Apr 20, 2012
I’ve been a bit down on humanity in the last week or two. Every time I turn around, there’s a new report or talk or version of ‘we’re all going to hell in a hand basket’ and no matter how many times this gets repeated with greater and greater urgency, it seems like none of our country’s power brokers are willing to heed it. Saving the planet all on your own is an impossible task. As a child, I loved the TV series Captain Planet where five different youths... read more
Mar 27, 2012
This is part one of a three part series on the use of water in the Alberta oil sands – Part 2, Part 3 Water use in the oil sands is a controversial topic. It is currently being profiled in the film White Water Black Gold and has been the subject of several environmental reviews and debates. There are several distinct ways that water gets used in the oil sands, which produce differing forms of waste. The most water intensive is the surface bitumen mining, which... read more
Oct 5, 2011
As the protests against the Keystone pipeline gain momentum and the environmental campaigns against Canada’s “dirty oil” spreads, the Alberta government’s environmental record has come under international scrutiny. Against this backdrop, a new Alberta Premier was elected this week –... read more
Apr 14, 2011
...and why it matters to healthcare As Canadians prepare to head to the polling stations and attack ads seem to be lurking in every corner of the mainstream media, one issue seems to have completely fallen off the radars: climate change. As Jeffrey Simpson reports in a recent column in the Globe and Mail: “In a country with the worst record in the industrialized world for greenhouse gas emissions, you might have thought that the subject of climate change might merit... read more