2023
December 21 Saskatoon StarPhoenix
Letter to the Editor: Peter Prebble says Premier Moe must face the reality of climate change in Saskatchewan. Read more (Reposted by the Regina Leader-Post)
December 11 CBC Radio-Canada
Peter Prebble on Saskatchewan’s presence at COP28. Read more
December 5 CBC Radio-Canada
Vice President Bob Halliday discusses provincial funding for industry to reduce GHG emissions. Read more
November 26 Saskatoon StarPhoenix
Peter Prebble comments on Saskatchewan’s disproportionally high greenhouse gas emissions. Read more (Reposted by the Pentiction Herald)
November 22 CFCR 90.5 (Making the Links)
Peter Prebble discusses the urgent need to phase out fossil fuel use globally, as well as key issues COP28 must address. Listen here
October 31 CBC Radio-Canada
Peter Prebble comments on the need for more federal incentives to help people invest in efficient energy and reduce costs. Listen here [Clip begins around 2:50]
October 26 Planet S
Peter Prebble comments on climate litigation. Read more (Reposted in Prairie Dog Magazine)
August 28 CFCR 90.5 (Making the Links)
Peter Prebble discusses ways of producing clean electricity that are much safer and less expensive than a small modular nuclear reactor. Listen here
August 28 Global News Saskatchewan
Peter Prebble discusses SMR development in Saskatchewan. Read more
August 16 CBC Saskatchewan
Vice President Bob Halliday talks about the urgent need to modernize the grid to reach net-zero. Read more
August 16 CFCR 90.5 (Making the Links)
Peter Prebble discusses safety problems associated with nuclear power stations. Listen here
August 15 Saskatoon StarPhoenix
Vice President Bob Halliday comments on the province’s flood reduction prevention program. Read more
August 11 CBC Saskatchewan
Board member Glenn Wright responds to the province’s stance on federal clean energy regulations. Read more (Reposted on msn.com)
August 9 CFCR 90.5 (Making the Links)
Don Kossick interviews Peter Prebble on the historical links between uranium mining in Saskatchewan and nuclear weapons. Listen here
July 25 CBC Saskatchewan
Peter Prebble on Inefficient Fossil Fuel Subsidies: “…the federal government’s decision reflects the reality of a Canada grappling with the effects of climate change.” Read more
July 24 CBC Radio-Canada
Board member Peter Prebble comments on the Federal government’s plan to phase out inefficient fossil fuel subsidies. Read more (en français) or watch on Le téléjournal Saskatchewan [clip begins at 7:50]
June 8 Planet S
Board member Peter Prebble discusses Bill 88: The Saskatchewan First Act and its implications for federal climate change policy. Read more
June 1 Regina Leader Post
“In a world that desperately needs to stop burning coal, Premier Scott Moe is setting a terrible example,” writes Peter Prebble in a Letter to the Editor. Read more (Reposted by the Saskatoon StarPhoenix)
May 30 Saskatoon StarPhoenix
Opinion piece from SES Vice President Bob Halliday: SaskPower and the government of Saskatchewan are now embroiled in a power-planning dilemma largely of their own making. Read more (Reposted by the Regina Leader-Post.)
May 17 Battleford News Optimist
Students from École Monseigneur Blaise Morand in North Battleford learn how energy efficiency and sustainability have evolved in buildings through the Smarter Science Better Buildings display at the WDM. Read more
May 11 Planet S
Peter Prebble discusses Saskatchewan’s lack of action in meeting federal habitat and biodiversity targets. Read more
May 9 CBC Radio (Saskatoon Morning with Leisha Grebinski)
Theresa Kliem visits St. Kateri Takakwitha school to learn about the energy conservation & waste reduction projects grade 8 students put into action at their school and in their local neighbourhood. Listen
April 26 CBC Radio (Saskatoon Morning with Leisha Grebinski)
Saskatoon Morning’s Theresa Kliem visits École Victoria to learn from grade 4 students and teacher Madame Rose about their composting program. Listen [Clip begins at 2:43]
April 24 paNOW
Grade 7 students from St. John Community School tour the Smarter Science Better Buildings exhibit at the Prince Albert Science Centre. Read more
April 17 Saskatoon StarPhoenix (Bridges)
Phil Tank interviews Peter Prebble about his nearly 50 years of environmental policy work in Saskatchewan, including at SES. Read more
March 29 CTV Saskatoon
Board member Peter Prebble speaks with Alex Brown about clean energy initiatives in the 2023 federal budget. Read more
March 28 Global News Saskatoon
Board member Glenn Wright discusses the lack of climate action in Saskatchewan’s 2023 budget. Aired on the 5pm and 10pm news. Link to follow.
