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Bob Landell

Climate Policies. Photos by  Alex Guibord,  Olivia Chow & Mychaylo Prystupa.

Opposition parties must be bold on climate ahead of federal election

Eighteen years ago in Kyoto, the developed world agreed that our greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) should be six per cent less than the 1990 baseline by 2005.  Then a series of things happened:...

Ten reasons not to bet the farm on fracking

We’re told that LNG is needed to keep growth and progress alive. The planned development of LNG would lock BC into fifty more years of increased fossil fuel production. Although the LNG story is...

Recognizing the rising cost of fossil fuels

Are fossil fuels really the key to Canada's economic stability, as the PR would have people believe?