UBC's board of governors has voted against selling off its $85 million stake in fossil-fuel businesses.
Environment
January 19, 2016
10:13AM
The LNG industry in B.C. has the potential to supply up to 20 per cent of the Asia-Pacific LNG market by 2020.
January 13, 2016
11:41AM
Pipelines are safer than rail and trucks when it comes to transporting oil.
January 8, 2016
11:22AM
On Wednesday, TransCanada, the company that would have built and operated the Keystone XL pipeline, launched two lawsuits over President Obama’s rejection of the pipeline.
January 8, 2016
3:00AM
The Green Party opposes the Nova Scotia government’s apparent plan to back the re-opening of the Donkin coal mine in Cape Breton.
December 11, 2015
3:00AM
With the announcement that the Pope may “intervene” in the Paris climate negotiations, the last act of the Great Paris Climate Conference is set.
As I wrote in 2010, these giant climate conferences follow an entirely predictable story arc that goes like this:
1) The media will downplay expectations, and diplomats and environmentalists will bemoan how far behind the process is in producing an agreement.
December 1, 2015
3:00AM
Ontario embarked on its Green Energy Act, which subsidizes renewable electricity, and power costs have risen by an estimated 30 per cent.
November 30, 2015
3:22PM
While the planned reduction in emissions may sound impressive, the effect on temperatures will likely be rather small and the costs in dollars quite high.
November 24, 2015
2:36PM
The risks that hydraulic fracturing poses to air appear to be modest and manageable with current technologies.
November 23, 2015
1:11PM
Yesterday, the Alberta government unveiled its new climate change strategy, calling for a carbon tax, which represents a new tax burden on Alberta businesses and families.
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