Perl op-ed on coal risk at Vancouver Sun
July 20, 2014
Post Carbon Fellow Anthony Perl’s op-ed arguing against plans to build new coal shipment facilities appeared in the Vancouver Sun.
From the article:
Proposals for new coal export facilities on the west coast of North America are facing strong political opposition based on climate science and environmental ethics. It’s hard to imagine a sustainable future where a great deal more coal gets burned releasing unsustainable amounts of local and global air pollution. If coal has peaked as part of the world’s energy future, then building new infrastructure to ship more of this resource across the Pacific would be a risky and ill-advised investment.