Author Archives: David Coon

N.B. government fights climate change cautiously – nbmediacoop – 9 April 2018

“The generation will be distributed so that you’ll have thousands of sources of electricity from a whole variety of renewable resources selling into the system.” – David Coon “To get things greener,” says UNB economist Herb Emery, “we’ve got to get Canadians out of their cars, but that’s very politically unpopular.” Photo by Norm Knight.Under federal pressure, the government of […]

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Has the province hit its emissions goal? Depends which goal, Liberals say – CBC NEWS – 9 April 2018

“The premier misspoke. He’s just wrong. He’s taking the national target for reduction and applying it provincially, but that doesn’t work. It’s an election year and he doesn’t want this to be a big issue in the election.”- David Coon Article by:JACQUES POITRAS Have the Liberals already achieved their targets for reducing carbon dioxide emissions? That claim is at the […]

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The Energy Transition Provides an Alternative to Current Economic Policy

By David Coon Young people get it. In the face of a rapidly deteriorating climate, and ocean waters that are acidifying, we have to get off oil, gas, and coal. That means we need to actively pursue an energy transition, from a society dependent on fossil fuels, to one that depends on green renewable energy sources. This is an integral […]

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