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December 21, 2011

King Tides Inspire Adaptation

Do you live near the ocean? Millions of British Columbians do! If the mountains are our backyard, then the Pacific is definitely our front yard... on our doorstep. Not literally of course, well... at least not yet... or not often... yet...

In fact, for many British Columbians, high waters from the Pacific do make it up into their yards, parks, roads, etc. Usually this is the result of a combination of high waters and high winds... a kind of "perfect storm" of conditions. For example, high waters (spring tides) tend to happen twice per month (during full and new moons); and high winds tend to happen more often in the winter months. Additionally, the B.C. coast experiences "storm surges" during the winter, especially during La Niña winters such as this one.

So what happens when all these forces converge?... Well,"King Tides" of course: High Tides during a "spring" of the month (recall: New Moon = Dec 24th). And if an Aleutian Low storm system coincides: bam! Water inundation! ...Read More

December 1, 2011

Clean Energy Vehicles – The long wait is over, they’re finally here, and so are a suite of supportive provincial programs!

It might be hard to believe, but about a century ago, two-thirds of the automobiles in North America were Clean Energy Vehicles (Electric or Steam-powered). Then, like so many good things, they quietly disappeared for some time...

Over the past few years, countless individuals and organisations have taken the time to write letters, encouraging the BC Government to consider providing incentives and programs in support of Clean Energy Vehicles. If you are reading this, you may well have been one of the many who took the time to write! During the same period the Plug-in BC Working Group has been working behind the scenes to attract auto manufactures to our province by developing a range of strategies to ensure BC is a CEV-ready province, including partnering on pilot projects which saw some of the first CEVs make their debut in BC.

But before we go too much further, some of you may be wondering what exactly a Clean Energy Vehicle is anyway?...

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