John Stackhouse

Skip to main content ➔ Canada charts new scenarios for a new energy era ➔ The small switcheroo that revolutionized energy efficiency ➔ A handbook for climate hopefuls What happens to coffee farms when pest-controlling bats disappear? The world is waking up to the fact that biodiversity impacts everything from your morning cup of Joe to corporate bottom lines. Recently, 152 member governments, including Canada, backed the IPBES Business & Biodiversity Assessment report.

➔ Winter Olympics: running out of slope? ➔ Chinese EVs: low emissions, high drama ➔ Notes from Davos: The looming fight for grid power ➔ Only four locations would be able to host Winter Olympics by 2050 if current climate trajectory persists. The 2026 Winter Olympicorganizers are powering venues in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo with certified renewable electricity and sustainable sourcing, even as the February event is expected to emit around 930,000 tons of CO2.

With industrial power demand rising, can small modular reactors help anchor a cleaner, always‑on system that will support the incoming AI Data Centre boom? In this bonus episode of Disruptors, recorded live in Edmonton, host John Stackhouse speaks with Premier Danielle Smith about a practical path: SMRs alongside abated natural gas, hydro, and stronger interties—with Indigenous equity built in from day one.