We could close our borders and save our cold air for ourselves and let the rest of the world burn Lol
It's Climate Change I tell'ya!! IT'S CLIMATE CHANGE!!
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Well with all the spending they have to get money from somewhere. When we're all broke, guess we'll see what happens then!
Like he's laughing at old forgetful? What a fucking mess. The West has never been weaker.
Still got the most powerful navies and all the money.
Sadly, Putin has many allies in the West. They're called Republicans down hereabouts.
Yes, I know. For the record, I still think Trump is a very dangerous, stupid man.
Climate change could be avenue for adversaries to harm Canada: CSIS
Author of the article:Canadian Press
Canadian Press
Jim Bronskill
Published Dec 16, 2023 • 5 minute read
OTTAWA — Canada’s spy service warns that dramatic shifts caused by climate change and the ensuing fractious upheaval around the world could leave Canada vulnerable, imperilling its food and water supplies, energy security and Arctic sovereignty.
Global warming will threaten security as countries and other actors seek to either bolster their economic positions or exploit their adversaries’ climate change-related weaknesses, says a newly released Canadian Security Intelligence Service analysis.
“Climate change will almost certainly heighten competition between nations, contribute to instability, strain capabilities and become the source of international tensions,” the CSIS analysis says.
The Canadian Press used the Access to Information Act to obtain the assessment and other intelligence analyses produced this year that flag not only the threats from a changing climate but the resulting disruptions as players jockey for advantage.
The documents spell out an array of risks, ranging from foreign interference in Canada’s move to a low-carbon economy to the rise of “electric terrorism” in the form of extremist violence linked to the green energy transition and even attempts to manipulate the climate through geoengineering.
Different countries are at different levels of risk, said Tom Deligiannis, a lecturer in the department of global studies at Wilfrid Laurier University.
“So those countries that have a lot of capacity, power resources and the willingness to use economic or other forms of coercion might seek to take advantage of the changing climate context,” he said in an interview.
“I don’t think it’s a particularly big risk for Canada. I think it’s much more a worry for small, more vulnerable developing states.”
A stark 2021 CSIS report, released earlier this year, warned that climate change poses a profound, ongoing threat to national security and prosperity. The newly obtained analysis fleshes out the service’s concerns, assessing how foreign actions might adversely affect Canada.
CSIS divides countries, non-state actors and individuals into four categories: leaders, spoilers, enablers and free riders.
Leaders guide global efforts at fighting climate change, often at their own expense, by seeking to reduce fossil fuel consumption, according to the spy service. Spoilers try to undermine leaders’ efforts, protecting their own interests and even engaging in malicious activity.
Enablers, meanwhile, support the efforts of leaders, spoilers or both to achieve their own goals, while free riders simply benefit from the consequences of others’ activity.
“Hostile actors could target certain sectors to leverage climate change, thereby causing additional, disproportionate harm to Canada,” the CSIS analysis says.
For instance, Canadian food output could decline due to changes in weather patterns, CSIS says. At the same time, some countries might try to acquire large amounts of agricultural land and fertilizer to secure their own food supplies at the expense of Canada and its allies.
Spoilers may seek to steal agricultural research and technologies that help grow drought-resistant crops, the analysis says. In addition, water sources could become less reliable for crops or municipal drinking supplies.
Canada’s energy security could be undermined if foreign sources become unreliable as fossil fuel producers seek to secure their markets, CSIS warns.
“Canada could encounter difficulty sourcing foreign components for solar and wind power that are not produced domestically.”
Canada might also face competition with spoilers over clean energy technologies and needed critical minerals, while spoilers and enablers could target Canadian new energy technology research “for their benefit, at Canada’s expense.”
In Canada’s North, permafrost thaw will harm Arctic infrastructure, making the region less habitable, CSIS predicts. In turn, other countries could challenge Canada’s Arctic sovereignty as melting sea ice opens the region to more maritime travel.
There could also be greater competition for newly accessible natural resources in the North, the analysis says.
“These vulnerable sectors describe only some of the challenges that Canada and its allies will encounter as the climate changes.”
