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Everything you always wanted to know about every Canadian resource project but didn't know where to look
21 federal departments contributed to a remarkable mapping project that is now in soft-launch phase.
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For B.C.'s climate vision to succeed, federal leadership is past due
Researchers at North Carolina's Duke University recently lauded the B.C. carbon tax, observing that it has been "a politically difficult policy to implement, because support and opposition are concentrated in particular groups."
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Headlines, Hydro, and what was the real story?
There have been some memorable headlines in the world of journalism: “Red tape holds up new bridge” . . . “Grandmother of eight makes hole in one”.
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An emerging vision for public confidence
Natural resources are the backbone of the Canadian economy, and in Winnipeg the nation's energy and mines ministers come together to find a way forward.
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Got questions about oil tanker risk in Vancouver? Here's how to check the facts for yourself
A new ministerial panel on the TransMountain Pipeline Expansion proposal is currently hearing from the public about the project. Resource Works offers this guide to understanding what may, at times, seem to be contradictory information being put forward.
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British Columbia is Canada's uncontested climate leader - here's the evidence
The long-waited BC climate policy update must not punish residents with unfair anti-affordability measures that let other provinces off the hook.
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Our Barinder Rasode takes responsible resource message to the UN
Resource Works is just over two years old now, and there is new evidence that our values are resonating across society at a time of peak interest in our issues.
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Our biggest challenge: Building trust and confidence in resource development
Stewart Muir of Resource Works joins other Environmental Non-Government Organizations (ENGOs) at a breakthrough ministerial panel in Burnaby.
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Citizens require resource products, but they also need to know how land is respected and protected
Understanding the modern resource economy opens our eyes to a virtuous circle of discovery, development, social growth, technological innovation, and environmental protection. How can resource people succeed in telling this story?
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Log exports part of sustainable forest industry in 2016
Should our trees only be processed in local mills? Or have global markets irreversibly affected how forest products are manufactured today? Here are 8 arguments for taking a global trade approach.
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Changing the conversation on energy transition
Let's move on from an "and-or" to an "and-more" mindset about how we fuel our daily lives, writes Resource Works executive director Stewart Muir. This commentary appeared in The Vancouver Sun on July 14, 2016.
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Energy fireworks making for a summer to remember on the west coast
Is the Paris Agreement on climate change a license for draconian, ill-considered attempts to radically overturn the world’s existing energy distribution systems?
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Michelle Pockey: A heartbreaking loss for resource leadership
Michelle Pockey inspired many, not just in forestry and mining where she left a deep mark as an environmental lawyer. Her passing is a loss for resource leadership in British Columbia.
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Meena Mann: Small town values, big city career
Emcee of the 1sth annual Race for Resources is steeped in British Columbia's rural heritage and the continuing reliance on responsible natural resources.
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Will Trudeau government action on tanker ban re-open painful wound?
The history of the so-called offshore oil and gas moratorium and subsequent tanker exclusion in BC has little to do with environment and everything to do with contested territory.
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What federal scientists determined about the safety of this natural gas export proposal
Though natural gas from LNG is proven as the safest way to lower greenhouse gas emissions, there is a lot of competition to get it to market. Here is what federal scientists said about one project, the Pacific North West LNG proposal near Prince Rupert.
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What do you call a high-tech resource society driven by green innovation? How about B.C.-ism
City residents use British Columbia’s resource products such as natural gas on a daily basis, but how often do they stop to think about the significance of these goods in their own personal lives?
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If the world has lots of natural gas, why does Japan want Canada's?
A presentation by a Japanese company at a Canadian LNG conference shows that Japan wants Canada's LNG for very specific reasons related to its own energy strategy.
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What does it take to drive a modern economy?
One remarkable quality of British Columbia's natural resource economy is that it does its work quietly, yet in plain view.
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