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Cortes Currents is a news platform that asks what's current in Cortes and the Discovery Islands. Web articles & radio podcasts: Cortes Island, Quadra Island, Discovery Islands, Campbell River: news, lifestyle, local politics, affordable housing, economy, food security, health, ferries, tourism, history, culture, environmental issues, sustainable forestry, oyster farming, the arts, First Nations, energy, climate change, overshoot

  1. 10 hrs ago

    Tzeporah Berman_ Fossil Fuel Expansion & Energy Consumption

    Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - Tzeporah Berman: The Problem With Ramping Up Fossil Fuel Production & Expanding Energy Consumption According to the Stockholm Resilience Centre, "Human activities have pushed Earth beyond its Safe Operating Space. The planet's natural resilience is weakening: Global warming is accelerating, (and) ecosystems are showing clear signs of degradation." In the second of four programs arising from an interview with Tzeporah Berman, Chair of the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative, she explains that the problem is multifaceted, but two critical areas must be addressed: fossil fuel use and our rapidly expanding energy consumption. The Greatest Cause of Premature Death Tzeporah Berman: “My research makes it very clear to me that fossil fuel use and production is the greatest cause of premature death on the planet and the greatest threat to the majority of the world’s ecosystems.” Cortes Currents: “Prove it to me.” Tzeporah Berman: “Approximately eight million people die every year due to air pollution. Fossil fuels are the majority of that air pollution. Last year, the Lancet Countdown report said that, on average, five million people are dying every year from air pollution due to fossil fuels alone. “When you start adding climate impacts and deaths, the numbers skyrocket. We know now that one person is dying every minute on this planet due to lethal heat, and the primary cause of the dramatic increase in lethal heat is climate change. “Eighty-six percent of the carbon emissions currently trapped in our atmosphere — creating almost like a sweltering blanket around the Earth and causing climate change — come from three things: oil, gas, and coal.” Why Aren’t Renewables Reducing Global Emissions Faster? Cortes Currents: “Given that renewables are the fastest-growing energy sector, why aren’t we seeing more of an impact in terms of global emissions?” Tzeporah Berman: “We’re not seeing more of an impact in terms of global emissions even though investment in renewable energy today is double the investment in fossil fuels. Last year, there was $2 trillion invested in renewables and $1 trillion invested in fossil fuels. “We’re seeing dramatic growth in renewable energy, but we are also seeing continued growth in carbon pollution, emissions, and fossil fuel infrastructure. We can’t solve this just by building the good stuff. We have to stop building the bad stuff too. “What we often see is, for example, Mark Carney, our prime minister, saying, ‘We’re still going to move toward electrification. We’re going to eventually have a low-carbon economy by building more renewable energy and electrification.’ “You hear that a lot. That’s good — we need that infrastructure — but no one ever phased something out by building more of it, and that’s what we’re doing today. “Our country has committed internationally. In Dubai, at the climate change negotiations, 190 countries said, ‘Yes, we know we need to phase out fossil fuels, and that’s a priority.’ Now we’re saying we’re going to build more of them.”

    Tzeporah Berman_ Fossil Fuel Expansion & Energy Consumption

  2. 1d ago

    Tzeporah Berman (Part 1 of 4): Then and Now

    Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - More than thirty years have passed since Tzeporah Berman catapulted into public view as an organizer of the Clayoquot Sound logging blockade. She is the Co-founder and International Program Director at Stand.earth, the Founder and Steering Committee Chair of the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative, and serves as a member of the Advisory Group for InfluenceMap. She is also an author, former adjunct professor, and has sat on committees advising the governments of B.C. and Alberta. When she's not away speaking at conferences, or in the midst of negotiations, Tzeporah Berman is back in her home overlooking Gunflint Lake on Cortes Island. In the first of a series of broadcasts recorded there, she talks about then - and now.