It would be prudent for the federal government to ponder and plan for such possibilities, suggested Deligiannis. “I think it’s useful for them to have an appreciation of some of these very complicated, interactive risks that climate change is having for Canada.”
A May analytical brief by CSIS says China wants to be seen as a climate leader, embracing renewable energy, phasing out polluting sources and protecting the environment at its own expense.
However, the spy service says, China’s actions make it a spoiler, harming climate for its own gain on a significant, globally disruptive scale.
China prioritizes carbon energy despite climate change commitments it has made, and its commanding renewable energy supply chains threaten Canadian and allied energy transition, CSIS adds.
China dominates the renewable energy sector, from reserves of key minerals to the manufacture of solar cells and batteries, “yet most renewables are manufactured with heavily polluting energy sources and are bound for foreign markets.”
CSIS adds that China “has weaponized supply chains in the past,” and Canada is already reliant upon its renewable energy technology.
The mining of critical minerals needed for green energy sources is seen as a way of helping save the planet, said Gabrielle Daoust, an assistant professor at the University of Northern British Columbia.
However, she said in an interview, such projects pose difficult political and moral questions, given that Indigenous and racialized communities affected by mining for crucial minerals are ones “already most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, and who are disproportionately affected by the expansion of extractive development as part of the response to climate change.”
A March intelligence brief from the Integrated Terrorism Assessment Centre cites electric terrorism — extremist violence linked to the extraction of critical minerals — as an emerging threat.
The centre, which includes members from across the intelligence community, says intensified global competition to control reserves of lithium and cobalt — two non-renewable critical minerals essential to powering green energy — is likely to spur such dangers.
“Canada will not be immune to extremist violence linked to green energy transition,” the centre’s brief says.
“Globally, certain countries, regions and industries stand to gain from transition, while others will see their livelihoods threatened, revenues decline and economies contract. Disparities are likely to manifest as increased instances of violence.”
International competition for lithium and cobalt reserves could provoke “insurgency or cross-border conflicts” affecting Canadian interests abroad, particularly where Canadian companies are competitive in international markets, the centre says.
Canada has its own cobalt reserves and production, as well as less developed lithium reserves, the brief notes.
The centre foresees the potential for extremist violence by opponents of fossil fuel projects and those who resist the green energy transition.
Deligiannis and Daoust expressed concern about painting opponents of oil and gas pipelines as extremists, noting environmental activists are already wary of targeting and surveillance by state security agencies.
torontosun.com
Author of the article:Canadian Press
Canadian Press
Jim Bronskill
Published Dec 16, 2023 • 5 minute read
OTTAWA — Canada’s spy service warns that dramatic shifts caused by climate change and the ensuing fractious upheaval around the world could leave Canada vulnerable, imperilling its food and water supplies, energy security and Arctic sovereignty.
Global warming will threaten security as countries and other actors seek to either bolster their economic positions or exploit their adversaries’ climate change-related weaknesses, says a newly released Canadian Security Intelligence Service analysis.
“Climate change will almost certainly heighten competition between nations, contribute to instability, strain capabilities and become the source of international tensions,” the CSIS analysis says.
The Canadian Press used the Access to Information Act to obtain the assessment and other intelligence analyses produced this year that flag not only the threats from a changing climate but the resulting disruptions as players jockey for advantage.
The documents spell out an array of risks, ranging from foreign interference in Canada’s move to a low-carbon economy to the rise of “electric terrorism” in the form of extremist violence linked to the green energy transition and even attempts to manipulate the climate through geoengineering.
Different countries are at different levels of risk, said Tom Deligiannis, a lecturer in the department of global studies at Wilfrid Laurier University.
“So those countries that have a lot of capacity, power resources and the willingness to use economic or other forms of coercion might seek to take advantage of the changing climate context,” he said in an interview.
“I don’t think it’s a particularly big risk for Canada. I think it’s much more a worry for small, more vulnerable developing states.”
A stark 2021 CSIS report, released earlier this year, warned that climate change poses a profound, ongoing threat to national security and prosperity. The newly obtained analysis fleshes out the service’s concerns, assessing how foreign actions might adversely affect Canada.
