U.N. Climate scientists have…

U.N. Climate scientists have recently advised that we have only until 2020 to radically reduce our carbon emissions if we are going to be able to meet the already inadequate Paris COP targets. There is no time left for gradual solutions that are politically motivated to appeal to the greatest number of people or to protect particular industrial interests. Ontario must phase out all carbon intensive energy creation and consumption immediately. We must block all pipeline access from the Alberta tar sands. We must build huge solar, wind and geothermal infrastructure and wean ourselves off fossil fuels. And we must NOT replace this with nuclear energy, substituting the climate change disaster with increased risks of nuclear disaster.

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