst hopes study serves as a wake-up call for Trudeau government, but says "You can't wake up a man who's only pretending to be asleep" on climate changeBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-news-podcast--2952221/support.Help us continue producing radically independent news and in-depth analysis by following us and becoming a monthly sustainer.Follow us on:Bluesky: @therealnews.comFacebook: The Real News NetworkTwitter: @TheRealNewsYouTube: @therealnewsInstagram: @therealnewsnetworkBecome a member and join the Supporters Club for The Real News Podcast today!

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Newfoundland and Labrador has announced it will become the second province to ban the distribution of plastic bags. The provincial government introduced legislation on Tuesday allowing it to ban their use at stores and other retail outlets. It says the ban won't take effect for between six and 12 months, to give consumers time to get in the habit of bringing reusable bags. Greenpeace Canada says Canadians generate about 3.25-million-tonnes of plastic garbage each year, or enough to fill 140-thousand garbage trucks.   Guest: Harvinder Aujala Director of Policy & Communications for the Recycling Council of British Columbia

Fresh off his announcement to invoke the notwithstanding clause against a Superior Court ruling, Ontario Premier Doug Ford now faces Greenpeace Canada in court over the repeal of cap and trade. Also: One of the wealthiest Indigenous businessmen in the country is also in court attempting to have a child support case determined by Indigenous laws.

Fighting climate change is a numbers game, in units of degrees Celsius and millions and billions of tonnes. As the atmospheric concentration of earth-warming CO2 rises above 400 parts per million — almost twice what it was 200 years ago – the nations of the world struggle to roll back their emissions by the gigatonne. Canada has vowed to cut emissions by 30 percent, relative to its emissions in 2005. Most climate change scientists say that target falls far far short of what is needed. Still, Canada's emissions rise relentlessly, notably in oil-rich Alberta, where bitumen-rich tar sands generate billions and billions of dollars for huge corporations, and for the province. To placate Alberta, the Canadian government has declared that expanding fossil fuel production is perfectly consistent with Canada's larger goal of reducing emissions from burning that fuel. Keith Stewart, senior energy strategist with Greenpeace Canada, says the government approach won't work. In a repeat of an interview from The Green Blues Show, originally broadcast on CKUW Radio in Winnipeg and online on The Green Planet Monitor, David Kattenburg talks to Keith Stewart about what's wrong with the picture the government has painted. Thanks to The Green Blues show for permission to podcast his interview.  You can subscribe to the whole show through your favourite mobile podcast app. Just put Green Blues Show in the search box. Or, you can listen from the show website.  Image: Tar Sands exploratory mission/Flickr Like this podcast? rabble is reader/listener supported journalism.

New York City is announcing a lawsuit that accuses the top five oil companies of contributing to climate change. The lawsuit follows similar litigation filed by San Francisco, Oakland and Santa Cruz in California last year. Guest: Dr. Patrick Moore, The Sensible Environmentalist (ecosense.me), former president of Greenpeace Canada, and author of “The Positive Role of Human Emissions of CO2” (Photo: Jim Cole/AP Photo, File) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Roy Green Show Podcast New York City is announcing a lawsuit that accuses the top five oil companies of contributing to climate change. The lawsuit follows similar litigation filed by San Francisco, Oakland and Santa Cruz in California last year.   Guest: Dr. Patrick Moore, The Sensible Environmentalist (ecosense.me), former president of Greenpeace Canada, and author of “The Positive Role of Human Emissions of CO2” - James Damore was fired from Google after writing an internal memo titled “Google's Ideological Echo Chamber”, which criticized the company's corporate culture and diversity practices, and presented the argument that women are biologically unsuited for engineering work.   Damore and fellow former Google employee David Gudeman are seeking class-action status for the suit to include anyone at Google who identifies as a Caucasian, conservative or male.   Guest: Catalina Avalos, Director of the Tripp Scott law firm in Fort Lauderdale Boca and Tallahassee Florida, and former judge and juvenile sex crimes prosecutor​ - Roy replays part of the interview with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau conducted by 900 CHML's Bill Kelly on Wednesday prior to the town hall at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario.   Following that, Roy also replays a few moments from yesterday's interview with CPC leader Andrew Scheer. - Hawaii residents were left shaken by an emergency alert warning of an imminent ballistic missile strike sent to hundreds of thousands of cellphones yesterday. 40 minutes later, another alert was sent - the first alert had been sent by mistake.   State officials apologized, saying the bogus alert was sent when someone hit the wrong button during a shift change.   How could this happen for real and how would the U.S. military react?   Guest: Colonel Peter Mansoor, former executive officer to General David Petraeus in Iraq and former NATO tank brigade commander - Dave Foxcroft is a successful businessman, the referee for the 2017 Grey Cup game, a member of officiating crews for NFL pre-season games, and the son of Ron Foxcroft.   He's also a winner following a recent Lotto Max draw, picking up a cheque for nearly $220,000.   Guest: Dave Foxcroft See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.