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Letter: Leadership needed on investing in renewable future

‘Later is too late’
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Alberta’s largest power generator says more than two-thirds of its profits will come from renewable electricity production by 2028 — marking a major transformation for a company that once was one of the largest emitters of greenhouse gases in the country. TransAlta wind turbines are shown at a wind farm near Pincher Creek, Alta., Wednesday, March 9, 2016.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

The idea that we can’t afford to take bold climate action is a dangerous lie.The truth is, we can’t afford not to!

Renewable energy is now the cheapest way to generate electricity. Meanwhile, fossil fuel corporations are robbing the public purse for private profit and costing us billions in damages from worsening climate chaos.

Let’s make this the year that Canada breaks free from the expensive, unequal and wildly destructive fossil fuel economy. Cheap, clean, renewable energy is the key to a better future.

What we need is courage and leadership from our federal representatives. If they invest in a renewable future now, they will lay the foundation for safer and more affordable lives for all of us.

With bills rising and extreme weather worsening, we can’t afford to keep stalling.

Later is too late.

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Pilinka Wiseman,

Lee Creek