April 27, 2011Last week over 150 business, academic and NGO leaders sent a letter to B.C. Premier Christy Clark urging the Premier to make the clean energy economy a central part of the government's effort to create jobs and help British Columbian families.
April 18, 2011Earth Day counts – and every act of change must be celebrated and embraced. It takes only one act of personal commitment for a young mind to become the spark that leads to a scientific breakthrough that could help us all to live in better harmony with the earth that sustains us.
February 15, 2011The debate on energy and climate has become myopic, placing undue attention on the oil sands as the litmus test for progress. The oil sands are a vital asset for Canada and industry knows it must clean up its environmental act. The oil sands also are the key to Canada's ability to compete in a low carbon future.
January 14, 2011The world will gather in Rio in 2012, hopefully to put the finishing touches to an international emissions reduction regime to replace the Kyoto Protocol. But a more significant outcome of Rio+20 could be an international policy framework that accelerates the transition to greener, more sustainable global economy.
January 04, 2011It is difficult to sum up in just a few words all that the past year encompassed with respect to the business of the environment. It was a year of important gains, but also a time of setbacks and tragedy. In a way, the top newsmaker of the year was the environment itself.
November 05, 2010The U.S. mid-term election results have killed chances for a comprehensive national climate change policy, at least during President Obama's first term in office. While this represents a 'game-changer', it's not the end of the world; nor does it mean progress is not possible in other areas such as clean technology.
November 01, 2010The latest 'Greenwashing' report from marketing firm TerraChoice says 95% of the products it surveyed involved "greenwashing". While false marketing should not be tolerated in any form, such sweeping statements may do more harm than good by reinforcing the notion that businesses cannot be trusted in what they say or do.
September 17, 2010U.S. President Barack Obama’s ‘Yes We Can’ revolution appears to have stumbled with respect to his promise for a new deal on energy and a renewal of American leadership on climate change. Despite the many achievements of his administration to date, forged during a period of economic collapse at home and international conflict abroad, progress on the climate front has been disappointing and many fear the opportunity for meaningful change is passing.
September 01, 2010Real progress is being made to reduce the environmental impacts of oil sands activities. But that message is being lost in the flood of bad press about contamination of adjacent waterways and the concerns about those ugly tailings ponds. Oil and water do not mix. But can they co-exist?
June 16, 2010The unfolding disaster in the Gulf of Mexico has dominated front-page headlines for nearly two months and each passing day seems to add a new dimension to tragedy. Despite the many different viewpoints that have been expressed about what this saga portends, the one inescapable conclusion is that things will never be the same.
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