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History’s industrial strategy haunts us today

by Allan Bonner | Aug 3, 2020 | Business, Environment, FREE membership, New Brunswick | 0

ALLAN BONNER: Then came 50 years of dead fish, stagnant water, methylmercury poisoning, silt buildup and dams collapsing

How the world can best meet rising demand for electricity

by Jock Finlayson | Jul 29, 2020 | Business, Environment, FREE membership, Politics/Law | 0

JOCK FINLAYSON and DENISE MULLEN: Natural gas has a big role to play in getting to a lower carbon future and allows Canada to contribute to efforts to cut GHG emissions

Alberta’s desperation opens the door to environmental ruin

by Doug Firby | Jul 27, 2020 | Alberta, BC, Business, Environment, FREE membership, Politics/Law | 0

DOUG FIRBY: The government of Premier Jason Kenney has decided to end a 44-year moratorium on open-pit coal mining in southern Alberta

Is dam removal the wave of the future?

by Allan Bonner | Jul 20, 2020 | Environment, FREE membership, Lifestyle, Municipal | 0

ENVIRONMENT: Research suggests it makes more ecological and economic sense to dismantle dams than to restore or maintain them

Paris emissions targets carry extra costs for Canada’s economy

by Mark Milke | Jul 17, 2020 | Alberta, Environment, FREE membership, Politics/Law | 0

MARK MILKE and LENNIE KAPLAN: The gap between expectations and existing policy is wide. Closing that gap will cost thousands of jobs and devastate whole economic sectors

Don’t squish that spider!

by Geoff Carpentier | Jul 13, 2020 | BASIC membership, Environment | 0

ENVIRONMENT: We may be genetically programmed to fear spiders, but they’re here for a reason. Leave them alone to eat other insects

Busting the myth of anti-oil-and-gas First Nations

by Gregory John | Jul 8, 2020 | Alberta, BC, Business, Environment, FREE membership, Politics/Law | 0

GREGORY JOHN and MARK MILKE: Most B.C. and Alberta First Nations favour oil and natural gas development. So why do we let activists claim otherwise?

Investing in green future easier said than done for Alberta

by Special to Troy Media | Jun 30, 2020 | Alberta, Business, Environment, FREE membership | 0

ALBERTA ECONOMY: Capitalizing on an educated workforce and taking a hard look at taxation would help the province diversify its post-pandemic economy, according to U of A experts (FREE membership content)

We can – and must – stop our plastic legacy

by Geoff Carpentier | Jun 14, 2020 | BASIC membership, Environment, Lifestyle | 0

ENVIRONMENT: Countless animals ingest plastics and die. Do we care? Do we care that these plastics are now in the human food chain? (BASIC/PREMIUM content/Not yet a BASIC/PREMIUM member? $19)

Is the low-carbon future upon us now?

by Jock Finlayson | Jun 2, 2020 | Business, Environment, FREE membership | 0

JOCK FINLAYSON and DENISE MULLEN: Without major technological breakthroughs, the costs of moving quickly to a far less carbon-intensive economy are painfully high (FREE membership content)

Why have we become a nation of litterbugs?

by Geoff Carpentier | Jun 1, 2020 | BASIC membership, Environment, Lifestyle, Municipal | 0

ENVIRONMENT: We have first-rate collection for everything from garbage, to yard waste and recyclables. Yet we continue to litter (BASIC/PREMIUM content/Not yet a BASIC/PREMIUM member? $19)

Ottawa’s carbon tax hike out of step with global reality

by Aaron Wudrick | May 21, 2020 | Alberta, BC, Business, Environment, FREE membership, Lifestyle | 0

AARON WUDRICK and FRANCO TERRAZZAON: Canadian taxpayers need financial relief during the COVID-19 crisis. Carbon taxes are an obvious place to start (FREE membership content)