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Fracking—Dollars and Sense
This commentary, by Michael Bradfield, a member of the Nova Scotia Hydraulic Facturing (Fracking) Review Panel, clarifies the economics of adopting a serious ban on exploration…
Climate Justice in BC
Lessons for Transformation Download 3.02 MB61 pages Are you looking for new ways to teach about climate change and social justice? Frustrated with models that…
Climate damages litigation could cost Canadian oil & gas companies billions: study
OTTAWA—Canadian oil and gas companies could be liable for billions of dollars of damages for their contribution to climate change, according a study released today…
Payback Time?
What the Internationalization of Climate Litigation Could Mean for Canadian Oil and Gas Companies Download 2.91 MB64 pages This report explores scenarios in which the…
Work Life: Terminally ill professor pleads for asbestos ban
University of Manitoba professor Patricia Martens has one more mission as an epidemiologist as she confronts her final days with a terminal disease. She wants…
Capitalism vs. Us
A review of Naomi Klein’s new book, “This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate” Naomi Klein writes important books and has very good timing. But…
Hennessy’s Index: September 2014
Crude: Lac-Mégantic By the Numbers Hennessy’s Index is a monthly listing of numbers, written by the CCPA’s Trish Hennessy, about Canada and its place in…
BC Commentary: A Review of Provincial Social and Economic Trends
Fall 2014, Volume 17, Number 3 Download 1.99 MB8 pages Inside this issue: Precarious temp agency work requires public policy attention by Andrew Longhurst Don’t…
Work Life: Seeds Planted for Green Economy in Manitoba
Last week, I was in Winnipeg and elsewhere in southern Manitoba for a roundtable and a series of field visits. Representing the Green Economy Network…
No future for tar sands
The tar sands exist because of a perfect storm of conditions. The right markets, the right incentives, the right policies, and governments willing to work…
New paper warns of global “ecological overshoot” and rising inequality
UBC professor publication highlights policy alternatives to achieve true sustainability in CCPA publication CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT (Vancouver) In a new paper…
Avoiding Collapse
An agenda for sustainable degrowth and relocalizing the economy Download 309.92 KB 20 pages In this thoughtful paper, UBC Professor Emeritus William Rees, the originator…
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