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Odious profits and the Enbridge pipeline
Two obvious but generally unstated details about the Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline are climate change and that oil and gas companies stand to make mega-profits.…
Inequality and Climate Injustice: A Durban Post-Mortem
The United Nations climate change talks in Durban, South Africa, ended 2011 with a whimper. After a year in which climate disasters rolled across the…
On climate, Canada is a rogue state
On Sunday, CTV leaked Canada’s intentions to pull out of the Kyoto treaty process on climate change. What is significant about Kyoto is that it is a…
The New Politics Initiative: Ten Years After
Rabble.ca is running a series of reflections on the tenth anniversary of the New Politics Initiative, which sought to create a more democratic politics in…
Peddling Greenhouse Gases
What is the Carbon Footprint of Canada’s Fossil Fuel Exports? Download 439.05 KB 8 pages This report reviews emissions from Canada’s export of fossil fuels,…
Challenging capitalism: a 12-step program
Over a year ago, I posted “What are the Game Changers?“, an attempt at sparking some strategic thinking for the broader left. Now that we’ve…
Who Occupies the Sky?
CCPA released a new report today by myself and Amanda Card that makes the links between inequality and carbon footprints. We look at the distribution of greenhouse…
Who Occupies the Sky?
The Distribution of GHGs in Canada Download 340.23 KB7 pages To create effective policy for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, it is important to identify…
Electricity conservation efforts should include high prices for large consumers, protection for low-income households
If BC is going to meet its climate action targets, the province needs to shift away from natural gas and rely instead on clean electricity.…
Transforming transportation will improve quality of life for all British Columbians
The 2010 Winter Olympics shone a light on one of the most fascinating experiments in transportation planning ever conducted in North America. Previously unthinkable measures…
Wealth and income in the top 1%
One thing I really like about the Occupy movement is that it reclaiming mental space. I’m thinking of the overt focus on the riches…
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