Kelly Vodden and Brian Eddy: Surviving Climate Change

Posted on April 7, 2019 Posted in PodcastsTagged Agriculture, Canada, Canada's Changing Climate Report, Canpoli, CCCR, CDNpoli, Climate Change, Community Planning, DigitalEdu, Engineering, Engineers, Environment, Farming, Food Systems, Global Warming, Green Economy, Grenfell Campus, Labour, Labrador, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Natural Resources Canada, Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, NL, NLpoli, NRCan, Podcasts, Public Transportation, Renewable Energy, Solar, St. John's, Wind EnergyLeave a comment

In Episode 5 of the NL Climate Podcast we talk about how communities can prepare for climate change with Kelly Vodden of Grenfell Campus and Brian Eddy of Natural Resources Canada (NRCan). A recent government report, featured by the CBC, highlighted some of the impacts of climate change expected for Canada. Kelly and Brian are working on a different report, as part of the same series of reports, that deals with the impact of climate change on rural and remote communities in Canada.

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David Brake: Public Transit & Electric Vehicles

Posted on March 22, 2019March 22, 2019 Posted in PodcastsTagged Avalon, Canada, Canpoli, CDNpoli, Climate Change, Community Planning, DigitalEdu, Electric Cars, Electric Vehicles, Environment, Global Warming, Green Economy, Labour, Labrador, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Muskrat Falls, Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, NL, NLpoli, Podcasts, Public Transport, Public Transportation, Renewable Energy, St. John's, The Way Forward on Climate Change in Newfoundland and LabradorLeave a comment

We hear from David Brake about how public transit can help mitigate climate change and how it can be improved in Newfoundland and Labrador. Transportation is a significant sources of emissions in our province; it accounts for 34% of our emissions (second only to “large industry”) and we saw an increase in households’ transportation emissions of 40.9% (2009 to 2016). By transporting more people in fewer vehicles emissions can be reduced and public transport also has a lot of other social benefits.

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