Planet Haliburton

Adaptation, Health and Safety and the Climate Emergency

Terry Moore — Fri, 28 Jun 2024 16:02:30 +0000

This episode looks at the growing calls for urgent Climate Change Adaptation action as the climate emergency deepens. The failure to dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions has come home to roost in the form of more frequent and intense extreme weather events including increased flooding, droughts, heat domes, and wildfire with all the associated increased risk to human health and safety that entails.
Jennifer Penney, a longtime health policy advocate, activist and chair of the Adaptation Working Group of Seniors for Climate action Now (SCAN!), joins me for this timely conversation.

The Right To Repair with Dr. Natasha Tusikov.

Terry Moore — Thu, 09 May 2024 21:12:27 +0000

Virtually everyone these days has a story about being forced to throw away an otherwise perfectly serviceable appliance, tool or device simply because one small part has failed. You know the line … “it’s more ‘cost-effective’ to waste it and buy new than repair it.

Few of us, though, are aware of the extent to which planned obsolescence has been extended into every aspect of our lives in an era dominated by an ubiquitous, digitally-connected always on “Internet of Things”.

To help shed some light on how the rise of digital mega-corporations, like Apple, Google and Meta, is linked to new forms of planned obsolescence and the production of digitally-driven waste, I’m joined by Dr. Natasha Tusikov , co-author of a 2023 book entitled “The New Knowledge: Information, Data, and The Remaking of Global Power”.

“Cobalt: The Making of a Mining Superpower”

Terry Moore — Thu, 11 Apr 2024 20:30:00 +0000

This week on Planet Haliburton, Charlie Angus, the NDP Member of Parliament for the current Federal Riding of Timmins, James Bay, which covers an area greater than a quarter of Ontario’s entire land mass is our guest.

In addition to that “day job”, the Honourable Member is a practicing musician – with the iconic band The Grievous Angels - and the author of 8, soon to be 9, books.

His 8th book entitled “Cobalt: The Making of a Mining Superpower”, is a fascinating look at the role his adopted home town of Cobalt, Ontario played in making Canada the world’s preeminent resource extraction superpower it is today.

This interview highlights some of the key themes in Cobalt including the outrageous power and excess of wealthy mine owners and related state-sponsored attempts to steal Indigenous Lands. At the same time, Angus foregrounds the amazing level of solidarity and resistance to corporate power and colonialism put up by Indigenous People, miners and the Union they built to defend themselves.

This is not the “Empire Ontario” history we were taught in school that's embedded in our national myths and the truths they hide.

This is the Real Deal.

Energy Poverty

Terry Moore — Thu, 14 Mar 2024 19:58:21 +0000

Abhilash Kantamneni (Abhi) is an Efficiency Canada research manager specializing in energy poverty and low-income energy efficiency. His community-based approach to energy efficiency, civic engagement and capacity building has earned him wide recognition including being named a ‘40 Under 40 Energy Leader’ by the Midwest Energy News and a Canada Storyteller Award by SSHRC-CRSH. Abhi has a Master of Science in Physics, and in Computer Science from Michigan Tech, and a Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical Engineering from Anna University.

Resource list. https://canoefm.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/PH-Resource-List-for-Energy-Poverty-and-the-Climate-Emergency-Final-Mar-14-2024.pdf

Wasted: Getting Ourselves Out From Under

Terry Moore — Thu, 08 Feb 2024 21:40:11 +0000

This episode features a conversation about approaches to dealing the mountains of garbage being generated by our linear “Take, Make, and Waste” economy with Dr. Calvin Lakhan, Director of the “Waste Wiki Project” at York University. As calls for a “circular” economy that views “garbage” as a wasted “resource” have gained popularity, the notion of “Extended Producer Responsibility” or EPR has become a key waste management strategy. But so far EPR has failed to live up proponent claims and Ontario’s recycling rate is tanking. The question is why and what can be done about it? Issues discussed include EPR and Ontario’s Blue Box Program, incineration, “planned obsolescence’ and “The Right to Repair” movement.

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“COP28” Post-Mortem – The Good the Bad and the Ugly

Terry Moore — Thu, 28 Dec 2023 21:05:16 +0000

The 28th annual UN-sponsored Climate Summit or COP28 is now history. These annual spectacles are chocked full of contradictions and there’s no shortage of controversy about was – or wasn’t - accomplished by thousands of conference delegates from close to 200 countries between November 30th and December 13th in Dubai. While the last episode of Planet Haliburton was a COP28 “Pre-Mortem”, this one is its “Post-Mortem” sequel. Mitchell Beer, the publisher of The Energy Mix, Canada’s preeminent source on climate news and opinion, returns to help take stock of the good, the bad and the ugly aspects of COP28.

“Climate Summits and the Climate Crisis: A Heads-Up on COP28”

Terry Moore — Thu, 30 Nov 2023 20:12:59 +0000

2023 is shaping up to be the hottest year on record with all the consequences that holds for all life on the planet.

With the 28th annual UN-sponsored “Conference of the Parties” or COP28 under the 1992 UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), delegations from the 197 countries will be descending on Dubai, one of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), from November 30th – to December 12th.

In the lead up to this year’s climate spectacle, there’s been a veritable avalanche of climate-emergency related studies and messaging in the media all competing for limited air time and attention.

To help listeners get a handle on the state of the climate science and politics on the eve of COP28 as well as the key issues in contention in Dubai, Planet Haliburton invited Mitchell Beer, the publisher of The Energy Mix, Canada’s preeminent source on climate news and opinion, to join us for both pre and post-COP28 conversations.

"The Climate Emergency, Human Health and the Need for Urgent Climate Action"

Terry Moore — Thu, 09 Nov 2023 19:31:28 +0000

2023 is on pace to be the hottest year in Earth’s climate record and the list of climate-driven extreme weather events and other disasters is growing by the day. The human toll has been astonishing and promises to only get much worse as warming, driven by the highest concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere in at least 4 million years, continues to rise year after year.

The gap between the emissions cuts climate scientists warn must happen versus those our political and economic leaders are prepared to deliver, pushes us ever closer toward climate system tipping points and hostile climate regime changes humans haven’t had to endure since the end of the last ice age, almost 12,000 years ago.

This episode of Planet Haliburton focuses on the climate change risks to human health and the urgent need for emergency climate action, with Dr. Nell Thomas, a family doctor and climate activist resident in Haliburton County, Ontario.

Saving the Greenbelt From Doug Ford and Friends

Terry Moore — Thu, 31 Aug 2023 21:58:00 +0000

Few issues have galvanized opposition to the Doug Ford government’s climate and environmental policies as his messing with the boundaries of the Greenbelt - despite his repeated promises not to do so. This episode of Planet Haliburton challenges Ford’s affordable housing rationale for withdrawing 7400 acres from the Greenbelt and delivering over $8 billion in increased land value to a few well-connected developers. In addition, we look Ford’s recent proposed changes to municipal planning rules and the campaigns fighting to save the Greenbelt from Doug Ford’s “Tall and Sprawl” urban agenda. The featured guest is veteran environmental activist and campaigner Franz Hartmann, executive director of the Alliance for a Liveable Ontario (ALO). Resource List link https://canoefm.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/PH-Resource-List-for-Saving-the-Greenbelt-From-Doug-Ford-and-Friends-August-2023.pdf

From Environmental Commissioner to Toronto City Councilor

Terry Moore — Wed, 26 Jul 2023 20:30:32 +0000

This episode features a conversation with Dianne Saxe, an environmental lawyer for over 50 years, who became Ontario’s 3rd (and last) independent Environmental Commissioner in 2015 with the unanimous support of all members of the Legislative Assembly. Before being fired by Premier Doug Ford in 2019, Saxe and her team produced some 17 climate, environment, and energy reports and conducted hundreds of public educational presentations. Not content to merely investigate and speak truth to power she encouraged people to become more climate change literate and engaged in the fight for the urgent changes required to protect people and the planet. In the years following Ford’s elimination of her position 2019, Saxe has taken a deep dive into electoral politics, becoming Deputy Leader of the Ontario Green Party in 2021 and a candidate for the Green Party in the Toronto riding of University/Rosedale in the 2022 provincial election. While unsuccessful provincially, Saxe won a seat on Toronto City Council representing University-Rosedale, or Ward 11, in November 2022. With her experience as an environmental lawyer, the Environmental Commissioner of Ontario, Deputy Leader of the Ontario Green Party and now a municipal councillor in Canada’s largest city, Dianne Saxe has a unique vantage point from which to view our unfolding climate emergency and the actions required to address it.

https://canoefm.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/PH-Resource-List-for-From-Environmental-Commissioner-to-Toronto-City-Councillor-Perspectives-on-the-Climate-Emergency-with-Dianne-Saxe-July-27-2023.pdf

Short Takes-CEWF-Bruce McClennan

Terry Moore — Fri, 07 Jul 2023 18:49:44 +0000

On this episode of PH we look at the impact of climate change on the Trent Severn Waterway, the risks posed by increased extreme weather events, less predictable water levels and what can be done to minimize the associated risks.

Bruce McClennan, the vice chair of the Coalition for Equitable Water Flow, discuss two new videos on these issues produced by the Coalition to raise awareness and encourage active adaptation planning.

The Trent Severn Waterway - TSW for short - is a 386-kilometre-long canal route connecting Lake Ontario at Trenton to Georgian Bay, Lake Huron, at Port Severn.

To maintain navigation and hydro-electric power generation in the lower or navigational portion of the waterway, water is stored and released as needed in the so-called RAFT (or Reservoir and Flow Through Lakes) in Haliburton and Peterborough counties.

The reservoir system is complex to manage with historic seasonal water level changes of up to 10 feet (3.4m) on some lakes combined with severe water flow bottlenecks at high flood risk locations along the way, like in the Village of Minden and City of Peterborough.

