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Sep 16
EVs and Public Transportation
(photo by Kindel Media) In the wonderful article by Peter McCartney of the Wilderness Committee, "System Change not Climate Change,", the...
Jul 18
Tips to Save Energy
BCHydro has great tips to save energy on the POWER SMART website. Energy-saving tips and technologies There are SIX different sections to...
Jul 5
California and Netherlands and SOLAR
California Is Showing How a Big State Can Power Itself Without Fossil Fuels Bill McKibben 10–13 minutes June 24, 2024 newyorker.com...
Jun 28
Solar Rebates in BC: Exciting opportunities coming in June 2024
The B.C. government just announced rebates for the installation of rooftop solar and battery-storage systems. Eligible homeowners can...
May 8
We Need Bold Leaders like THIS on Climate
Governor Newsom of California: This climate crisis is a fossil fuel crisis. gov.ca.gov State of California 4–5 minutes Sep 20, 2023...
Apr 18
Choosing a Plant-Based Diet
Summerland resident Craig Milton found Cory Davis' Deep Dive Discussion on agriculture and climate powerful. Here's his response which...
Apr 5
Wealthy Nations Are Responsible to Help Developing Nations Stop Coal
theconversation.com For developing world to quit coal, rich countries must eliminate oil and gas faster – new study Steve Pye February...
Apr 4
DROUGHT and FOSSIL FUELS !!
This report from Deloitte Canada should be read by every politician who supports spending tax dollars of fossil fuels instead of...
Feb 23
Okanagan Paradise?
Confessions of a Canadian climate refugee Today Feb 22/24 in the National Observer, Gary Symons wrote about how he had to leave West...
Feb 13
Ban Oil & Gas ads like tobacco
Like we did for tobacco, we must ban false fossil fuel ads Seth Klein, National Observer Last week, heeding the call of the Canadian...
Feb 9
PENTICTON & MURBS
City offers free energy and solar audits for multi-family buildings February 8, 2024 News Release To address energy use and greenhouse...
Jan 14
Why support EVs ? Lots of reasons!
© <a href='https://www.123rf.com/profile_hellodesignlovers'>hellodesignlovers</a>, <a href='https://www.123rf.com/free-images/'>123RF Fre...
Jan 3
FortisBC gas pipeline DENIED
The Okanagan Capacity Upgrade (OCU) project was planned for more than 30 km of new pipelines from Penticton past Naramata to Chute Lake,...
Nov 16, 2023
Canada has no excuses for not cutting carbon emissions
castanet.net "This article first appeared on Castanet" Kristy Dyer - Nov 14, 2023 10–12 minutes Syncrude oil sands mine works,...
Nov 7, 2023
Harvesting FOG for H2O
Good news story about Peru Fog water collection systems (Credit: Aqualonis). Reasons to be Cheerful posted this article about harvesting...
Nov 3, 2023
Canada CAN electrify!
Canada can electrify if leaders show strong political will to fund the transition. theconversation.com E-fuels can play a huge role in...
Oct 26, 2023
Myth Busters from UN
This page is PACKED with TRUTHS about Climate Change from the United Nations. https://www.un.org/en/climatechange/science/mythbusters The...
Oct 20, 2023
Houses from Plastic Bottles??
Yes, a company in Nova Scotia is building Net Zero homes from recycles plastic bottles. A CBC article in 2019 introduced JD Composites to...
Oct 17, 2023
Why Move to Electric Heat & Hot Water?
Screenshot of heat pumps on apartment building, Hangzhou, China, where all buildings have heat pumps. Lori Goldman October 16, 2023 Dear...
Oct 16, 2023
Penticton Council to review ZCSC
October 17, 2023, Penticton City Council will be receiving a recommendation from staff about accelerating the Zero Carbon Step Code. ...