As I write, it has been just a few days since the provincial election. As was the case for most of you, the result was unexpected. We are still processing what it means for our work and rethinking some of our research plans. For those of us who engage in deep thinking about policy ideas, [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Climate change'
Lessons from the 2013 BC Election: What’s a progressive research institute to do?
May 22nd, 2013 · Seth Klein · 17 Comments · Climate change, Economy, Employment & labour
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Comparing platforms with respect to climate action
May 9th, 2013 · Seth Klein · 2 Comments · Climate change, Environment, resources & sustainability
As many readers of this blog will know, back in February the CCPA (with the assistance of a number of our partners in the Climate Justice Project) published an Open Letter to the BC political parties calling on them to recommit to BC’s legislated greenhouse gas reduction targets, and to table plans for how to [...]
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Climate justice and BC’s political moment
April 5th, 2013 · Marc Lee · Comments Off · Climate change, Economy, Energy, Environment, resources & sustainability
The following is based on a talk at the Bring Your Boomers election forum on April 3 at the Rio Theatre in Vancouver, the fourth in a series of intergenerational dialogues from Gen Why Media, and was co-sponsored by the CCPA, Get Your Vote On, LeadNow and Vancity credit union. I was asked to set the stage for a conversation on climate justice between [...]
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Absolving our Carbon Sins: the Case of the Pacific Carbon Trust
April 2nd, 2013 · Marc Lee · 1 Comment · Climate change, Energy, Environment, resources & sustainability, Provincial budget & finance
Last week’s report from BC’s Auditor General dealt a huge blow to the credibility of carbon offsets and claims that BC had achieved a state of “carbon neutral government.” Coverage of the AG’s report was coloured by accusations from the Pacific Carbon Trust, the Crown corporation created to buy and sell BC offsets, and “experts” [...]
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Closing the Loop: Zero Waste, GHG Emissions and Green Jobs in BC
March 28th, 2013 · Marc Lee · Comments Off · Climate change, Economy, Energy, Environment, resources & sustainability
Below is the summary for our latest Climate Justice Project report, Closing the Loop: Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Creating Green Jobs through Zero Waste in BC (I recommend checking the much prettier full paper, stand-alone summary, and awesome infographic by Sam Bradd on the website). Closing the Loop was a complex and challenging project that made my head [...]
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BC throne speech repackages old announcements, lacks courage and vision
February 12th, 2013 · Iglika Ivanova · Comments Off · Climate change, Economy, Poverty, inequality & welfare, Provincial budget & finance, Taxes
Today’s Speech from the Throne reads more like a list of what this government sees as its main achievements than a true framework for going forward. New initiatives are few and far between, sandwiched between pages of self-congratulatory recap of the natural gas strategy, the jobs plan and highlights from the last budget. All in [...]
More twists and turns in the dubious economics of LNGs
February 8th, 2013 · Seth Klein · Comments Off · Climate change, Economy, Environment, resources & sustainability, Taxes
This morning the newspapers bring news that the natural gas industry is seeking tax breaks for developing liquified natural gas (LNG) plants. Apparently the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers is asking for increased capital cost allowances , which would cost the federal government as much as $2 billion over seven years in foregone revenues. The [...]
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Marc’s Enbridge Testimony
January 16th, 2013 · Marc Lee · 3 Comments · Climate change, Energy, Environment, resources & sustainability
Testimony to the Joint Review Panel on the Enbridge Northern Gateway Project By Marc Lee, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives January 16, 2013 My name is Marc Lee, and I have served as an economist for the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives for more than 14 years. Most recently I have been Senior Economist and [...]
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BC’s Coal Future
January 16th, 2013 · Marc Lee · 2 Comments · Climate change, Economy, Environment, resources & sustainability
While much of the attention this week is on the Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline hearings in Vancouver, another fossil fuel export issue has come into play with proposals to greatly expand coal exports from the Port of Metro Vancouver. Our colleagues, David Green (Economics, UBC) and Kevin Washbrook (Voters Taking Action of Climate Change) have [...]
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What’s next for BC’s carbon tax?
January 14th, 2013 · Marc Lee · 1 Comment · Climate change, Energy, Environment, resources & sustainability, Taxes
An oped of mine was published by the Vancouver Sun today: What’s next for BC’s carbon tax? Marc Lee Climate change forced its way onto the political agenda in 2012, as Hurricane Sandy ripped through the northeast United Stages just days before the election. And while action remains frustratingly slow, extreme weather disasters in the [...]
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