The changes in the timing and amount of precipitation, as well as periods of drought that a changing climate brings, adds to the complexity of managing a system that was not primarily built for flood control.

Short Take-CEWF-Ted Spence TSW Reservoir Lakes

Terry Moore — Fri, 07 Jul 2023 18:34:48 +0000

Ted Spence , the chair of the Coalition for Equitable Water Flow, discuss two new videos on these issues produced by the Coalition to raise awareness and encourage active adaptation planning.

The Trent Severn Waterway - TSW for short - is a 386-kilometre-long canal route connecting Lake Ontario at Trenton to Georgian Bay, Lake Huron, at Port Severn.

Adapting to Climate Change on TSW Reservoir Lakes

Terry Moore — Thu, 29 Jun 2023 18:04:41 +0000

Ted Spence and Bruce McClennan, the chair and vice chair of the Coalition for Equitable Water Flow, discuss two new videos on these issues produced by the Coalition to raise awareness and encourage active adaptation planning.

The Trent Severn Waterway - TSW for short - is a 386-kilometre-long canal route connecting Lake Ontario at Trenton to Georgian Bay, Lake Huron, at Port Severn.

Industrial Logging, Carbon Accounting and The Climate Emergency

Terry Moore — Thu, 25 May 2023 23:00:00 +0000

Canadians have been told time and again by government and industry reps that the country’s vast crown-held forests have huge surplus carbon storage capacity for sequestering the country’s ever-growing volumes of extracted, transported, burned and/or exported oil and gas production. Michael Polanyi, with Nature Canada, joins me for a discussion about his research demonstrating that the government’s own numbers fail to add up and, in fact, support the opposite conclusion - that our forests are and have been net sources of GHG emissions for decades.

This trend must be reversed if Canada is to succeed in meeting its emission reduction targets under the Paris and subsequent UN Climate Agreements.

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Big Foreign Oil’s Canadian Political Meddling

Terry Moore — Thu, 30 Mar 2023 23:00:00 +0000

Big Foreign Oil’s Canadian Political Meddling

The political fallout surrounding China’s alleged interference in Canadian elections has taken up a lot of media airtime recently.

But there is a one very powerful source of foreign political interference that has so far escaped any significant scrutiny – Big Foreign Oil’s efforts to shape Canada’s climate and energy politics.

This episode of PH features a conversation with Gordon Laxer, professor emeritus of political economy and author of a 2021 study entitled “Posing as Canadian: How Big Foreign Oil Captures Canadian Energy and Climate Policy”.

The conversation includes a discussion about how Big Foreign Oil exercises its power and influence but also what needs to be done to curtail it.

https://canoefm.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/PH-Resource-List-for-Big-Foreign-Oils-Canadian-Political-Meddling-Mar-30-2023.pdf

Safeguarding Birds Against Buildings

Terry Moore — Fri, 24 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000

BirdLife's State of the World's Birds 2022 report documents that “nearly half of the world's birds are on the decline, and the National Audubon Society warns that two-thirds of the over 600 North American species it recently assessed are, and will continue to be, threatened by the climate we are in the process of seriously disrupting. Birds Canada identifies 5 major on-going threats to bird populations in this country, including: the Climate Crisis, Habitat Loss, Pesticides and Contaminants, Invasive Species and Cats, and the one we focus on in this episode of Planet Haliburton: birds colliding with the buildings we erect in their path. Join me for a conversation with Michael Mesure, from the Fatal Light Awareness Program or (FLAP) Canada, about bird/building collisions and what we can do to reduce the toll

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The Highlands Corridor Campaign

Terry Moore — Fri, 10 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000

This episode features an update on the Highlands Corridor Project, an ambitious local undertaking to create and protect a continuous wetland and wildlife corridor across the southern part of Haliburton County and beyond.

Canada has committed to increasing its protected spaces and intact ecosystems from the current level of 12% to 25% by 2025 and 30% by 2030. Currently, less than 11% of Ontario’s land mass is protected, so we have a very long way to go.

The Haliburton Highlands Land Trust’s Sheila Ziman, and wildlife biologist Paul Heaven, join me for this conversation focused on how the Highlands Corridor Project will bolster local biodiversity, keep wetland-sequestered carbon in the ground and help build ecological sustainability in Haliburton County and beyond.

Still Hopeful: Lessons From Lifetime of Activism’. With Maude Barlow

Terry Moore — Fri, 27 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000

In this episode of Planet Haliburton we take a close look at hope - what it is, where it comes from and the central role it can play in challenging the devastating impact human extractive practices can have on a vulnerable biosphere that supports all life on the planet.

And we do that with one of Canada’s most well-known and revered progressive author/activists, Maude Barlow. Maude has been on the front lines of many of the key civil society-based campaigns that have helped reshape the face of Canadian and international economic, social and environmental politics for more than 40 years.

Barlow has played central roles in the Womens’, Anti-Globalization, Anti-privatization, Water Justice and Rights of Nature campaigns, to name but a few. Each of these movements have energized efforts to create more equitable human societies that understand, respect and live within natural ecological boundaries.

Maude has written more 20 books including her latest entitled “Still Hopeful: Lessons From a Lifetime of Activism, on which this conversation is centred.

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Why Green Burials

Terry Moore — Thu, 28 Apr 2022 18:12:10 +0000

This week,Terry Moore speaks with Elizabeth Fournier author of f The Green Burial Guidebook: Everything You Need to Plan an Affordable, Environmentally Friendly Burial.

In many respects the only real certainty in life is death. All living things die and human beings are not exceptional in that regard. That hasn’t stopped many humans, however, from thinking and behaving as if we are somehow outside of the rules governing the larger “natural world” - in particular, that we’re fully capable of indefinitely living beyond the biogeophysical limits all other species face.

With the increased awareness of human-caused ecological crises since the 1960’s and the parallel growth of environmental movements over the same period, the notion of human exceptionality has come under increasing pressure.

A reassessment of our relationship to the larger natural world has in more recent times focused on not only the larger existential crises such as climate change but has also broadened into taking a critical look at conventional high impact, end-of-life practices such as conventional burial and fire cremation.

To discuss the Ecological impacts of those conventional practices as well as the efforts being made to create more environmentally-friendly alternatives, I’m pleased to welcome Elizabeth Fournier to Planet Haliburton. Elizabeth is the owner/operator of the Cornerstone Funeral Service in Boring, Oregon, the author of “The Green Burial Guidebook” and an Advisory Committee member with the largely-US based, Green Burial Council. Link to resources for this program. https://canoefm.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/PH-Resource-List-Why-Green-Burial-with-Elizabeth-Fournier-April-28-2022.pdf

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Energy Poverty in the Highlands

Terry Moore — Thu, 14 Apr 2022 23:00:00 +0000

This episode of Planet Haliburton, features a conversation about “energy poverty” with Tina Jackson, the Executive Director of the Central Food Hub and co-founder of Heat Bank Haliburton County.

It’s no secret that Haliburton County has one of the highest rates of poverty in Ontario, if not the country, as well as serious levels of food insecurity, precarious employment and a crisis in the supply of affordable housing. Less recognized and discussed is the level of “energy poverty” being experienced throughout the county, which has been estimated to be an astounding level 65% of households by the NGO CUSP, the Canadian Urban Sustainability Practitioners.

Report after report from the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), reiterates the growing urgency of driving down GHG gas emissions and breaking our dependency on fossil fuels, while making as fast as possible a transition to a low-carbon energy system, at the same time.

Addressing both energy poverty and the climate emergency, without leaving anyone behind, will require Just Transition programs designed to address not only the displacement of oil and gas workers but precarious employment and housing affordability crises as inter-related challenges.

The conversation concludes with some initial thoughts on how to create the political will for urgent action at the provincial and municipal levels as we head into a June 2nd provincial election and October 24th municipal elections.

Adapting to the Human Impact of Climate Change

Terry Moore — Fri, 11 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Overshadowed by the February 24th Russian invasion of the Ukraine, the release of latest UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Report on Monday February 28th, came with renewed calls for urgent climate action.

UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, says that the evidence contained in the “Climate Change impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability” Report is unlike anything he has ever seen, calling it an “atlas of human suffering and a damning indictment of failed climate leadership.”

To help understand what’s contained in the second of three Reports in the IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Review (AR6) series since 1988, as well as its potential impact on climate policy, politics, and action, I’m joined by Mitchell Beer, the founder and editor of The Energy Mix.

The Energy Mix (https://www.theenergymix.com) is an essential climate and energy news site and digest that tracks everything and anything having to do with the climate emergency.

Follow this link to the resouce list for this episode. https://canoefm.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/PH-Resource-List-for-Adaptation-and-Climate-Change-with-Mitchell-Beer-March-10-2022.pdf

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Ford's Bogus Climate Plan

Terry Moore — Fri, 11 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0000

This episode of Planet Haliburton takes stock of Premier Doug Ford’s climate change record with David Robertson from “Seniors for Climate Action Now” (SCAN) in February 2022 - less than four months before the June 2nd Ontario Provincial Election.

Premier Ford has, from the day he was elected, proven to be an implacable opponent of anything having to do with serious climate action.

While Ontario is not a significant oil and gas producer it is a major source of carbon emissions, second only to Alberta, the Tar Sands juggernaut. After winning the 2018 election, Ford dismantled the previous Wynne government’s entire climate plan and joined forces with Alberta and Saskatchewan in a legal attack on the Federal carbon tax.

They lost that battle when the Supreme Court found the tax to be “critical to our response to an existential threat to human life in Canada and around the world.”

While the Federal government continues to set national GHG emission reduction targets, without Canada’s most populous province pulling in the same direction, there’s no possibility of Canada achieving its fair share of the emission cuts required to reign in the climate emergency.

Posing As Canadian

Terry Moore — Fri, 28 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000

“Posing As Canadian – How Big Foreign Oil Captures Canadian Energy and Climate Policy” with Professor Gordon Laxer, January 27/29 2022

After winning the 2018 provincial election, Premier Jason Kenney set up a 3-year, $3.5 million “Public Inquiry into Anti-Alberta Energy Campaigns”, AKA the “Allen Inquiry”.

