oil sands

In Brief: Big Foreheads Think Green

7 December, 2010

After decades of focused discussion and research, sustainability still remains a distant dream. Is it a failure of will, or do we simply not know how to live sustainably?

Concerned with the same question, the Pembina Institute, a Canadian-based environmental think-tank, decided to ask the experts. With help from McAllister Opinion Research, Pembina surveyed more than 5000 sustainable energy and climate change experts in Canada, Europe and the US. ...

Published in: Water 37.1

What's the Big Idea? Substitution

21 October, 2010 | Robert Gibson

QUICK NOW. What’s worse: a punch in the nose or a poke in the eye? An ugly divorce or a year in the slammer? Deep drilling in the Gulf of Mexico or tar-sands mining in Alberta?

Federal Environment Minister Jim Prentice has an opinion on the latter. In a statement reported shortly after the Deepwater Horizon exploded, killing 11 people and gushing oil into the Gulf, he said that the environmental risks associated with Alberta’s tar-sands operations are “probably less than the kind of risks associated with offshore drilling.”

Published in: Biodiversity 36.6

Green Collar Revolution

15 October, 2009 | Stephen Hazell

Green Collar Revolution

Kids are smart. They get it. Over the past year, I have spoken to hundreds of university students in Eastern Canada. First, I present scientific evidence that demands we put a price on carbon and move to a low-carbon economy. Next, I pose the question: Which sectors will be the winners and which will be the losers in this new economy?

Published in: Work 35.6
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