Last year, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg pledged $50 million to the Sierra Club for its “beyond coal” campaign. But the mayor hasn’t—and won’t—be directing any cash to the club’s parallel “beyond oil” campaign.
Financial Reality is Needed in Maritime Canada: David Mackinnon addresses the Charlottetown Rotary Club, April 2, 2012 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
I’d like to start my presentation with a warning. The warning is that I’m going to speak very frankly about difficult issues. I will be taking fundamental issue with the approach the federal government, P.E.I., Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec and Manitoba have been taking in relation to the many subsidies the Government of Canada provides to regions.
Oil Sands Environmental Realities and the Nature of Things: Researchers enhance natural growth with successful agricultural soil methods, wetlands restoration with beavers, avian protection with hi-tech marine radar and light spectrum research
Three University of Alberta professors demonstrate successful oil sands environmental management and restoration methods to an impatient and sceptical public who do not appreciate that nature works in decades, not years, and will successfully reclaim itself to a large extent. They show how humans are enhancing and speeding up the process, and applying hi-tech innovations to avian monitoring and protection.
The Economic, Environmental and Political Consequences of Carbon Pricing: Case Studies in Pricing-Based Carbon Controls
Eric Merkley, Ben Eisen and Kenneth Green examine 8 case studies in carbon pricing from around the world, and assess their economic, environmental and political consequences.
Sinclair is Wrong — It Wasn’t Genocide
Rodney Clifton responds to an article in the Winnipeg Free Press.
2,000 Nurses Due to Retire
Why doesn’t the Government and the U of S partner with universities in the Philippines
Usage Based Billing
There is also a need to fix the legacy of past government interventions in that market.
Cap-and-Trade — Useless, Dumb, and Reckless: Goldstein: Michael Ignatieff’s irresponsible election promise would be a financial disaster for Canada
Michael Ignatieff’s 2011 election Red Book promise to create a cap-and-trade market in carbon dioxide emissions, completes a triple play of stupidity on energy and environmental policy by the Liberals going back almost 20 years.
10,000 Views
Frontier’s video on oil sands, wind turbines, and bird deaths reaches 10,000 views.