Allen handed in his final report on October 21, 2021 having found only a dibble of so-called foreign “anti-Alberta” money where Kenney had alleged gushers. In fact, the amount of foreign money directed to anti-fossil fuel campaigns turned out to be less than the cost of the Public Inquiry itself.

While Allen came up dry on the issue of foreign anti-fossil fuel financing, his Inquiry sparked renewed interest in foreign influence over Canadian energy and climate policy.

This episode of Planet Haliburton features an interview with Professor Gordon Laxer, the author of a December 2021 report entitled “Posing As Canadian: How Big Foreign Oil Captures Canadian Energy and Climate Policy”.

Local Climate Change Planning

Terry Moore — Fri, 14 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000

This week's episode features an update on the status of the County’s Climate Change Planning initiatives with Korey McKay, the County of Haliburton’s Climate Change Co-Ordinator.

Climate scientists, UN Climate Reports and Summits, like the recently concluded 26th Conference of the Parties or COP 26 in Glasgow, Scotland in November 2021, continue to remind us of the urgency of the climate challenge we face, the need for immediate and deep cuts to carbon emissions and a rapid transition off fossil fuels.

In the face of the failure of senior levels of governments to stop, let alone reverse, the rise of GHG concentrations in the atmosphere, pressure has been increasing on municipal governments to take a greater role in cutting emissions and putting adaptive measures in place to address current and future impacts of warming already in the pipeline.

Haliburton County is warming at greater then twice the global average. Will the Haliburton’s climate planning process make difference? Will it take a fair share of responsibility to address the climate emergency at the scale of the crisis we face?

The Highlands Corridor, Protected Spaces and the Climate Emergency

Terry Moore — Fri, 10 Dec 2021 00:00:00 +0000

This episode features a conversation about the “Highlands Corridor Project” for reducing carbon emissions at the root of the climate emergency as well as enhancing the local ecological resiliency essential to adapting to the warming already in the pipeline.

Canada has committed to increasing the amount of protected spaces and intact ecosystems from its current level of 12% to 30% by 2030. Currently, only about 11% of Ontario’s land mass is protected so we have a very long way to go.

Guests Shelley Hunt, the Chairperson of the Haliburton Highlands Land Trust and Paul Heaven, a wildlife biologist with Glenside Ecological Services discuss how the Highlands Corridor Project, can help make a significant contribution to climate resilience by protecting key species and spaces within the County and beyond.

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Saving Us: A Climate Scientist’s Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World

Terry Moore — Fri, 12 Nov 2021 00:00:00 +0000

This episode of Planet Haliburton features an interview with Katharine Hayhoe, climate scientist and communicator extraordinaire as well as author of a recent book entitled “Saving Us: A Climate Scientist’s Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World”

By the time this interview first aired on November 11, 2021, the 26th UN Climate Summit, running from October 31st to November 12th in Glasgow, Scotland was down to the closing media conferences.

Unfortunately, the size of pre-COP 26 national greenhouse gas emissions reduction commitments by the 190 plus countries attending the summit fell far short of what’s required to avert turning a relatively human-friendly climate system into our worst nightmare. A process that, as the growing incidence of extreme weather events illustrates, is well underway.

Despite the urgent calls to action from the world’s climate scientists going all the way back to the Rio Earth Summit in 1992, earth warming gases like carbon dioxide and methane continue to rise year after year taking an ever-increasing toll on people and all other life on the planet.

Given the lack of progress in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and the resulting continuous rise in C02 concentration in the atmosphere it is easy to be skeptical about the prospects for an organized stepping back from the brink of climate chaos and all the increased suffering that will cause.

Despite her deep understanding of just how serious a threat the climate crisis poses to humanity, Canadian climate scientist, Katharine Hayhoe, insists it is not too late to avoid the most serious and dangerous impacts and that our future choices will determine what happens.

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Ecological Sustainability and Community Based Research

Terry Moore — Fri, 05 Nov 2021 20:26:01 +0000

This episode features a conversation about the Woodland and Waterways EcoWatch project co-ordinated by Haliburton’s own Ulinks Community-Based Research group.

Provincial government environmental research has been in decline for many years as the Ministries of Natural Resources and the Environment had been reduced by successive provincial governments to mere shadows of their former selves.

Lake associations and other local voluntary organizations with ecological mandates have attempted as best they can to fill the resulting research void through citizen science and other forms of community-based research.

Ulinks’ Woodlands and Waterways EcoWatch project aims to increase the support for local research to enhance the ecological sustainability of our lakes and forests and the ecosystems that keep them healthy.

Ulinks reps, Andy Gordon, Sadia Fischer, and Jim Prince describe the history behind the creation of this new collaboration and its implications for enhancing our knowledge of local lake and terrestrial health.

Dangerous Distractions and Canada’s “Net Zero” Emission Targets

Terry Moore — Thu, 14 Oct 2021 20:39:58 +0000

“Dangerous Distractions and Canada’s “Net Zero” Emission Targets” with Marc Lee This week this program looks at the “Net Zero” greenhouse gas emissions reduction pledges that have come to occupy a central place in Canada’s federal climate action plans as well as international discussions taking place under the leadership of the United Nations. While many view the widespread adoption of Net Zero emission pledges as a significant step forward, others are concerned that the Net Zero framework has the potential to reduce the political pressure to achieve real emission reductions in favour of unproven future technologies and so-called “nature-based solutions”. To helps us sort out some of the confusion around what Net Zero means as well as the pros and cons associated with its wide-spread adoption, I’m joined by Marc Lee, a senior economist with the BC Office of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives and the author of a recent Net Zero Report entitled “Dangerous Distractions: Canada’s carbon emissions and the pathway to net zero”.

Ecological Overshoot

Terry Moore — Fri, 10 Sep 2021 16:01:12 +0000

This week, William Rees, on “Ecological Overshoot: The Existential Issue of Our Time?, September 2021

There’s been much discussion in recent years about the climate emergency being the existential issue of our time. And, to be sure, there’s no scientific doubt that human extraction and burning of fossil fuel is the principle cause of the climate emergency that poses an existential threat to all life on the planet.

At the same time, a growing number of earth-system scientists view the climate emergency as but one of a series of symptoms of a much larger problem in the relationship between humans and earth’s life-sustaining biosphere – ecological overshoot.

This episode of Planet Haliburton features an interview with Professor William Rees, the co-inventor of the “Ecological Footprint” index of human impact on the earth’s carrying capacity, about the root causes of human-caused ecological overshoot and what we can do about it.

The Road to COP 26, Climate Science Confronts Fossil Power

Terry Moore — Thu, 12 Aug 2021 20:38:35 +0000

Join Terry Moore, for a discussion with Eddy Pérez, the Climate Action Network’s International Climate Diplomacy Manager, about what climate science tells us needs to be done as the UN and world leaders prepare for the next big Climate Summit, COP 26, this fall in Scotland.

Eddy Pérez Biographical Information

CAN-Rac International Climate Diplomacy Manager

Eddy Pérez joined Climate Action Network Canada in January 2018 after working in Geneva with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and as a Climate Action Network International consultant. He is the International Climate Diplomacy Manager at Climate Action Network Canada. Eddy is a lecturer at the University of Montreal and teaches Climate justice and international cooperation. Eddy is an expert on climate diplomacy, analyzing and monitoring international climate negotiations from a Canadian and North American perspective. He chairs the G7 Climate and Energy WG within the G7 Global Taskforce. He sits on the Canadian Domestic Advisory Group (CEDAG) for the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA). Eddy holds a Master of Science degree from the Institut national de la recherche scientifique du Québec (INRS). Eddy loves poetry and attributes part of his passion for climate justice to the work of Eduardo Galeano. One of his favourite quotes from this author is: “Recordar, from the Latin records, to pass back through the heart.”

Information on CAN-Rac – Climate Action Network Canada:
- https://climateactionnetwork.ca/about-can-rac/
Information on COP 26:
- https://ukcop26.org
Information on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC):
- https://www.ipcc.ch
Information on IPCC Working Group 1 ”The Physical Basis for Climate Change”:
- https://www.ipcc.ch/working-group/wg1/

Planet haliburton-Regime of Obstruction

Terry Moore — Fri, 30 Jul 2021 22:54:41 +0000

“Regime of Obstruction: How Corporate Power Blocks Energy Democracy”, July 29, 2021

In this episode of Planet Haliburton, we examine the power of fossil capital in Canada, its role in creating the climate emergency and blocking effective action to address it, as well as what can be done to overcome that resistance.

While critical comment and action directed at specific large-scale, carbon-intensive fossil fuel developments, such as the tar sands and related infrastructure projects like the TMX or Keystone pipelines is commonplace, critical analysis of the role of fossil capitalism, or capitalism more generally in creating the climate emergency, does not occupy a central place within the public pronouncements, programs or campaigns of mainstream climate action groups.

To help us understand how fossil capital has created and maintains such a powerful influence over energy and climate policy and action in Canada, as well as what can be done to overcome it, I’m joined by Professor William Carroll, co-director of The Corporate Mapping Project and the editor of the 2021 book entitled “Regime of Obstruction: How Corporate Power Blocks Energy Democracy”, published by Athabasca University Press.

Paste this link into your browser for the resource list.

https://canoefm.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/PH-Resource-List-for-for-Regime-of-Obstruction-How-Corporate-Power-Blocks-Energy-Democracy-with-Professor-William-Carroll-July-29-2021.pdf

Car Wars

Terry Moore — Thu, 24 Jun 2021 18:40:09 +0000

In this episode we look at the not so intense battle between gas-powered SUVs and battery-powered electric vehicles in the fight against global heating.

