The Climate Lens

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The Climate Lens is a podcast produced by the Calgary Climate Hub. We put the big stories of our time under the climate lens as they happen, so you know how they fit into the biggest story of our lifetimes: the climate emergency. We take it all back to local-level climate action, where you have the best shot at achieving real impact. You will have a front-row seat for what we are doing here in Calgary, right now! Support us on Patreon!

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Burn Baby Burn' Is Not A Climate Solution

Apr 17 2024 30 mins  
Coming off the hottest year and worst wildfire season in recorded history you might think Canada as a whole would have finally learned our lesson and gone all in on climate solutions but you'd be wrong as the prime political discussion in Canada these days are about getting rid of our carbon tax with precious little about what climate solutions we'd like in their place. This sentim

Calgary Rezoning: a WIN on Climate AND Housing

Mar 24 2024 30 mins  
The Housing Crisis. It's a hot topic everywhere, from federal politics to the neighborhood. Facebook group. Calgary, along with other Canadian municipalities, is trying to deal with the fact that there are more people who want to live here than places for them to live. In September of 2023, Calgary City Council adopted a housing strategy which included a controversial proposal for

Alberta's Energy Transition Needs a Parade (Not More Red Tape)

Feb 26 2024 29 mins  
Energi Media’s Markham Hislop shares learnings about the energy transition from his interviews with business and energy leaders. Could Alberta make the change from dirty oil exporter to clean materials manufacturer? Sources used in this episode: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BcnM9_glw2cs-X6__ipsT6_BR2YqlNQvWIwAYP6D4oA/edit Transcript of the episode: https://docs.google.com/

Alberta's Water Wars

Jan 17 2024 30 mins  
2023 was the hottest year in recorded history and also the worst wildfire season Albertans have ever known and it's only in the first week of January that we've had anything resembling what a normal winter looks like before hitting deep freeze extremes in the opposite direction. In the midst of all this our Christmas present from the Alberta government was an extreme drought warnin

Climate's Best and Worst of 2023

Dec 20 2023 30 mins  
The Best and Worst Climate Stories of 2023 with Calgary’s climate community. Druh Farrel (former City of Calgary's councillor), Claire Kraatz (co-lead of Alberta's chapter of For Our Kids), Noel Keough (co-founder of Sustainable Calgary), Jenny Yeremiy (reclamation specialist), Jodi Conuel (program coordinator at the Biosphere Institute of the Bow Valley), Andy Kubrin (creator of

Debunktion Junction: Truth, Lies & Net Zero 2035

Nov 15 2023 30 mins  
On Sept 28th 2023 the Alberta government launched an 8 million dollar cross country media campaign called "Tell The Feds" reaching audiences in Ontario, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and of course here in Alberta. This campaign makes a number of dubious claims about Canada's efforts for a net zero energy grid by 2035 which would pave the way for a net zero country in 2050. To help us

Sue Big Oil and the Alberta Pension Plunder

Oct 11 2023 30 mins  
On September 16th, 2023, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced a lawsuit against some of the world's largest oil and gas companies, saying that for more than 50 years, Big Oil has been lying to us, covering up the fact that they've long known how dangerous the fossil fuels they produce are for our planet. To get a sense of the scope of this news, as well as what it might mean

Clean Energy SABOTAGE and the Oil Boss Endgame

Sep 15 2023 30 mins  
This month's guest is Gil McGowan, president of the Alberta Federation of Labour, representing 175,000 unionized Alberta workers from both the public and private sectors. Gil recently penned an op-ed for the Tyee entitled "Alberta Workers See Their Future. Denial Blocks the View" and his organization published in 2022 a roadmap for a prosperous Alberta that leads the energy transit

John Vaillant's 'Fire Weather' & the Moratorium on Clean Energy

Aug 16 2023 34 mins  
Just one day after Alberta announces a moratorium on renewable energy, Climate Lens host Bentley goes one-on-one with John Vaillant, author of "Fire Weather: the Making of a Beast." Don't miss this! ***** PATREON: Join the Climate Lens 'Focus Group.' These shows aren't created in isolation. They start with great conversations amongst smart people that care about the right thing

Alberta Net Zero by 2050: Pathways To Nowhere?

Jul 19 2023 36 mins  
The Pathways Alliance is a coalition of six of Canada's largest oil sand producers: CNRL, Cenovus, Conoco Phillips, Imperial Oil, MEG Energy Corporation and Suncor. Their stated goal, as per their website, is reducing annual oilsands emissions to net zero by 2050. A vital pillar of which seems to be carbon capture and storage, which the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change rec