    Tzeporah Berman (Part 1 of 4): Then and Now

  3. 3d ago

    Final Interview with Fire Chief Eli McKenty

    De Clarke/ Cortes Currents - The last of 4 interviews with Fire Chief Eli McKenty

    Final Interview with Fire Chief Eli McKenty

  4. 4d ago

    Fire Chief interview Jul 2026 part 3_ Tooling Up 20m21s

    De Clarke / Cortes Currents - the third interview with Fire Chief Eli McKenty

    Fire Chief interview Jul 2026 part 3_ Tooling Up 20m21s

  5. 5d ago

    Part 2 of interview with Fire Chief Eli McKenty

    De Clarke/ Cortes Currents - the second of four broadcasts taken from an interview with f=Fire Chief Eli McKenty

    Part 2 of interview with Fire Chief Eli McKenty

  6. 6d ago

    Village Commons Music Series: Owyn Pengelly, Denise Wolda, and Basil Aerie Thomas

    Manda Aufochs Gillespie/ Folk U - Thanks for joining us on July 17, 2026 for the third week of our Village Commons Music Series, a simultaneously live and live-broadcast show, happening on Fridays from 1 - 2:30pm on the new Pavilion stage. This week it poured with rain! The SCCA generously lent the Manson’s Hall deck so we could all stay dry and cozy. Host Manda Aufochs-Gillespie was joined by Owyn Pengelly, Denise Wolda, and Basil Aerie Thomas - 3 amazing local musicians in-the-round! The Village Commons Music Series is produced by Jemma Hicken, Sean Coyote, and Bryan McKinnon. It is made possible by the Cortes Island Community Foundation, Cortes Community Radio, and FolkU. Folk U Radio is taking old school viral every Friday at 1 p.m. and Mondays at 3 p.m./Wednesday at 6 a.m. @CKTZ89.5FM or livestreamed at cortesradio.ca. Find repeats anytime at www.folku.ca/podcasts.

    Village Commons Music Series: Owyn Pengelly, Denise Wolda, and Basil Aerie Thomas

  7. 6d ago

    Wildfire Risk on Cortes: interview with Fire Chief Eli McKenty

    De Clarke/ Cortes Currents - A couple of weeks ago, Cortes Currents ran a story about an emergency preparedness workshop offered on Cortes Island by SRD staffer Sarah Rosen. In the course of that workshop, volunteer firefighter Mike Brown and Fire Chief Eli McKenty made some comments about wildfire risk on the island, which they saw as the biggest potential emergency islanders face. In early July, I conducted an in-depth interview with Eli, in which we discussed wildfire risk in greater detail. I had a lot of questions: Why and how has this risk intensified over the last 20 years? How is our fire department responding to the growing hazard? What can Cortes Islanders do to protect themselves and their homes?

    Wildfire Risk on Cortes: interview with Fire Chief Eli McKenty

  8. Jul 16

    Ann Vriend at the Village Commons Music Series

    Manda Aufochs Gillespie/ Folk U - Thanks for joining us on July 10, 2026 for another week of the Village Commons Music Series, a simultaneously live and live-broadcast show, happening on Fridays from 1 - 2:30pm on the new Pavilion stage. Host Manda Aufochs-Gillespie was joined by Ann Vriend (AV) from Edmonton. The Village Commons Music Series is produced by Jemma Hicken, Sean Coyote, and Bryan McKinnon. It is made possible by the Cortes Island Community Foundation, Cortes Community Radio, and FolkU. Folk U Radio is taking old school viral every Friday at 1 p.m. and Mondays at 3 p.m./Wednesday at 6 a.m. @CKTZ89.5FM or livestreamed at cortesradio.ca. Find repeats anytime at www.folku.ca/podcasts.

    Ann Vriend at the Village Commons Music Series
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Cortes Currents is a news platform that asks what's current in Cortes and the Discovery Islands. Web articles & radio podcasts: Cortes Island, Quadra Island, Discovery Islands, Campbell River: news, lifestyle, local politics, affordable housing, economy, food security, health, ferries, tourism, history, culture, environmental issues, sustainable forestry, oyster farming, the arts, First Nations, energy, climate change, overshoot

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    Cortes Currents (https://cortescurrents.ca/)
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2026
  • Episodes
    500
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