The greenhouse gas emissions from this country’s transportation sector are no small matter amounting to about 25% of our total emissions. We pump more carbon out of our vehicle tailpipes per capita than any other country in the world.

Listening to Canadian Auto Executive climate pronouncements leaves the impression that they’ve become climate champions leading the charge to decarbonize passenger vehicle and small truck production in this country and around the world.

But their production plans and advertising messages tell a very different story.

To help us cut through Auto company climate virtue-signalling and get a clearer picture of what’s really going on, I’m joined by Keith Brooks, the Program Director for Environmental Defence, and the publisher of a new report entitled “Car Wars: SUVs vs EVs and the Battle for a Cleaner Future”.

Keith Brooks Biographical Information:

Keith Brooks has been working in the environment field for over 20 years in a variety of different roles. Keith is a frequent commentator in the media and has been published in the Globe and Mail, the Toronto Star, the Hamilton Spectator, the Hill Times, and the Huffington Post. He sits on the Board of Directors for Blue Green Canada, an alliance between Canadian labour unions and environmental organizations, and has been the Programs Director at Environmental Defence since 2014 where he oversees the organization’s climate, energy, water and plastics programs. Keith holds a Bachelor of Environmental Science from the University of Guelph and a Masters in Environmental Studies from York University. He's an avid cyclist and canoeist, and lives in Toronto. About: https://environmentaldefence.ca/about-us/ Full Report “Car Wars: SUVs versus EVs and the Battle for a Cleaner Future” https://environmentaldefence.ca/report/car_wars/

The Liberal Climate Action Formula

Terry Moore — Tue, 15 Jun 2021 16:24:43 +0000

**“The Liberal Climate Action Formula: The Missing Renewables and Fatal Fission Attraction” with Paul McKay, June 10, 2021

In this episode we take a look at the absence of renewable energy in the federal Liberal Climate Action Formula as well as the government’s continuing attraction to nuclear power.

Despite the Trudeau government’s carefully cultivated “climate champion” image, and the promise to eliminate fossil fuel subsidies during the 2019 federal election, the Liberals have since expanded fossil subsidies and are busy enabling Canada’s future as a fossil-fuelled hydrogen energy superpower.**

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Climate Activists and Land Defenders

Terry Moore — Thu, 27 May 2021 23:00:00 +0000

“More Powerful Together: Conversation with Climate Activists and Land Defenders” Jen Gobby.

On this episode we discuss Settler Climate Activist Support for Indigenous Climate Action with Jen Gobby, a white settler climate justice activist with a PHD from McGill. Dr. Gobby is the author of the new book entitled “More Powerful Together: Conversations with Climate Activists and Indigenous Land Defenders”. Indigenous resistance to ecologically destructive resource extraction projects, ranging from the Ring of Fire mining development in northern Ontario to the oil and gas driven industrialization of Alberta’s Tar Sands, has been intense and unrelenting. Indigenous opposition to fossil fuel mega projects has inspired a growing climate justice movement in this country and around the world demanding real action to eliminate climate-killing fossil fuel emissions after decades of political lip-service. This interview examines some of the powerful possibilities and well as the complexities involved in building solidarity between Settler-based Climate Action groups and Indigenous communities.

Vaccines

Terry Moore — Mon, 17 May 2021 12:45:51 +0000

This episode of Planet Haliburton features a conversation with local Haliburton family physician, Dr. Nell Thomas, about Covid-19 vaccines and how their record-breaking development and widespread use might influence our future “new normal”.

Covid-19 has taken the lives of 3.2 million people around the world to date while inalterably changing the lives of tens of millions more at the same time. Withing the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit, over 1700 people have been infected with 71 losing their lives since the pandemic was declared some 15 moths ago.

Dr. Thomas shares her pandemic memories and describes the key fault lines in our infectious disease detection, prevention and response systems that the virus has exposed.

From her views on wearing masks to the stress on frontline health care workers, to vaccines and how the covid-19 risk far surpasses that of any influenza outbreak in living memory, Dr. Thomas tells it like she sees it.

The Liberal Climate Action Formula

Terry Moore — Fri, 26 Mar 2021 20:57:49 +0000

“The Federal Liberal Climate Action Formula: A Recipe for Failure”, Thursday March 25, 2021, with David Robertson from “Seniors for Climate Action Now” (SCAN!)

On this episode we take a look at the recent flurry of activity by the federal Liberal government on the climate change policy front.

In late 2020 and early 2021, the federal government announced a whole raft of climate-related initiatives including the Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act, A Hydrogen Strategy and a Nuclear Action Plan. To mark the fifth anniversary of the Paris Climate Accord, it also released an updated Climate Plan called “A Healthy Environment and a Healthy Economy”, on December 11, 2020.

The Liberal Climate Plan is not a satisfying read, nor a very convincing one.

To take stock what the Federal Liberals are up to on the climate change and energy policy fronts, I’m joined by David Roberson, chair of the Education Committee of Seniors for Climate Action Now (SCAN!) for a conversation about the March 2021 research paper we co-authored entitled “The Federal Liberal Climate Action Formula: A Recipe for Failure”.

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Lakeshore Capacity Program

Terry Moore — Fri, 12 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000

On this episode of Planet Haliburton we take a look at the challenges, possibilities and limitations of protecting Cottage Country lake water quality and shoreline health via municipal by-laws and other planning tools with Dr. Neil Hutchinson, of Hutchinson Environmental Sciences Ltd. in Bracebridge.

Development pressure on Haliburton and other cottages country shorelines has been increasing in recent years and the Covid-19 pandemic and related restrictions on vacation travel has turned that trend into a virtual feeding frenzy.

All this is happening coincident with rising concerns over lake water quality, declining levels of natural shoreline vegetation and climate change with its associated increase in air and water temperatures, blue -green algal blooms, extreme weather events, insect and disease infestations and biodiversity loss.

These tensions have increased the pressure on local municipalities to assume a large and more aggressive regulatory presence on the shoreline at the same time as decades of austerity-driven budgets and downloading of responsibility from senior levels of government have severely stretched their capacity to do so. The Lakeshore Capacity Assessment (LCA) model is a planning tool developed by the Ontario Ministry of the Environment (MOE) to predict the impacts of shoreline development on water quality of inland lakes on the Canadian Shield Dr. Neil Hutchinson, the owner of Hutchinson Environmental Sciences Ltd, an environmental consultancy firm in Bracebridge, worked on the Lakeshore Capacity project policy development for the Ontario Ministry of the Environment from 1988 – 1998 and since that time for various municipalities as a consultant.

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Eco-Socialism and the Green Party of Canada

Terry Moore — Fri, 26 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0000

This episode of Planet Haliburton features a conversation about Eco-Socialism, the Covid-19 and Climate Emergencies and the Green Party of Canada. Two of the eight candidates to replace Elizabeth May as Green Party leader in the fall of 2020 campaigned as “Eco-Socialists”. One of those candidates, Dimitri Lascaris, finished a close second to the winner, Annamie Paul, on the eighth and final ballot, with 42% of the vote. In this conversation Terry Moore and Dimitri Lascarus discuss what “EcoSocialism” is, how it factored into the leadership campaign, as well as what it may mean for the future of the Green Party of Canada.

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Planet Haliburton and Blue Green Algae

Terry Moore — Fri, 29 Jan 2021 14:43:29 +0000

“Blue-Green Algae: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” with Dr. Elizabeth Favot

“This episode of Planet Haliburton focuses on the causes and consequences of the increased incidence of blue-green algae blooms across Ontario and, more recently, here in Haliburton County in the fall of 2020.

Blue-green algae, or “cyanobacteria”, is naturally present in all our lakes and plays a very important role in aquatic ecosystems. But, as is common with many other essential things on our planet, too much of a good thing can also be very bad for people, other creatures and biosphere, not to mention the local economy.

My guest on its program is Dr. Elizabeth Favot, a new resident of Haliburton Village, who’s just completed her doctorial thesis on the Long Term Environmental Trends in Ontario Lakes Impacted by Cyanobacterial Blooms, at Queens University in Kingston.

Among other the other things that can be done to minimize the risk posed by blue-green algae, in this age of global warming and climate disruption, this program emphasizes the need to reduce the amount and speed with which phosphorus, rock salt and other harmful substances enter into our lakes.

Well-vegetated natural shorelines are one of the key ways to reduce the risk of blue-green algae blooms and all the disruption they can leave in their wake.’

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Planet Haliburton Short Take Episode 7-Draft Shoreline By-law: Separating Fact From Fiction

Terry Moore — Tue, 26 Jan 2021 16:14:00 +0000

Terry Moore talks with Paul McInness about the Draft Shoreline Preservation Bylaw.

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Building Back Better from the Pandemic and Climate Emergencies

Terry Moore — Thu, 10 Dec 2020 21:43:34 +0000

“Building Back Better from the Pandemic and Climate Emergencies”, with Annamie Paul, Leader of the Green Party of Canada, December 10, 2020

This episode features a conversation with Annamie Paul, the newly-elected leader of the Green Party of Canada about “Building Back Better From the Covid-19 and Climate Change Emergencies”.

Key systemic fault lines in Canada’s economic and social institutions have been on stark display during the covid-19 pandemic. From the failure to stockpile enough personal protective equipment to the disastrous impact of covid-19 on the elderly residents of our increasingly privatized long term care facilities, the virus has exposed just how vulnerable and dependent our public and private health systems have become on global corporate supply chains.

And, now that a number of promising vaccines are headed for final regulatory approval, the consequences of Canada’s lack of domestic vaccine production capacity has become painfully obvious. And, of course, the Climate Emergency continues to loom ever larger in the background and there’s no vaccine for that.

Discussion also touches on what role Paul sees the Green Party playing in the building of a Climate Justice Movement strong enough to force climate action commensurate with the scale of the climate emergency.