March 28 CBC Saskatchewan
Board member Glenn Wright discusses the lack of climate action in Saskatchewan’s 2023 budget. Read more
March 27 The Canadian Press
SES Vice President Bob Halliday comments on critical minerals strategy in Saskatchewan. Read more (Reposted by CTV Regina and The Globe and Mail.)
March 24 SaskToday.ca
The Smarter Science Better Buildings program provides hands on learning for students at the Western Development Museum in Yorkton. Read more
March 24 CTV Regina
Grade 7 students from Columbia School in Yorkton attend the Smarter Science Better Buildings program at the Western Development Museum. Read more
March 16 Planet S Magazine
Peter Prebble talks about the high financial cost of extreme weather events driven by climate change. Read more (Reposted by Prairie Dog Magazine.)
March 15 DiscoverMooseJaw
Students from École Connaught Community School participated in the Smarter Science Better Buildings program at the Western Development Museum in Moose Jaw. Read more
February 27 CBC Saskatchewan
Board Member Glenn Wright responds to the ‘Sustainable Saskatchewan’ campaign, says it “focuses on emissions reductions already achieved in agriculture, but not what still needs to be done.” Read more
February 23 CBC Saskatoon Morning
Peter Prebble discusses Matthew Johnson’s new research on methane emissions from the oil and gas sector in Saskatchewan. Listen here
February 22 CBC Radio-Canada
Saskatchewan Environmental Society board member Peter Prebble stresses the importance of reducing methane emissions to address climate change. Read more (en français)
February 15 CBC Saskatchewan
Board Member Glenn Wright provided a statement regarding the Government of Saskatchewan’s ‘Sustainable Saskatchewan’ campaign. Watch here [Clip begins at 2:57, SES quoted at 5:00]
February 2 Saskatoon StarPhoenix
Board members Peter Prebble and Glenn Wright write column calling on the Government of Saskatchewan to “amend the Saskatchewan First Act to delete all references to the regulation of GHG emissions.” Read more (Re-posted by the Regina Leader-Post here.)
February 2 620 CKRM
“The negative impacts of Saskatchewan’s GHG emissions primarily affect people and ecosystems far beyond the reach of our provincial borders and pose irreversible hazards to future generations. That is why regulating them cannot be left to Saskatchewan’s government alone…” Read more
February 1 CBC Saskatchewan
Peter Prebble discusses how Bill 88 could jeopardize Canada’s UN pledges to reduce nationwide GHG emissions by at least 40 per cent below 2005 levels by 2030. Read more
February 1 CBC Saskatchewan
SES concerned “the province is using language in the [Saskatchewan First] act to block federal greenhouse gas legislation.” Watch here [Clip begins at 8:26]
February 1 CBC Saskatchewan
Education Coordinator Amber Burton talks about the Smarter Science Better Buildings program at the WDM. Watch here [Clip begins at 9:26]
February 1 CTV News Regina
Board member Peter Prebble talks about negative environmental impacts if Bill 88 is passed. Read more
January 31 CBC Saskatchewan News
Board member Glenn Wright calls for cooperation with the Federal Government to create jobs and promote clean growth in Saskatchewan. Watch here [Clip begins at 8:05]
January 31 CBC Radio-Canada
La Société environnementale de la Saskatchewan dénonce le projet de loi Saskatchewan First. Read more
January 31 650 CKOM
Board members Peter Prebble, Bob Halliday, and Glenn Wright outline SES’s opposition to Bill 88, The Saskatchewan First Act. “We put our economic future at risk if we do not focus on reducing our greenhouse gas emissions.” Read more
January 31 CJWW Radio
SES opposes Bill 88, The Saskatchewan First Act. “Provincial progress in reducing greenhouse gas emissions will be prevented if communication with the federal government is limited.” Read more (Also posted on GX 94 here.)
January 28 CBC News Saskatoon
SES Education Coordinator Amber Burton shares info about the Smarter Science Better Buildings program at the WDM. Read more
January 20 National Observer
Board Member Peter Prebble responds to Bill 88, The Saskatchewan First Act with concerns. Read more
January 13 Global News
Board Member Peter Prebble talks about the risks associated with small modular nuclear reactors in Saskatchewan. Read more
January 2 SaskToday
Write up about 2023 Sustainability Speakers Series. Read more