Vancouver Chapter News

Nexterra's Charlie Ker, Director of Marketing and Cliff Mui, Program Director, provided an informative and thorough presentation on Nexterra's biomass gasification technology, marketplace and future business and technology potentials.

Green energy is a very hot topic in BC right now, especially for run-of-river power, and opinions range right across the spectrum, from the gung-ho: “This makes complete sense, and is an essential tool to help us tackle climate change”; to the outraged: “This is a complete scam, designed only to make private corporations rich and bankrupt BC Hydro.”

In December, the BCSEA sent a 25-page submission to the government’s Green Energy Advisory Task Force containing 61 recommendations, plus a review of green power pricing programs around the world. You can read our full submission here.

From December 7th - 18th, the world’s leaders gather in Copenhagen, Denmark, for the most important conference our world has ever known.

To understand why, you have to lay aside the muttering of those believe global warming to be a massive hoax perpetrated by all the world’s climate scientists over 20 years, and pay serious attention to the facts.

The physics of climate science has been solid for over 100 years. Carbon dioxide and related molecules such as methane trap heat in Earth’s atmosphere, and their rapidly increasing presence is causing global temperatures to rise. All other contributing factors - such as the changing nature of the Sun - have been examined, and none has been found able to explain the steady although variable rise in temperature.

In November, we took time to acknowledged the significant contributions of some our our colleagues, friends and allies who have distinguished themselves as Champions of Climate Action.

In Vancouver, 10 local climate heroes were presented with copies of The Climate Challenge:101 Solutions to Global Warming. The celebrated heroes are: Dominica Babicki, Herb Barbolet, Ian Bruce, Helen Goodland, James Hoggan, Matt Horne, Robert Safrata, Arno Schortinghuis, David Van Seters, and Kevin Washbrook.