This is a link to a resource list for this episode. https://app.box.com/s/as8lkxv7k4gzupzaxtohfjdcuy7hp79m

Doug Ford Environmental Impact Assessment with Dianne Saxe

Terry Moore — Fri, 27 Nov 2020 17:37:39 +0000

On this episode we continue our environmental impact assessment of the Doug Ford government.

From the immediate hollowing out of Ontario’s Climate Change laws and his cancellation of 752 green energy projects, within weeks of becoming Premier in June of 2018, to his more recent efforts to undermine what remains of the ecological protection and restoration capacity of Ontario’s 36 Conservation Authorities, Doug Ford has cut a wide swath. So wide that its difficult to keep an up-to-date list, let alone take proper stock, of the real on-the-ground impact of Ford Nation’s on-going war on public sector environmental stewardship.

It would be hard to find someone better placed to help us appreciate the cumulative environmental impact of what Doug Ford has been up to, than Dianne Saxe, the last independent Environmental Commissioner of Ontario, following Ford’s legislated elimination of her position and agency, effective in May of 2019.

Dianne, has recently been appointment as Deputy Leader of the Green Party of Ontario.

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A Good War: Mobilizing Canada for the Climate Emergency” With Seth Klein.

Terry Moore — Fri, 13 Nov 2020 14:39:47 +0000

“A Good War: Mobilizing Canada for the Climate Emergency” With Seth Klein.

All mainstream Canadian political parties say they accept what climate scientists are saying about the seriousness of climate emergency and the need to urgently cut GHG emissions. At the same time, however, they allow those emissions to continue, unabated, year after year.

To discuss the growing gulf between what our leaders say and do about the climate emergency, as well as how citizens can mobilize to change all that, this episode of Planet Haliburton features a discussion with Seth Klein, author of the recently published book “A Good War: Mobilizing Canada for the Climate Emergency”.

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“Pension Fund Capitalism and the Covid-19 Pandemic”

Terry Moore — Fri, 30 Oct 2020 13:58:21 +0000

“Pension Fund Capitalism and the Covid-19 Pandemic” Program Description

On this episode of Planet Haliburton we take a look at the relationship between the Covid-19 Pandemic, the incredible rate of infection and death in our Long Term Facilities and the investment practices of large public sector pension funds.

It’s no secret that the SARS-Cov-2 virus has wrecked disportioncate havoc among elderly residents of our country’s Long Term Care Facilities.

Less attention has been paid to who owns and operates those private for-profit long term care facilities and why private facilities are experiencing higher than average rates of infection and death.

Join me for a conversation about the connections between Covid-19, for-profit long term care, and public sector pension funds with Kevin Skerrett, a long time researcher with the Canadian Union of Public Employees and an author of the 2018 book “The Contradictions of Pension Fund Capitalism”.

Resource List for “Pension Fund Capitalism and the Covid-19 Pandemic”, with Kevin Skerrett, October 26, 2020

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Climate Changing Planning in Haliburton County with Korey McKay

Terry Moore — Tue, 13 Oct 2020 14:24:10 +0000

This week Tery Moore and Korey McKay cover Climate Change Planning in Haliburton County. Links mentioned in this episode:

1. Korey McKay Biographical Information: 
• https://ca.linkedin.com/in/korey-mckay-57257513b 
• https://haliburtonecho.ca/climate-change-co-ordinator-plans-to-lead-the-way/

2. County of Haliburton Climate Change Mitigation Plan, Adopted September 23, 2020: https://www.haliburtoncounty.ca/en/planning-and-maps/climate-change.aspx#Corporate-Climate-Change-Mitigation-Plan 

3. County of Haliburton Climate Change Website:

https://www.haliburtoncounty.ca/en/planning-and-maps/climate-change.aspx

4. County of Haliburton Climate Change implementation and monitoring process: https://haliburton.civicweb.net/FileStorage/F91C7C3B59FA401CB36B1E3BCCAF238F-Climate%20Change%20implementation%20and%20monitoring%20pr.pdf

5. Planning for Climate Change in Muskoka Report, 2016: https://www.muskokawatershed.org/wp-content/uploads/ClimateChange_Muskoka-2016.pdf 

6. UN 1.5 C Report, November 2018, Summary for Policy Makers: https://www.ipcc.ch/sr15/chapter/spm/ 

7. Scientists’ “Warning Letter to Humanity”, October 2019: https://scientistswarning.forestry.oregonstate.edu

8. “County Plans 15% Carbon Reduction Target”, The Highlander January 20, 2020: https://thehighlander.ca/2020/01/14/county-plans-15-per-cent-carbon-reduction-target/

9. “County Declines Declaration of Climate Emergency”, The Minden Times, October 29, 2019: https://mindentimes.ca/news/county-declines-declaration-of-climate-emergency/
    Previous Planet Haliburton Episodes on Climate Change Planning 

10. “Climate Change Planning in the Highlands” with Charlsey White, County Planner and Craig Douglas, Director of Public Works, November 25, 2019: https://planet-haliburton.zencast.website/episodes/52

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Planet Haliburton and Climate Action Muskoka

Terry Moore — Fri, 25 Sep 2020 12:00:00 +0000

“On this PH episode we explore local climate change planning activism with two representatives of Climate Action Muskoka (CAM), Linda Mathers and Tamsen Tillson, who explain their efforts to build build wide-spread community support for a climate emergency declaration in the District of Muskoka.

In the face of the complete failure of national governments over the past 30 years to slowdown, let alone reverse ever-increasing GHG concentration in the atmosphere, many activists have redoubled their efforts to encourage municipal climate emergency declarations and the development of local climate action action plans.

Canada is home to a disproportionately large number of those local climate emergency declarations - some 500 or so already having been issued, including the City of Peterborough, with the District of Muskoka scheduled to debate taking that action in October.”

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Planet Haliburton and Short Term Rentals

Terry Moore — Mon, 31 Aug 2020 19:31:31 +0000

This week, Terry Moore, and Mayor of Algonquin Highlands Carol Moffatt cover short term rentals.

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Planet Haliburton and The Green New Deal.

Terry Moore — Mon, 31 Aug 2020 13:37:43 +0000

Climate Scientists have never been so insistent that immediate action is required to drive down greenhouse gas emissions in order to avoid runaway climate disruption. Is the Green New Deal a means to achieve that end?

On the next episode of Planet Haliburton we have a conversation about the prospects and limitations of the Green New Deal with Plant Scientist Stan Cox, Author of “Beyond the Green New Deal: Ending the Climate Emergency While We Still Can”.

Show Notes

Doug Ford’s Environmental Impact at Half Time

Terry Moore — Wed, 22 Jul 2020 21:28:00 +0000

Ontario Green Party Leader, Mike Schreiner, calls the Ford government … “one of the most anti-environmental in generations”. For an environmental assessment of Ford’s impact halfway through his 4-year mandate, join us for an eye-opening conversation with Dianne Saxe, the 3rd and last Environmental Commissioner of Ontario.

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Covid-19 and the Guaranteed Basic Income

Terry Moore — Thu, 13 Aug 2020 20:38:43 +0000

On our next episode we have a conversation about the need and prospects for a guaranteed basic income in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Crises have a way of highlighting the fault lines in existing systems and Canada’s income security programs are no exception.

Join me, Terry Moore, for a conversation with Elaine Power from Queen’s University and Jamie Swift, journalist, author and activist on why the time has come to get serious about a guaranteed basic income.

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How the Rich Are Stealing Canada’s Public Wealth

Terry Moore — Sat, 27 Jun 2020 02:24:49 +0000

From the “Public Power” of Ontario Hydro to the “Public Pharma” of Connaught Labs, public enterprise has achieved great outcomes for Canadians only to be privatized and sold off to those more interested in making profit than serving people.

Join us for a conversation about Canada’s fascinating public enterprise history and post-pandemic prospects with award winning author and activist, Linda McQuaig.

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PPE and Covid-19: Political Rhetoric vs On-The-Ground Reality

Terry Moore — Fri, 12 Jun 2020 19:39:57 +0000

4800+ front-line healthcare workers in Ontario infected by the virus
- more than 1 in 6 of all those who’ve tested positive in Ontario
- 30% of those infected under age 60 are front-line health workers
- one of the worst national records in the world on a per capita basis

Join us for a conversation about PPE and Covid-19 with Michael Hurley, President of the Canadian Union of Public Employees’ Council of Ontario Hospital Unions (OCHU), and Rebecca Keetch, an auto worker at the GM Oshawa Plant and Organizer with Green Jobs Oshawa (GJO).

Vaccine Resistance and the Covid-19 Pandemic

Terry Moore — Fri, 29 May 2020 18:59:19 +0000

Many argue that a return to pre-pandemic personal and working life will have to await the development of an effective and safe vaccine – something that’s by no means guaranteed as we have seen with other recent coronaviruses such as SARS and MERS.

But, even if a safe, effective and affordable Covid-19 vaccine becomes widely available, will it be embraced by a sufficient percentage of the population to ensure widespread public immunity from Covid-19?

To help us understand why a growing number of people have become “vaccine resistant” if not “vaccine hostile”, join me, Terry Moore, for a conversation with Jennifer Reich, an Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Colorado at Denver and the author of the 2016 book entitled “Calling the Shots: Why Parents Reject Vaccines”.

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Shoreline Bugs and Lake Health

Terry Moore — Fri, 29 May 2020 04:41:00 +0000

It turns out that the presence of tiny creatures making their homes at the water’s edge can tell us a lot about water quality and the health of adjacent shorelines. And, as we know healthy shorelines are essential to the water quality of Haliburton’s incredible lakes, streams and wetlands.

Recently, The U-links Centre for Community Based Research, headquartered in Minden, partnered with six Lake Associations across Haliburton County to study shoreline aquatic invertebrate populations. Over time, a database of the results will provide another means of assessing and tracking changes to shoreline health and water quality.