CSIS divides countries, non-state actors and individuals into four categories: leaders, spoilers, enablers and free riders.
Leaders guide global efforts at fighting climate change, often at their own expense, by seeking to reduce fossil fuel consumption, according to the spy service. Spoilers try to undermine leaders’ efforts, protecting their own interests and even engaging in malicious activity.
Enablers, meanwhile, support the efforts of leaders, spoilers or both to achieve their own goals, while free riders simply benefit from the consequences of others’ activity.
“Hostile actors could target certain sectors to leverage climate change, thereby causing additional, disproportionate harm to Canada,” the CSIS analysis says.
For instance, Canadian food output could decline due to changes in weather patterns, CSIS says. At the same time, some countries might try to acquire large amounts of agricultural land and fertilizer to secure their own food supplies at the expense of Canada and its allies.
Spoilers may seek to steal agricultural research and technologies that help grow drought-resistant crops, the analysis says. In addition, water sources could become less reliable for crops or municipal drinking supplies.
Canada’s energy security could be undermined if foreign sources become unreliable as fossil fuel producers seek to secure their markets, CSIS warns.
“Canada could encounter difficulty sourcing foreign components for solar and wind power that are not produced domestically.”
Canada might also face competition with spoilers over clean energy technologies and needed critical minerals, while spoilers and enablers could target Canadian new energy technology research “for their benefit, at Canada’s expense.”
In Canada’s North, permafrost thaw will harm Arctic infrastructure, making the region less habitable, CSIS predicts. In turn, other countries could challenge Canada’s Arctic sovereignty as melting sea ice opens the region to more maritime travel.
There could also be greater competition for newly accessible natural resources in the North, the analysis says.
“These vulnerable sectors describe only some of the challenges that Canada and its allies will encounter as the climate changes.”
It would be prudent for the federal government to ponder and plan for such possibilities, suggested Deligiannis. “I think it’s useful for them to have an appreciation of some of these very complicated, interactive risks that climate change is having for Canada.”
A May analytical brief by CSIS says China wants to be seen as a climate leader, embracing renewable energy, phasing out polluting sources and protecting the environment at its own expense.
However, the spy service says, China’s actions make it a spoiler, harming climate for its own gain on a significant, globally disruptive scale.
China prioritizes carbon energy despite climate change commitments it has made, and its commanding renewable energy supply chains threaten Canadian and allied energy transition, CSIS adds.
China dominates the renewable energy sector, from reserves of key minerals to the manufacture of solar cells and batteries, “yet most renewables are manufactured with heavily polluting energy sources and are bound for foreign markets.”
CSIS adds that China “has weaponized supply chains in the past,” and Canada is already reliant upon its renewable energy technology.
The mining of critical minerals needed for green energy sources is seen as a way of helping save the planet, said Gabrielle Daoust, an assistant professor at the University of Northern British Columbia.
However, she said in an interview, such projects pose difficult political and moral questions, given that Indigenous and racialized communities affected by mining for crucial minerals are ones “already most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, and who are disproportionately affected by the expansion of extractive development as part of the response to climate change.”
A March intelligence brief from the Integrated Terrorism Assessment Centre cites electric terrorism — extremist violence linked to the extraction of critical minerals — as an emerging threat.
The centre, which includes members from across the intelligence community, says intensified global competition to control reserves of lithium and cobalt — two non-renewable critical minerals essential to powering green energy — is likely to spur such dangers.
“Canada will not be immune to extremist violence linked to green energy transition,” the centre’s brief says.
“Globally, certain countries, regions and industries stand to gain from transition, while others will see their livelihoods threatened, revenues decline and economies contract. Disparities are likely to manifest as increased instances of violence.”
International competition for lithium and cobalt reserves could provoke “insurgency or cross-border conflicts” affecting Canadian interests abroad, particularly where Canadian companies are competitive in international markets, the centre says.
Canada has its own cobalt reserves and production, as well as less developed lithium reserves, the brief notes.
The centre foresees the potential for extremist violence by opponents of fossil fuel projects and those who resist the green energy transition.
