I’ve said it many times before and I’ll say it again, climate change is a civilization ending problem and all we do is deny it…  I really do worry what type of world Brandon and future generations will inherit and wonder how long humanity has left.

António Guterres, the United Nations secretary general, told global leaders this week that the world has less than two years to avoid “runaway climate change.”

“If we do not change course by 2020, we risk missing the point where we can avoid runaway climate change,” Guterres said during a speech at the U.N. headquarters in New York.

“Climate change is the defining issue of our time, and we are at a defining moment,” he said. “Scientists have been telling us for decades. Over and over again. Far too many leaders have refused to listen.”

“The time has come for our leaders to show they care about the people whose fate they hold in their hands,” Guterres said. “We need to rapidly shift away from our dependence on fossil fuels.”

Source: The Hill

Sigh I’m doing better than most but know I still have a lot that I should do in terms of lowering my carbon footprint. 🙁

To my liberal friends who don’t understand why I dislike Trudeau, here’s a prime example.

“We are proud to make sure that we are supporting the growth in the economy, the good jobs for Albertans and all Canadians while we protect the environment,” he said.

The Liberal government announced Tuesday that it would buy the assets associated with the Trans Mountain pipeline project from U.S.-based Kinder Morgan. Long adamant that the pipeline expansion would go ahead, the government had its hand forced after the American energy giant backed away in the face of ardent opposition in B.C.

The Liberal government is hoping to entice another company to take over the project but if not, cabinet ministers have said they will move ahead with the pipeline expansion at a cost likely to top $7 billion, all at taxpayers’ expense.

Source: The Star

I was super pumped to read this, in March Portugal generated enough green energy to cover its energy needs.

Energy from renewable sources made up 103.6 per cent of mainland electricity consumption last month, according to data from the country’s power grid operator REN, although fossil fuels were used to occasionally top up the electricity supply.

Source: The Independent UK

I know not every country is not as fortunate to have abundant renewable energy available but realistically speaking, every country should shift as much energy production onto renewables as possible.  It just makes sense, once you lay down the infrastructure the energy is essentially free.

A lot of my liberal or left leaning friends think I’m nuts for not liking our PM Justin Trudeau and this is a prime example of why…

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Alberta Premier Rachel Notley declared Sunday they would spend taxpayer dollars and flex their respective legislative muscle to ensure the controversial Trans Mountain pipeline is built over the objections of British Columbia.

Source: The Star

For someone who reaped a lot of praise for saying the right things about the environment, his actions have been the opposite.  Trudeau’s kept up Harper’s energy policy to a tee, promoting fossil fuels even though the future is renewable and it’s very disappointing.

FFS climate change is real!  It’s still dark, the North pole gets no light yet will be above 0 in the middle of winter.

The sun won’t rise at the North Pole until March 21, and it’s close to the coldest time of year, but an extraordinary and possibly historic thaw swelled over the tip of the planet this weekend. Analyses show that the temperature warmed to the melting point as an enormous storm pumped an intense pulse of heat through the Greenland Sea.

Temperatures may have soared as high as 2 C at the pole, according to the U.S. Global Forecast System model. While there are no direct measurements of temperature there, Zack Labe, a climate scientist working on his PhD at the University of California at Irvine, confirmed that several independent analyses showed “it was very close to freezing,” which is more than 30 C above normal.

Source: The Star

I’d say typically I’m an optimist for most things however when it comes to this possible civilization ending problem, I have no faith that humanity will do what’s needed to save ourselves.  I’ll live to see the effects of climate change but Brandon and future generations will have to live through the worst of it, all so some corporations can make a bit more money right now.  Absolutely disgusting.