To hear more about “benthos biomonitoring” and its use in protecting and improving lake water quality, join me, Terry Moore, on the next Planet Haliburton episode for a conversation with Brendan Martin, the Aquatic and Biomonitoring Project Co-ordinator with U-Links and Jim Prince, the Vice-President of the Kennisis Lake Cottage Owners’ Association.

Show Notes

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Healthy Septics and Healthy Lakes in Haliburton: The Politics of Municipal Reinspection

Terry Moore — Mon, 04 May 2020 17:57:21 +0000

Three of the four townships in Haliburton County have established septic reinspection programs and the 4th, Minden Hills, is about to launch its variation in the near future.

Programs vary tremendously from one township to the next and some inspectors and waste treatment experts question the capacity of the majority of the county’s programs to actually identify key structural failures that can undermine lake health.

The most comprehensive program in the County, in Dysart et al, is under pressure to reduce its scope, raising fears that political support for protecting lake water quality is waning.

To discuss how septic systems work and fail as well as the problems with the programs we rely on to identify and fix malfunctioning systems, we’re joined on the next episode of Planet Haliburton by Mike Rahme and Rob Davis, two people with many years of waste water trouble-shooting and septic inspection experience.

Show Notes: https://canoefm.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Background-Resource-for-The-Politics-of-Municipal-Reinspection%E2%80%9D-April-30-2020.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Background Resources For The Politics Of Municipal Reinspection, April 30, 2020

The COVID-19 Pandemic and Ontario’s Care Homes

Terry Moore — Wed, 15 Apr 2020 18:59:10 +0000

As of April 6th, 26 residents of the 65-bed Pinecrest Nursing Home in Bobcaygeon have died from covid-19. The Ministry of Health and Long Term Care says that 50+ nursing home residents have died across the province with 44 homes reporting active covid-19 outbreaks. Clearly, Long Term Care facilities, which are home to significant numbers of elderly residents with underlying health conditions and compromised immune systems, are pandemic hotspots. But does the way work is structured and organized within nursing homes create special or increased risks to residents, workers and the larger community?

To help us answer this and related questions we interview Pat Armstrong, Research Professor of Sociology at York University and the author of two recent books on Long Term Care sector work: entitled “Wash, Wear, Care: Clothing and Laundry in Long Term Residential Care” and “The Privatization of Care: The Case of Nursing Homes”.

https://canoefm.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Background-Resource-List-for-%E2%80%9CConvid-19-and-Ontario%E2%80%99s-Long-Term-Care-Homes.pdf" target="_blank">Show Notes: https://canoefm.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Background-Resource-List-for-%E2%80%9CConvid-19-and-Ontario%E2%80%99s-Long-Term-Care-Homes.pdf ;

Short Take: Managing Spring Water Levels Under A Changing Climate

Terry Moore — Fri, 10 Apr 2020 14:37:11 +0000

Today we take a look at the water level situation within the so-called RaFT or reservoir and flow through lakes portion of the Trent Severn Waterway (TSW).

The spring melt is now well underway in the northern-most reaches of the TSW, and a lot of people are wondering about the prospects for high water, ice damage and flooding throughout the system.

To discuss how the ice-out season is setting up so far this year, we’re joined by retired hydrologist and chairperson of the Coalition for Equitable Water Flow (CEWF), Ted Spence.

Show Notes: https://canoefm.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Background-Resource-for-Managing-Spring-Water-Levels-Under-A-Changing-Climate-April-2020.pdf ;

Short Take: The Science and Politics of Shoreline Preservation

Terry Moore — Fri, 10 Apr 2020 14:21:52 +0000

Can we protect those natural shorelines from ongoing decline without undermining shoreline landowner property rights or the shoreline landscape industry?

To shed some light on this and other questions related to the draft County Shoreline Preservation By-law, we speak with shoreline naturalization expert, Julia Sutton.

Show Notes: https://canoefm.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Resource-list-for-Healthy-Shorelines-Healthy-Lakes-and-the-County-Shoreline-Preservation-Bylaw.pdf;

The Science and Politics of Shoreline Preservation

Terry Moore — Tue, 31 Mar 2020 15:18:22 +0000

On the next episode of Planet Haliburton we examine the science and regulatory issues related to natural shoreline protection. Natural shorelines perform a range of important ecological functions essential to the environmental and economic health of Haliburton County. But they’re are under increasing pressure due to shoreline development and redevelopment.

Can we protect those natural shorelines from ongoing decline without undermining shoreline landowner property rights or the shoreline landscape industry?

To shed some light on this and other questions related to the draft County Shoreline Preservation By-law, we speak with shoreline naturalization expert, Julia Sutton, and environmental planning consultant, Stephen Fahner.

Show Notes: https://canoefm.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Background-Resources-for-Planet-Haliburton-March-30-2020.pdf;

Canada’s Fossil-Fuelled Follies w Robyn Allen

Terry Moore — Tue, 10 Mar 2020 15:09:45 +0000

Ever wonder about how taxpayers, like me and you, end up subsidizing large carbon-intensive and climate disrupting projects, like the Trans-Mountain and GasLink pipelines, across this country?

And just how much demand really exists for more pipeline capacity to get Alberta’s tar sand bitumen to tidewater?

To lift the rug on these and other fossil-fuelled follies, join us for an ear-popping conversation with independent energy economist, Robyn Allan.

Show Notes: https://canoefm.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Background-Resources-for-Planet-Haliburton-March-9-2020-1.pdf;

Short Take: Healthy Lakes, Natural Shorelines and the County Shoreline Preservation Bylaw

Terry Moore — Mon, 02 Mar 2020 14:41:56 +0000

In this episode of Planet Haliburton Short Takes, we focus on the debate surrounding the recent tabling of a draft County-wide Shoreline Preservation Bylaw. A massive 60 lake, 12,000 property “Love Your Lake” shoreline heath assessment was carried out across Haliburton County by the Coalition for Haliburton Property Owner’s Associations (CHA) between 2014 and 2018. That study found that only 47% of Haliburton’s shorelines are in a “natural” state when 75% is the recognized minimum required to maintain healthy lake water quality.

A draft bylaw designed to protect the remaining natural shoreline was presented at the February 12th County Council meeting but immediately met with considerable push back from the Haliburton County Home Builders’ Association and others employed doing shoreline work.

To help us understand the need for, and resistance to, strong legal protection for natural shorelines, the CHA’s Paul MacInness and Dysart Ward 4 Councillor and Chair of the Environment and Climate Change Committee, John Smith, join us on the first episode of “Planet Haliburton Short Takes”.

Show Notes: https://canoefm.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Resource-list-for-Healthy-Shorelines-Healthy-Lakes-and-the-County-Shoreline-Preservation-Bylaw.pdf;

Saxe on Ford: One Year Later

Terry Moore — Tue, 25 Feb 2020 15:32:05 +0000

On the February 24th episode of Planet Haliburton we examine what Doug Ford has been up to since he eliminated the independent Office of the Environmental Commissioner of Ontario, almost one year ago. Why did Doug Ford go to the extraordinary length of passing legislation to fire Ontario’s public environmental watchdog 2 years before her 5 year term of office was set to expire?

Join us for a candid conversation about Doug Ford’s ever-expanding environmental footprint with Ontario’s 3rd and last Environmental Commissioner, Dianne Saxe.

Show Notes: https://canoefm.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Background-Resource-for-Planet-Haliburton-February-24-2020.pdf;

The Greening of Death w Suzanne Kelly

Terry Moore — Mon, 10 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Ever wonder about the environmental footprint associated with what happens to your body after you die? How does the carbon intensity of a conventional burial in a finished casket surrounded by a concrete vault, for example, compare to the carbon emissions caused by cremation?

The Green Burial Movement has been at the forefront of raising inconvenient questions about everything from the use of embalming

chemicals to the mountains of carbon-intensive materials embodied in the caskets, cement, fibreglass or metal vaults buried along with humans remains in the typical grave in a conventional cemetery.

On this episode of Planet Haliburton we interview Suzanne Kelly, author of the 2015 book entitled “Greening Death: Reclaiming Death Practices and Restoring Our Tie to the Earth”.

Show Notes: https://canoefm.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Background-Resources-for-Planet-Haliburton-February-10-2020.pdf;

Highlands Wetlands w Sheila Ziman & Paul Heaven

Terry Moore — Mon, 27 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +0000

On the next episode of PH we take a close look at the role Haliburton’s wetlands play in limiting future climate change as well as adapting to the warming already in the pipeline. Ontario is home to an astounding 25% of Canada’s and 6% of the world’s wetlands.

Haliburton’s almost 20,000 acres of wetlands, sequester a huge amount of carbon, filter our lake and drinking water, and limit the impact of flooding by slowing surface runoff and channeling it into the water table.

Covering 25% of Haliburton’s land area, wetlands have nominal protection under all five Municipal Official plans across the County, but are still being eroded by increasing site alteration and development pressure.

The Haliburton County Land Trust has recently obtained two wetland mapping and evaluation grants which it hopes will greatly enhance the capacity of municipal governments to stop further encroachment and lay the groundwork for improved future wetland protection and restoration actions.

Ontario's Boreal Forest w Dave Pearce

Terry Moore — Mon, 13 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +0000

On the next episode of Planet Haliburton we take a hard look at the climate crisis and the health of Ontario’s Boreal Forest. Discussion about slowing down, stopping, or even reversing greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere place a lot of faith in the world’s forests as virtually inexhaustible carbon storehouses. But are Canada’s and Ontario’s forests really the carbon sinks we think they are?

To begin answering that question join me, Terry Moore, for a conversation with Dave Pearce, Forest Conservation Manager for the

Wildlands League, about the League’s recent bombshell report entitled “Logging Scars”.

Show Notes: https://canoefm.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Background-Resources-for-Planet-Haliburton-January-13-2020.pdf;

Green New Deal for Oshawa w Russ Christianson

Terry Moore — Tue, 31 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0000

On Friday December 20, 2019 the last vehicle rolled off the assembly line at the GM Oshawa Plant throwing 5,000 direct employees out of work as well as eliminating an additional 10,000 indirect supplier jobs across Ontario.