Deligiannis and Daoust expressed concern about painting opponents of oil and gas pipelines as extremists, noting environmental activists are already wary of targeting and surveillance by state security agencies.
Climate change could be avenue for adversaries to harm Canada: CSIS
CSIS warns that dramatic shifts caused by climate change and the ensuing fractious upheaval around the world could leave Canada vulnerable.
The climate is still changing? Go figure.
The updated prediction now calls for Solar Cycle 25 to peak between January and October of 2024, with a maximum sunspot number between 137 and 173. The prediction marks the debut of SWPC's experimental Updated Solar Cycle Prediction Product on the Space Weather Prediction Testbed website.Oct 25, 2023
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The updated prediction now calls for Solar Cycle 25 to peak between January and October of 2024, with a maximum sunspot number between 137 and 173. The prediction marks the debut of SWPC's experimental Updated Solar Cycle Prediction Product on the Space Weather Prediction Testbed website.Oct 25, 2023
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NOAA forecasts quicker, stronger peak of solar activity
Related to above..
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Drought might be the result of sunspots; Meteorologists point to past dry spells that triggered heat waves
The heat and drought searing this region might have been spawned by violent storms sweeping the sun, says Pennsylvania’s climatologist. In weather records for Northeast cities, Paul Knight of…
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That still doesn't change the fact that 60-70% of the US voters wish he was still in office
What choice do they have when all their plans to tank his popularity have failed, not only failed but made him more popular
NEW: Obama worries that the 2024 election could be won by Republicans, and is troubled by the prospect of a second Donald Trump term - Daily Mail
I find it hilarious that Trudeau is trying to attach Trump to Pollievre.
Quite honestly, Trudeau and Trump are opposites of the same entitled silver spoon in mouth-obtuse coin. It's hard to believe, but there are people in the US who actually believe that Donald Trump gives a toot about the working class. Now, let's do that again. It is hard to believe, but there are people in Canada who believe that Justin Trudeau's gives a toot about the working class is delusional. Now, let's do that again.
On both counts, yeah people will believe anything if you say it enough.
Donald Trump should be in jail for orchestrating a coup of morons.
Justin Trudeau should be put in jail for turning our cities into tent city campgrounds.
How dumb does he think we are? Well, “we” as Canadians did elect him in the first place….& then twice more, so…pretty dumb.
Are they really opposites though? Really? Or are they soooo far out in the fringes but facing the middle that their butts are touching. Horseshoe, etc…
It is pretty trippy. Neither Trump or Trudeau have ever truly been in or of the working class. I know, you don’t have to be a dog to care about animal welfare, but…here we are.
Helps is you’re louder too on top of repetitious.
Protracted drought leaves hydro-power-dependent B.C. importing electricity
By Simon Little & Richard Zussman Global News
Amid a growing demand for power and challenging weather conditions, British Columbia found itself in the unusual position this year of importing electricity.
A sustained period of drought in the province, particularly in the northeast, left both the Columbia Region and Peace River dams at historic lows and with a resulting reduced capacity for power generation.
“This year has been an extraordinary one and has made Hydro a net importer,” Energy Minister Josie Osborne told Global News.
The impact wasn’t small. BC Hydro imported about 10,000-gigawatt hours of electricity this year, about a fifth of its total load, at a cost of more than $450 million.
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“The impact of finances is not immediate, it will take some time,” public policy researcher Richard McCandless explained.
“Luckily they built up a surplus in their exports over the last few years, so they can live off the fat for a while, but then it’s going to really hit their bottom line if this drought continues.”
To address future concerns, the province is calling on proposals from independent power producers to increase the system’s capacity.
But that will take time, and could come at a cost, particularly as the province moves towards greater electrification, including electric vehicles, heat pumps and in the liquified natural gas industry.
“When you add it up, the minister says we have a surplus, and I am going blue in the face — it doesn’t make sense,” BC United Energy Critic Tom Shypitka said.
BC Hydro is scheduled to bring the new Site C Dam online next year, which will produce another 5,100 gigawatt hours of electricity per year.......
globalnews.ca
Here's the best part....
