Designing agile organizations Every manager has run into bureaucratic inertia. Some have complained that getting a bureaucracy to change direction is like turning around an aircraft carrier in a narrow channel. Even more frustrating are the situations in which no…
Clean air, Climate change, Electricity, Greenhouse gas emissions, India-US nuclear deal, Kyoto, Nuclear, Ontario, Political communication
Nuclear power and heavy industry in Ontario: McGuinty’s Kyoto opportunity, part II
Here’s a question. Should major industrial energy users use less energy? Industry is the second-largest source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in Ontario. Electricity generation is number three. Transportation, all those cars and trucks, is the biggest source category. Bear…
Clean air, Climate change, Electricity, Greenhouse gas emissions, Hybrid vehicle, Kyoto, Motor vehicles, Nuclear, Ontario, Plug-in hybrid, Political communication
Nuclear power and hybrid vehicles in Ontario: McGuinty’s Kyoto opportunity, part I (continued)
My first post in this series (May 25) showed how a nuclear power expansion in Ontario would propel us to full Kyoto compliance in the electricity generation sector. The provincial government can accomplish this within the time it takes to…
Climate change, Electricity, Greenhouse gas emissions, Hybrid vehicle, Kyoto, Motor vehicles, Ontario, Plug-in hybrid
Nuclear power and hybrid vehicles: McGuinty’s Kyoto opportunity, part I
Ontario is on the verge of becoming the very first North American jurisdiction to take a giant step to full Kyoto compliance. Some time soon, energy minister Dwight Duncan will announce the provincial government’s plans for adding refurbished or new…
Renewable fuels: Harper goes on the (ethanol) wagon
Congratulations to the Prime Minister for taking a step to get ethanol into every gas tank in Canada. He’s addressing the right sector—transportation, which accounts for a quarter of Canada’s greenhouse gases (GHGs). Car and trucks are also the main…
Cap and trade, Carbon tax, Clean coal, Climate change, Emission trading, Greenhouse gas emissions, Political communication
Harper and Kyoto: emissions trading in Canada?
In my May 19 post I harped on about the Emission Trading Scheme (ETS) in Europe. What does that have to do with Canada? The ETS covers companies roughly similar to what we in Canada call the Large Final Emitters…