Mark and Sherry talk through of some recent developments:

• a press release from the Saskatchewan Environmental Society outlining the threat of climate chaos to Saskatchewan and the irresponsibility of government policy
• a recent report from IISD showing the major contribution of fossil fuel dependence to inflation and the cost of living crisis
• Progress in the city of Saskatoon towards rapid bus transit (now called Link) and in plans for the housing accelerator which we discussed in episode 320.

Then part 2 of a repeat of episode 308 on dealing with ecostress.

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A run-through of some recent reports:

• for each of the last 12 months the average global temperature has been more than 1.5degC higher than pre-industrial levels
• the recent heatwave in eastern Canada shown to be 2x to 10x more likely than it would have been before climate change
• gas with carbon capture and storage produces far more emissions than normally claimed; so does "blue" hydrogen
• Saskatchewan fails spectacularly in an assessment of its climate leadership

Then part 1 of a repeat of episode 308 on dealing with ecostress. More of that episode to be re-run next week...

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• The federal government has just passed legislation which makes greenwashing illegal, and the greenwashing arm of the oil industry has in consequence taken all content off its website
• The Saskatchewan provincial government is set to disregard (probably illegally) the federal Clean Electricity Regulations, and the tribunal they set up to resist federal legislation they don't like has produced a report based on biassed assumptions and dubious criteria
• A new windfarm to be built near Weyburn will have significant involvement by an Indigenous consortium. But do media reports overstate its significance?

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• The Canada Electricity Advisory Council produced detailed recommendations for how the electricity sector can lead the transition to "net zero" carbon. In line with an increasing consensus, they call for serious pursuit of energy efficiency, a rapid rollout of renewables, and a significant expansion of the capacity for interprovincial trading.
• Saskatchewan's provincial auditor has exposed serious weaknesses in the management and operation of the provincially-run output-based scheme for carbon pricing of heavy industry. She calls for genuine transparency, and questions why there had been no use of the technology fund which is supposed to enable corporations to reduce their emissions intensity.
• The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis has looked at the assertions made in support of small modular nuclear reactors and shown the weakness of those claims.

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Regular FTGU host Dave Greenfield died last month after a long illness. Dave was deeply committed to peace, justice and ecological integrity, and brought his determination for positive change to the support of numerous campaigns and charities. In this episode friends and fellow activists remember him, and we replay some of the best of his poetry.

There will be a memorial meeting for Dave on the afternoon of Sunday 12th May. Details (and zoom link for remote access) at https://prairieviewchapel.com/tribute/details/5925/David-Greenfield/obituary.html#content-start

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