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Green pressure on Canada escalating, rapidly
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by Resource Works
· May 24, 2020 11:25 AM
So supporters of a big shift to "green" are putting heat on our federal government to turn Canada into a shiny world leader for renewable energy, now that “oil is dead.” They promote it to Ottawa as a part of the new normal they want to follow the COVID-19 pandemic. But does this logic make sense?
Read moreFour things that District of Squamish councillors are getting wrong about Woodfibre LNG
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by Margareta Dovgal
· May 15, 2020 9:31 PM
Pushed by anti-LNG pressure groups, District of Squamish councillors have decided to offer their own response to emissions reduction guidelines set by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), urging the BC Environmental Assessment Office to refuse a five-year environmental certificate extension for the $1.6 billion Woodfibre LNG project. The councillors supporting this motion are getting a couple of things very wrong.
Read moreGetting over the rhetorical yelling on climate
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by Resource Works
· July 01, 2019 3:48 PM
Agriculture, air, fish, hydro, land, minerals, natural gas, oil, seafood, solar, water, wind, wood...there is no nation on earth blessed with a greater variety and abundance of natural resources than Canada.
Read moreMomentum grows for collaborative approach on climate change
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by Resource Works
· May 28, 2019 2:18 PM
British Columbia municipalities, having had a chance to consider litigation strategy, are now saying there are better ways to go.
Read moreBritish Columbia, don’t go the way of California
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by Stewart Muir
· April 24, 2019 6:19 AM
Victoria and its mayor Lisa Helps were the first to call for a class action lawsuit against oil companies last year, seemingly bringing some credence to the West Coast Environmental Law Centre’s years-long campaign to convince municipalities to bring litigation against these energy producers. Stewart Muir looks at the issue.
Read moreOverview: Climate litigation in British Columbia
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by Resource Works
· March 20, 2019 10:53 AM
Municipalities are being asked to participate in campaigns that would seek funds from fuel companies. A range of differing views is emerging as to its efficacy, writes Stewart Muir.
Read moreThe true cost of climate litigation in Canada
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by Stewart Muir
· February 21, 2019 5:30 AM
POLICY BRIEF: Should corporations be sued for supplying fuels to local residents? Stewart Muir, Resource Works founding executive director, takes a look at a campaign imported from the United States where it has met with little success in the legal system.
Read moreStruggle continues to find right path for climate policy
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by Stewart Muir
· December 18, 2018 7:20 AM
How divided is the public conversation on carbon taxes? A hint comes from the reaction to a recent report by the Canadian Chamber of Commerce on the subject.
Read moreBritish Columbia has an opportunity to gain from slow global shift to a lower GHG future
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by Resource Works
· December 12, 2018 1:23 PM
The results of the CleanBC plan, should they be achieved, will have "zero effect" on the level, pattern, or growth of global greenhouse gas emissions, states a new commentary from leading business group.
Read moreCarbon taxes aren't saving the planet, but these ideas will
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by Stewart Muir
· October 17, 2018 8:56 AM
Resource Works executive director Stewart Muir offers his prescription for moving beyond the conflict and confusion.
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