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Federal carbon tax hike will hammer New Brunswick economy

by Alex Whalen | Apr 14, 2021 | Business, Environment, FREE content, New Brunswick, Politics/Law, Your Money | 0

ALEX WHALEN and ELMIRA ALIAKBARI: New Brunswickers should understand the real-life effects of this tax, as the job loss and economic contraction will be substantial (FREE)

Biden’s green revolution is a disaster in the making

by Peter Holle | Apr 14, 2021 | Business, Environment, FREE content, Politics/Law, World | 0

DUGGAN FLANAKIN: Every electric vehicle job will come at the expense of a gas-engine vehicle job. Every charging station will diminish jobs in pipeline, refining, gas retail and delivery, and other sectors (FREE)

OPEC+ opens oil production taps after U.S pressure

by Rashid Husain Syed | Apr 6, 2021 | Business, Environment, Politics/Law, PREMIUM content, World | 0

RASHID HUSAIN SYED: With the continuing OPEC+ oil output cuts, markets were going into an overdrive mode. Prices at U.S. gas stations rose sharply (PREMIUM)

Why birds sing before winter weather breaks

by Geoff Carpentier | Apr 6, 2021 | Environment, PREMIUM content | 0

NATURE: As the days grow longer, environmental and behavioural changes ensue, and wildlife responds accordingly. Many species court and breed in the dead of winter (PREMIUM)

Carbon tax will cost British Columbians more

by Kris Sims | Apr 5, 2021 | BC, Environment, FREE content, Lifestyle, Politics/Law, Your Money | 0

KRIS SIMS: The average BC family will be paying about $240 more for natural gas in Trudeau’s carbon tax each year. That’s a year of new shoes for four kids (FREE)

A web of pipelines binds the Canada, U.S. economies together

by Mark Milke | Apr 2, 2021 | Alberta, BC, Business, Environment, FREE content, Politics/Law, Saskatchewan | 0

MARK MILKE and LENNIE KAPLAN: 453,000 km worth of tubes carries crude oil, refined petroleum and natural gas products; a plethora of jobs, families and homes dependent on it (FREE)

Meeting Canada’s aggressive green targets a tall order

by Jock Finlayson | Mar 23, 2021 | Business, Environment, FREE content, Politics/Law | 0

JOCK FINLAYSON and DENISE MULLEN: Speed and efficiency are not things that Canada’s lumbering and increasingly dysfunctional regulatory systems are known for (FREE)

Differentiating truth from myth about snowflakes

by Geoff Carpentier | Mar 22, 2021 | Environment, Lifestyle, PREMIUM content | 0

NATURE: As you enjoy the winter climes, marvel at these seemingly simple structures that rely on all the forces of nature for their beauty, structure and endurance ($21)

Which sector spends the most on the environment? Oil and gas

by Mark Milke | Mar 11, 2021 | Alberta, Business, Environment, FREE content, Newfoundland, Politics/Law, Quebec, Saskatchewan | 0

MARK MILKE and VEN VENKATACHALAM: Between 2006 and 2018 the oil and gas sector spent $28.1 billion on environmental protection; ALL other industries combined spent $39.6 billion (FREE)

The wasted pursuit of social licence for oil exploration

by Ken Green | Mar 9, 2021 | Business, Environment, FREE content, Politics/Law | 0

KEN GREEN: Canada wasn’t targeted for international outrage because it was a threat to the global climate, but simply because it was an easy target (FREE)

Are owls wise, all-seeing and good luck – or harbingers of calamity?

by Geoff Carpentier | Mar 9, 2021 | Environment, Lifestyle, PREMIUM content | 0

GEOFF CARPENTIER: Owls have extraordinary sight. It was believed that people could gain better vision by making a potion from the ash of owl eggs ($21)