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Climate Cage Fight: Nuclear vs Coal in Ontario feat. Steve Aplin

Climate Cage Fight: Nuclear vs Coal in Ontario feat. Steve Aplin

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Climate Cage Fight: Nuclear vs Coal in Ontario feat. Steve Aplin

FromDecouple

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Length:
48 minutes
Released:
Jun 4, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Between 2005-2014 the Canadian province of Ontario phased out its coal fired electricity generation in what some call the greatest single greenhouse gas reduction initiative in North America to date. It was the equivalent to taking 7 million cars off the road. Climate benefits were accompanied by dramatic improvements in Air Quality with smog days dropping from 53 per year to zero once the phaseout was complete. The elephant in the room that noone wants to talk about is the role that Nuclear Energy had in making this historic energy transition possible. Our guest Steve Aplin shares Ontario's example for the world as we aim for a transition to a zero emissions energy system. 
Released:
Jun 4, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

There are technologies that decouple human well-being from its ecological impacts. There are politics that enable these technologies. Join me as I interview world experts to uncover hope in this time of planetary crisis.