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New pipelines not needed if federal and provincial governments serious about climate commitments: earth scientist
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT (OTTAWA) A new study by veteran earth scientist David Hughes finds that Canada cannot meet its global climate…
Oil profits, pipelines and the human cost of regulatory capture
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Pipelines vs Paris: Canada’s climate conundrum
Enbridge Kinder Morgan Energy East Capacity (barrels per day) 525,000 590,000 1,100,000 Combustion (exported) emissions per year (Mt CO2) 58 65 121 Lifecycle emissions…
A carbon tax comes to Alberta
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Regulatory Capture
Compromising rail safety in the wake of Lac-Mégantic? Transport Minister, Marc Garneau, said recently that rail safety is his number one priority. The federal budget…
BC Commentary: A review of provincial social, economic and environmental trends
Spring 2016, Volume 19, Number 2 Download 1.39 MB8 pages Inside this issue: Time to do away with MSP, by Iglika Ivanova Yes, let’s lower…
Rising hydro bills pushing mills to burn fossil fuel
Premier Christy Clark’s vow to push work at the $9-billion Site C dam “past the point of no return” may be music to the ears…
alt.policy (Short 3)
Premiers’ climate talks + divestment Following the Paris climate summit last year — and an ambitious 1.5 degree target to limit global warming — the…
Reducing poverty and carbon emissions: lessons from Manitoba
I often get asked about alternatives to our fossil-fuelled status quo. In recent years, there have been many new projects that point to the way forward,…
Petronas’ Pacific NorthWest LNG: Profile of a Carbon Bomb
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Oil by rail: Have the lessons of Lac-Mégantic been learned?
With pipeline approvals stalled—Keystone XL denied, Northern Gateway dead, Energy East and Kinder Morgan in deep trouble— the oil industry is running out of room.…
Site C: Too risky to rely on one river system for BC’s hydro needs
In the face of a prolonged drought, water levels at Lake Mead, the giant hydroelectric reservoir that straddles the Nevada and Arizona borders, are lower…
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