Unlike a number of green advocates, political and otherwise, I think there can be some significant benefit for British Columbians from the development of LNG exports, particularly if issues around the supply and pricing of electricity, and the regulation and offset of industry GHG emissions are properly addressed. Nevertheless, I do agree with those who argue [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Environment, resources & sustainability'
The Green Part of Green
May 10th, 2013 · Marvin Shaffer · 4 Comments · Economy, Energy, Environment, resources & sustainability
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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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Debt Free BC?
May 4th, 2013 · Marvin Shaffer · Comments Off · Economy, Energy, Environment, resources & sustainability, Uncategorized
It is pretty clear that the election-inspired promise of a debt free BC is not to be taken seriously. There is no credible market analysis indicating that the royalties from B.C. LNG exports would be sufficient to do that in 15 years, as the Premier would have it. The potential for increased gas supply from [...]
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Investor alert: TSX over-valued due to a “carbon bubble”
April 15th, 2013 · Marc Lee · Comments Off · Economy, Environment, resources & sustainability
Canada’s economic development model is on a collision course with the urgent need for global climate action. Worldwide, extreme weather events from drought to floods to powerful storms and record-breaking temperatures are making a powerful statement that climate change can no longer be denied. Hurricane Sandy, which rudely interrupted a US election in which candidates [...]
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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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Powell River citizens talk forestry: democracy in action
April 2nd, 2013 · Janet Newbury · Comments Off · Environment, resources & sustainability
With a provincial election just around the corner and municipal elections to follow shortly thereafter for many BC communities, this is a good time for us as citizens to think about how we can be more engaged in the decisions and policies that affect our communities. When it comes to the democratic process, voting is [...]
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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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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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Tea Party Tactics
February 7th, 2013 · Marvin Shaffer · 3 Comments · Environment, resources & sustainability
There is no question that climate change is one of the major issues of our time . And we do need to challenge our political leaders to state clearly what plans and strategies they have both to reduce GHG emissions and to prepare for the changes that are already happening and likely to intensify. However, [...]
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