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    Hydroelectric dam. Image by 814 carthage.

    Hydroelectric dam. Image by 814 carthage.

    Renewable energy: lessons from Germany

  • Jennifer Taylor, a student of Environmental Studies at York University, realized that she didn’t just want to oppose things she thought were ‘bad’, like the tar sands and deforestation; she wanted to do something positive, and she found her calling in renewable energy. When Peter Stock sat down to interview Jennifer, she explained what Germany is doing right in replacing centralized power generation with small scale wind, solar and biomass generation, why Canada’s renewable energy program has hit a roadblock, and why a renewable energy system would have prevented the 2003 NorthEast Blackout

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    B.C. Run-of-River Hydro: Rejected

  • Andrew Radzik, spokesperson for the B.C. Wilderness Committee, speaks with Jordan Poppenk about a dramatic rejection of B.C.’s province’s energy plan by the province’s Utilities Commission. The province had submitted a bid to expand the province’s hydro electricity in an enormous – and controversial – run-of-river hydro project, which would have added private dams to a great number of the province’s watersheds. The quasi-judicial B.C. Utilities Commission rejected that bid, claiming there was no need for new generation capacity, and ruled that the province had not made adequate plans for conserving power.

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