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December 2007: The Environmental Keynesian Alternative
Environmental crisis calls for World-War-II-type collaboration As people become ever-more aware of climate change and ecological crisis, they are worried, anxious, and looking for solutions.…
FastFacts: A Pig in a Poke
The George Morris Center Final Report To Manitoba’s Clean Environment Commission Download 28.23 KB 2 pages
Taking the foot off the gas key to more stable climate and energy sector
It took intense pressure and heat over millions of years to turn buried plant and animal life into the natural gas that energy companies now…
November 2007: Continental Water Follies
The “Big idea” that Canada can generously share its water the same way it now shares energy on a continental scale is generally based on…
November 2007: Harnessing The Prairie Winds
Ethanol may ease farm crisis, but wind power more feasible Hopes are being pinned on bio-fuels as a way out of the agriculture crisis. Ethanol…
Foot Off the Gas
Regulating BC’s Oil and Gas Industry as if the Environment Mattered Download 643.35 KB38 pages Attachments SUMMARY: Foot Off the Gas: Regulating BC’s Oil and…
Regulating BC’s oil and gas industry as if the environment mattered
For several years, BC has been hooked on revenues from the fossil fuel industry. Skyrocketing royalty payments to the province from companies pulling oil and…
BC Commentary: A Review of Provincial Social and Economic Trends
Fall 2007, Volume 10, Number 3 Download 1.04 MB8 pages Inside this issue: The Clock is Ticking on Homelessness and the Olympics Weighing in on…
September 2007: Lessons From the Depression
Political leadership needed to forge environmental New Deal In his otherwise excellent report, The Economics of Climate Change, Britain’s Sir Nicolas Stern states that climate…
David Suzuki on our economy and environment
Renowned Canadian environmentalist David Suzuki speaks about the environment, the economy, climate change and our future at a benefit event for the Canadian Centre for…
Inside the Bottle (2nd edition)
An exposé of the bottled water industry Inside the Bottle provides a vivid and disturbing portrayal of how four big companies – Nestlé, PepsiCo, Coca-Cola…
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