While it’s impossible to forecast what conditions will look like in months, nevertheless years, McCandless said it may be time for BC Hydro to begin planning for worst-case scenarios, including a more drought-heavy future.
“We may have to start seriously looking at a different kind of base power, such as natural gas,” he said.
Now for my 2 cents USD (5 cents CAD) and the answer to the question that the story doesn’t divulge.
"Where are they importing from?"
Let's use logic. Can't be Washington or Oregon because BC WA and OR all rely on the Columbia River for hydro. Definitely not California.
Need a hint? It starts with an A and ends in an A but it isn't Alaska or Alabama.
It's Alberta. Good ol reliable carbon taxed fossil fuel generated electricity from Alberta.
By Simon Little & Richard Zussman Global News
Amid a growing demand for power and challenging weather conditions, British Columbia found itself in the unusual position this year of importing electricity.
A sustained period of drought in the province, particularly in the northeast, left both the Columbia Region and Peace River dams at historic lows and with a resulting reduced capacity for power generation.
“This year has been an extraordinary one and has made Hydro a net importer,” Energy Minister Josie Osborne told Global News.
The impact wasn’t small. BC Hydro imported about 10,000-gigawatt hours of electricity this year, about a fifth of its total load, at a cost of more than $450 million.
STORY CONTINUES BELOW ADVERTISEMENT
“The impact of finances is not immediate, it will take some time,” public policy researcher Richard McCandless explained.
“Luckily they built up a surplus in their exports over the last few years, so they can live off the fat for a while, but then it’s going to really hit their bottom line if this drought continues.”
To address future concerns, the province is calling on proposals from independent power producers to increase the system’s capacity.
But that will take time, and could come at a cost, particularly as the province moves towards greater electrification, including electric vehicles, heat pumps and in the liquified natural gas industry.
“When you add it up, the minister says we have a surplus, and I am going blue in the face — it doesn’t make sense,” BC United Energy Critic Tom Shypitka said.
BC Hydro is scheduled to bring the new Site C Dam online next year, which will produce another 5,100 gigawatt hours of electricity per year.......
Protracted drought leaves hydro-power-dependent B.C. importing electricity | Globalnews.ca
Ongoing drought conditions and growing power usage saw BC Hydro forced to import about a fifth of its electricity this year.
globalnews.ca
Here's the best part....
While it’s impossible to forecast what conditions will look like in months, nevertheless years, McCandless said it may be time for BC Hydro to begin planning for worst-case scenarios, including a more drought-heavy future.
“We may have to start seriously looking at a different kind of base power, such as natural gas,” he said.
Now for my 2 cents USD (5 cents CAD) and the answer to the question that the story doesn’t divulge.
"Where are they importing from?"
Let's use logic. Can't be Washington or Oregon because BC WA and OR all rely on the Columbia River for hydro. Definitely not California.
Need a hint? It starts with an A and ends in an A but it isn't Alaska or Alabama.
It's Alberta. Good ol reliable carbon taxed fossil fuel generated electricity from Alberta.
Well, that is interesting. Drought proof. Reliable. Wouldn’t want that…
Their options are pretty limited. Empathy from one of Canada’s only two landlocked provinces…
Huh…. Wasn’t there a kerfuffle in recent memory, with respect to trying to get a pipeline for natural gas to the Pacific from one or both of Canada’s landlocked provinces?
Over electrification and single source reliance is their own damn fault. BC is a major gas producer. Bigger than AB. Top 20 type levels but they shuttered their NG power stations. There wasn't any lawn watering restriction in Vancouver when the BC Hydro Ioco plant in Port Moody was running. These days it's run AC to drain the reservoir instead of watering lawns to keep cool which uses less.
Don't have any of those messy, damaging, polluting sunlight and wind spills you get when a solar or wind pipeline ruptures. . .
Or the reliability of a baseload like with unicorn farts and wishful thinking either.
OK. Sole-source LNG it is!
So much more satisfying than the "let's do everything!" approach of Wyoming, which has the largest number of wind turbines on line and planned, and is the largest coal producer of the 50 states.