On September 13, 2019, in the middle of the federal election campaign, Green Jobs Oshawa and the Canadian Worker Co-op Federation released a feasibility study supporting the conversion of GM Oshawa into a publicly-owned centre for green vehicle production.

On the next episode of Planet Haliburton we interview the principal author of that study, Russ Christianson, about what the proposal contains, how it’s been received and its future prospects.

Show Notes: https://canoefm.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Background-Resources-for-Planet-Haliburton-December-30-2019.pdf;

SIRCHing for a Repair Cafe w Chris Varga

Terry Moore — Wed, 18 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Ever get frustrated when told that you need to get rid of something because it’s cheaper to trash it than repair it? Repairs Cafes, active in 1500 locations across 33 countries, bring people together with a communities of local “fixers” to provide an alternative to just junking stuff that breaks down.

On the next episode of Planet Haliburton we’re joined by Chris Varga, the Repair Café Co-ordinator for SIRCH Community Services in Haliburton, to discuss plans to bring Repair Cafe to Haliburton County, beginning in January 2020.

Show Notes: https://canoefm.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Background-Resources-for-Planet-Haliburton-December-9-2019.pdf;

Climate Planning in the Highlands w Charlsey White and Greg Douglas

Terry Moore — Tue, 26 Nov 2019 00:00:00 +0000

With senior levels of government repeatedly failing to meet their own voluntary targets under international climate change agreements, the call has gone out for political and economic leaders at the municipal and community level to step into the breach.In Haliburton County, the Four Townships have each opted into a County-wide Climate Change Planning process that’s gathering steam with the recent hiring of a climate change co-ordinator to guide the County and Townships through the planning process.

The County’s climate change planning framework and timeline was developed by Charlsey White, the Director of Planning/Deputy CAO for the County of Haliburton and Greg Douglas, the County’s Director of Public Works.

Both Charlsey White and Craig Douglas join us in the next episode of Planet Haliburton to discuss the planning process that will produce both greenhouse gas emission reduction and climate change adaptation plans for the County and all four Townships.

Show Notes: https://canoefm.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Background-Report-for-Planet-Haliburton-November-25-2019.pdf;

Extreme Weather w Geoff Coulson and Brian Nash

Terry Moore — Mon, 25 Nov 2019 00:00:00 +0000

The January 29, 2018 episode of Planet Haliburton will feature an interview with Geoff Coulson, Weather Preparedness Meteorologist with Environment Canada, focusing on extreme weather notifications and other information available to individuals and communities trying to adapt to the increased incidence of extreme weather associated with climate change.

Passive Buildings w Jim Joseph and Graham Borgdorff

Terry Moore — Sun, 24 Nov 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Residential, commercial, and industrial buildings are the third largest source of carbon emissions in Ontario accounting for about 37% of energy use and 20% of C02 emissions. Emissions have been going up within the sector at a time when we need to be making serious reductions.

Capitalism, Environment and Bats w Richard Swift, Paul Heaven and Sheila Ziman

Terry Moore — Sat, 23 Nov 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Is there an economic model that can provide good living standards for everyone without destroying the planet? Join us for a discussion of these and related questions with Richard Swift, author of the 2014 book “SOS: Alternatives to Capitalism”.

Sustainable Communities w Karen Farbridge

Terry Moore — Fri, 22 Nov 2019 00:00:00 +0000

With multiple environmental crises, from extreme weather to biodiversity loss, coming home to roost, interest in building ecologically sustainable communities is on the rise. But what do truly sustainable communities look like and how we can go about building them, especially in rural Ontario?

Individual Climate Fight w Jessica Correa

Terry Moore — Thu, 21 Nov 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Sometimes the whole idea of enacting positive environmental change on an individual level can seem overwhelming. Please join us as we talk with Jessica Correa, founder and owner of Random Acts of Green – RAOG . Jessica will tell us how to work toward positive change as individuals and how to use social media as a tool to make this happen. You won’t want to miss this positive, energetic conversation.

Oceans Ringing Alarms w Alanna Mitchell

Terry Moore — Wed, 20 Nov 2019 00:00:00 +0000

As land-based animals, we often don’t appreciate just how important healthy oceans are to all life on the planet. Yet, one third of the oxygen we breath comes from zooplankton, whose coral nurseries are dying from warming and acidifying seas – caused by human greenhouse gas emissions.

Septic System Health w John Smith and Jim Prince

Terry Moore — Tue, 19 Nov 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Lake Associations across Haliburton County have been focused on water quality, healthy shorelines and healthy septic systems for years. Some lake associations have consistently taken a leadership role and built proactive programs in an attempt to head off problems before they get out of hand.

All the Poop on Septic Reinspection w Rob Davis and Mike Rahme

Terry Moore — Mon, 18 Nov 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Thousands of seasonal and permanent residents of Haliburton County rely on private septic systems to handle their “human waste” or “humanure”. But malfunctioning or poorly maintained systems can have serious negative impacts on both the ground and surface water quality for which Haliburton is famous.

Capitalism Killing the Climate w Ian Angus

Terry Moore — Sun, 17 Nov 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Never-ending economic growth on a finite planet is unsustainable and sooner or later will put humankind on a collision course with environmental realities. However, despite clear evidence that we are undermining crucial ecological systems that support all life on earth, virtually all our economic and political leaders keep promoting policies and practices that demand more and more from a biosphere already in crisis.

What is The Anthropocene w Peter Sale

Terry Moore — Sat, 16 Nov 2019 00:00:00 +0000

There’s a growing scientific consensus that earth has exited from the “Holocene” geological epoch ushered in by the end of the last ice age 11,700 years ago and entered into a brave new world called “The Anthropocene” – or “time of humans”.

NAFTA Renegotiation w Maude Barlow

Terry Moore — Fri, 15 Nov 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Donald Trump as a candidate for President of the United States took aim at international trade deals like the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) and the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) as being bad deals for America that facilitated the contracting out of millions of American manufacturing jobs.

Now as President, Trump has given the notice required to reopen the agreement and the clock is counting down on formal renegotiation discussions.

The Council of Canadians has consistently argued that NAFTA and other so-called free trade agreements are more about the expansion of corporate rights at the expense of worker rights and protecting the environment. Maude Barlow, as chair of the Council of Canadians, has been calling on the Trudeau government to go after some major changes to the agreement and not to just play defence.

Show Notes: https://canoefm.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/PH-Resource-List-for-July-10-2017-Show-with-Maude-Barlow.pdf;

Waste Free Ontario w Ryan Sisson

Terry Moore — Thu, 14 Nov 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Canadians are the largest per capita producers of garbage in the industrialized world and recycling rates in Ontario haven’t increased beyond 25 percent diversion levels for over 10 years. As a visit to any landfill or transfer station will confirm, we’re being buried in our own waste.

Climate Change Emergency w Dianne Saxe

Terry Moore — Wed, 13 Nov 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Dianne Saxe, had a distinguished, award-winning 40-year career practising public, private and non-profit environmental law before becoming Ontario’s third Environmental Commissioner since the office was created in 1993. Commissioner Saxe will be visiting Haliburton County at the invitation of Environment Haliburton! (EH!) on July 6th to give a public presentation on “Facing The Climate Crisis” at the Minden Community Centre, beginning at 7pm.

All the Poop on Poop and Bats w Rob Davis, Sheila Ziman and Paul Heaven

Terry Moore — Tue, 12 Nov 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Join co-hosts Greg Roe and Terry Moore for a discussion on how the increasing awareness of the relationship between septic systems and algae-causing phosphorus pollution of Haliburton Lakes has got Township Councils across Haliburton County moving toward some form of mandatory septic system inspection.

Hydro Rates w Brad Cundiff

Terry Moore — Mon, 11 Nov 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Join co-hosts Greg Roe and Terry Moore for conversation with Brad Cundiff of the Ontario Clean Air Alliance about the key drivers behind the huge increases in electrical costs across Ontario. Contrary to mainstream commentary, which often erronously points the finger at renewable energy contracts, past nuclear debt and the future retrofitting of aging nuclear reactors are the key reasons costs keep rising. Shutting down nuclear reactors would not only be great for the environment, says Cundiff, it’s the most sensible economic choice given the huge amount of very cheap surplus hydro-electric power available from Quebec.

Industrial Meat and Climate w Tony Weis

Terry Moore — Sun, 10 Nov 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Ever wonder about the ecological impact of industrial agriculture? How about the energy and other inputs going into the industrial livestock industry as well as the massive and growing levels of organic waste and greenhouse gas emissions generated in the process?

Healthy Shorelines w Paul MacInnes and Paul Heaven

Terry Moore — Sat, 09 Nov 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Join hosts Terry Moore and Greg Roe for a conversation with Paul MacInnes, chair of the Coalition of Haliburton Property Owners Associations (CHA) about the CHA’s 4-year “Love Your Lake” Healthy Shorelines Project. With 47 lakes and over 800km of shoreline assessed to date, the interim results show that natural shorelines have been taking a beating all across the County. The good news is that denaturalized shorelines can be restored to play their role in protecting the lake waters.

Pipelines and Tarsands w Gord Laxer

Terry Moore — Fri, 08 Nov 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Join hosts Terry Moore and Greg Roe for a conversation with University of Alberta Political Economy Professor, Gord Laxer, about his 2015 best-selling book “After the Sands: Energy and Ecological Security for Canadians.

Extreme Weather w Ted Spence

Terry Moore — Thu, 07 Nov 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Join hosts Terry Moore and Greg Roe for a conversation with Ted Spence. Ted is a retired professor and former dean of the Faculty of Environmental Studies at York University, an expert on environmental planning and hydrology, and cottages on Catchacoma Lake, the largest reservoir in the TSW.

