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The Burden of Concern
The Healthy Environment, Healthy Neighbourhood Project Download 8.23 MB 196 pages The HEHN project documented first-hand experiences of Winnipeg residents in inner city and mature…
Province can tackle fossil-flation with local clean energy
Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press February 24, 2023 With the price of gas, groceries, utilities, mortgages and rent all up, Manitobans are…
Fast Facts: Whose Freedom?
The Convoy that took over Ottawa for a month last year just met outside Winnipeg this past weekend. While the right to protest is an…
Fast Facts: Climate Action Requires Provincial Leadership
Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press Dec. 1, 2022 All governments must heed the dire warnings from United Nations scientists for action on climate.…
Severe climate events cost BC economy billions more than widely reported estimates, study finds
VANCOUVER — The costs to British Columbia’s economy from last year’s unprecedented heat dome, horrific wildfires, widespread flooding and crippling landslides could be more than…
A Climate Reckoning
The economic costs of BC’s extreme weather in 2021 Download 1.48 MB56 pages BC’s severe climate events in 2021 cost the province’s economy billions more…
Fast Facts: Remembering Don Sullivan
Don Sullivan was an environmentalist, best described as an ecosocialist, and a highly skilled political activist. He played a lead role in many environmental campaigns…
Bet Big: A citizen’s guide to green industrial policy in Canada
Download 1.19 MB51 pages Fossil fuels are a central problem in our economy, and Canadian climate policy is only slowly catching up. Carbon pricing and…
Canada needs a green industrial strategy to combat climate change: Report
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. OTTAWA—Canada’s efforts to combat climate change are coming up short because the country lacks a clear industrial policy, according to…
The Monitor, July/August 2022
The Future of Growth Download 4.32 MB Issue highlights: The benefits of an inclusive infrastructure model: Part of a trilogy: 1) Trish Hennessy examines promising…
Reciprocal but not optimal
CCPA comments on the government’s reciprocal procurement proposals This spring, Global Affairs Canada sought advice on the development of a reciprocal procurement policy that would…
More potentially fatal landslides and severe flooding ahead unless BC government enacts major reforms, experts warn
VANCOUVER — Several engineers and geoscientists say some of the worst flooding and landslides in BC last November were in valleys with land disturbances related…
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