Carbon capture, a more promising technology than it seems | The Bobr Times

Without being a panacea, carbon capture and storage, a green technology on which Ottawa is betting big, could play a significant role in achieving Canada’s greenhouse gas reduction targets. “The government is extremely optimistic about the ability to sequester carbon to reduce emissions,” Pineau said, adding that it would be a “mistake” to use this […]

Turcot is ‘green’ thanks to a controversial plant in India | The Bobr Times

Asia Network on Dams, Rivers and People, for its part, denounces “a total absence of standards of transparency or accountability of those responsible”. Then in July, another NHPC executive was arrested for demanding and accepting an $8,000 bribe from a subcontractor working on another phase of the project. Most of the site’s emissions come from […]

Twice as much cannabis driving since legalization? | The Bobr Times

To come to this conclusion, the researchers looked at blood samples taken between 2013 and 2020 from 4,339 drivers who ended up in trauma centers in British Columbia. Jeffrey Brubacher, associate professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at UBC and lead author of the study. The rise in the number of cannabis-intoxicated drivers mainly […]