Plan Now or Suffer Later w Peter Sale

Terry Moore — Wed, 06 Nov 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Join hosts Terry Moore and Greg Roe for a conversation with Peter Sale, marine ecologist, coral expert and author of “Planning for Climate Change In Muskoka.”

The Pilot Episode w Adria Vasil, Valerie Leloup and Sia Lemani

Terry Moore — Tue, 05 Nov 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Join Terry Moore and Greg Roe as they start the Planet Haliburton experience!

The Federal Election Results w Gordon Laxer

Terry Moore — Mon, 04 Nov 2019 00:00:00 +0000

The dust has barely settled from the October 21st federal election and the battle over what the results actually mean is just cranking up.

Green Burial w Terry Moore

Terry Moore — Sat, 02 Nov 2019 23:00:00 +0000

Ever wonder about the ecological footprint of traditional burials with all those heavy-duty embalming chemicals, cement, steel or fiberglass vaults and finished caskets? Or the amount of carbon emitted if you choose to be cremated?

The Federal Election w Gordon Laxer

Terry Moore — Fri, 01 Nov 2019 23:00:00 +0000

Despite on-going legal challenges, lingering questions regarding its economic viability, as well as damaging environmental impacts, construction of the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion (TMX) has started.

Science in the Forest w Adam Gorgolewski

Terry Moore — Thu, 31 Oct 2019 23:00:00 +0000

The privately-owned Haliburton Forest covers some 100,000 acres within Halliburton County, an area just under half the size of the City of Toronto with 100 lakes within its boundaries.

Local Food w Andrew Graham

Terry Moore — Wed, 30 Oct 2019 23:00:00 +0000

In today’s world we have come to expect that when we go to our local grocery store we will be able to get almost any fruit or vegetable that the world has to offer, even though they are not in season where we live. We also expect fruits and vegetables that would never be grown here in Canada.

Lake Health w Paul MacInnes

Terry Moore — Tue, 29 Oct 2019 23:00:00 +0000

On this episode of Planet Haliburton we feature a full length interview with Paul MacInnes, Chair of the Coalition of Haliburton Property Owners’ Associations (CHA), the driving force behind the Love Your Lake Healthy Shorelines Project and the newly issued Lake Health Report.

Fireworks to Herbicide w John Smith

Terry Moore — Mon, 28 Oct 2019 23:00:00 +0000

Dysart Township’s Environment and Climate Change Committee, chaired by Ward 4 Councillor, John Smith, has been taking on some hot local environmental challenges recently, ranging from a new Fireworks Control Bylaw to Ontario Hydro’s herbicide spraying program along electrical transmission corridors.

TransMountain Pipeline w Robyn Allen

Terry Moore — Sun, 27 Oct 2019 23:00:00 +0000

Confused by all the conflicting claims about the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion (TMX) Project?

Waste Free Ontario w Dave Gordon

Terry Moore — Sat, 26 Oct 2019 23:00:00 +0000

While most environmental legislation passed by the former Liberal government has been unceremoniously trashed, the Waste Free Ontario Act has survived … so far.

Ford's Hard Reverse w Dianne Saxe

Terry Moore — Fri, 25 Oct 2019 23:00:00 +0000

With the one-year anniversary of Doug Ford’s election as Premier coming up on June 8, 2019, the next episode of Planet Haliburton takes a hard look at Ford’s environmental agenda and growing legacy, with Dianne Saxe, the former Environmental Commissioner of Ontario.

Green Burial w Ellen Newman and Mark Richardson

Terry Moore — Thu, 24 Oct 2019 23:00:00 +0000

Politics of Climate Policy w Dianne Saxe

Terry Moore — Wed, 23 Oct 2019 23:00:00 +0000

A lot has happened, since we last spoke with Dianne Saxe: internationally, nationally and right here in Ontario.

Road Salt w Norman Yan

Terry Moore — Tue, 22 Oct 2019 23:00:00 +0000

The more variable weather that comes with a warming climate increases that likelihood of winter freeze/thaw events and the risk that melting snow and rain on roads will turn into ice.

Ford Nation and Climate Change w Dianne Saxe

Terry Moore — Mon, 21 Oct 2019 23:00:00 +0000

Dianne Saxe, The Environmental Commissioner of Ontario, issued her 2018 Greenhouse Gas Progress Report, entitled “Climate Action in Ontario: What’s Next?” in late September.

Politics of Climate Change w Stephen Hill

Terry Moore — Sun, 20 Oct 2019 23:00:00 +0000

While greenhouse gas concentrations rise to unprecedented levels, climate scientists are becoming more and more vocal about the urgent need for action to avoid triggering runaway climate disruption.

Politics of Climate Change w Mike Schneier

Terry Moore — Sat, 19 Oct 2019 23:00:00 +0000

The June 7th Ontario Provincial election not only put Doug Ford in the Premier’s Office, it also put the first Green Party MPP in Ontario’s history in the Legislative Assembly.

All the Poop on Septic w Mike Rahme and Rob Davis

Terry Moore — Sat, 19 Oct 2019 23:00:00 +0000

On the September 24th episode of Planet Haliburton we examine the good, the bad, and the just plain ugly aspects of the septic inspection programs being rolled out across the county.

Passive Buildings Pt 2 w Graham Borgdorff and Rob Blakeney

Terry Moore — Thu, 17 Oct 2019 23:00:00 +0000

With 40 percent of Ontario’s greenhouse gas emissions coming from the construction, heating and cooling of the buildings we live and work in, decreasing the energy budgets of our built infrastructure seems like a no-brainer.

Passive Buildings Pt 1 w Graham Borgdorff and Rob Blakeney

Terry Moore — Wed, 16 Oct 2019 23:00:00 +0000

40 percent of GHG emissions in Ontario are generated by the construction, operation, and maintenance of our buildings.

Lyme Disease w Mary Beth Pfeiffer

Terry Moore — Tue, 15 Oct 2019 23:00:00 +0000

Lyme Disease has been diagnosed in Haliburton County and the risk it poses to human health will only increase as the climate warms and tick populations grow.

Local Climate Change Planning w Brian Kelly

Terry Moore — Mon, 14 Oct 2019 23:00:00 +0000

With Doug Ford’s election as Ontario’s new Premier on June 7th, public policy on climate change has been thrown into disarray. While Ford claims to be a carbon tax denier and not a climate change denier, the first official act of his new cabinet was to kill the previous government’s entire cap and trade system for putting both limits and a price on carbon pollution.

Climate Change Policy Vacuum w Dianne Saxe

Terry Moore — Sun, 13 Oct 2019 23:00:00 +0000

While the dust is just beginning to settle from Doug Ford’s election as Ontario Premier on June 7th, it’s clear that the new Conservative government is moving quickly to dismantle the previous government’s “cap and trade” system for putting a price on carbon pollution.

TransMountain Pipeline w Paul McKay

Terry Moore — Sat, 12 Oct 2019 23:00:00 +0000

The proposed purchase of the Kinder Morgan pipeline (AKA Trans Mountain) by the Federal Government, turns Canadians into potential shareholders in a project that compromises Canada’s international greenhouse gas emissions reduction commitments. But what about the economics of extracting and shipping tar sands bitumen to tidewater and foreign markets?

Doubling Down on Bitumen w Ian Angus

Terry Moore — Fri, 11 Oct 2019 23:00:00 +0000

With the Trudeau government’s recent nationalization of the Trans Mountain Pipeline Project, the confrontation between pro and anti pipeline forces in B.C. and across the country has been taken to a whole new level.

Local Climate Change Planning w Tracy Roxborough and Victoria Ervick

Terry Moore — Thu, 10 Oct 2019 23:00:00 +0000

With the County of Haliburton taking the first tentative steps toward the creation of a Local Climate Change Action Plan for the Haliburton Highlands, the experience of other small rural municipalities can provide some helpful suggestions for making the effort as successful as possible.

Reusable Revolution w Christina Hunter and Desarae Doolittle

Terry Moore — Wed, 09 Oct 2019 23:00:00 +0000

In an era of climate change, ever-escalating levels of consumption, increasing single-use products and packaging and the proliferation of plastic waste, there’s a group in Muskoka, our neighbour immediately to the west, calling for a “Reusable Revolution”.

Climate Change, Pipelines and Politics w Gordon Laxer

Terry Moore — Tue, 08 Oct 2019 23:00:00 +0000

British Columbia and Alberta fighting over pipelines, coastlines and the future of our climate; Ontario Progressive Conservatives throwing out carbon taxes along with their former leader, Patrick Brown; Doug Ford, Jason Kenney, and Andrew Scheer promising an all out war on Justin Trudeau’s Federal Carbon Tax after the next Ontario, Alberta, and Federal Elections.

Planning for Climate Change w Ian McVey

Terry Moore — Mon, 07 Oct 2019 23:00:00 +0000

Haliburton County Council is taking the first tentative steps toward producing a plan to reduce future greenhouse gas emissions in Haliburton as well as building our capacity to deal with consequences of global warming and climate change, such as increased incidence of extreme weather, flood damage and insect-borne disease like Lyme’s Disease.

Climate Crisis w Suzanne Partridge

Terry Moore — Sun, 06 Oct 2019 23:00:00 +0000

On the next episode of Planet Haliburton we are joined by recently elected County Warden Suzanne Partridge to get her take on the key environmental issues facing the County. We cover a lot of territory from climate change mitigation and adaptation to healthy shorelines and septic systems to the field spreading of septage.

Ontario's Emission Report w Dianne Saxe and Carolyn Coburn

Terry Moore — Sat, 05 Oct 2019 23:00:00 +0000

The most recent audit of Ontario’s climate change policies and progress, entitled “Ontario’s Climate Act: From Plans to Progress”, was issued by on January 30, 2018. To discuss the good, the bad and the just plain ugly findings contained in her 284-page report, we’re joined for a feature interview by Dianne Saxe, Ontario’s Environmental Commissioner.