Non-Renewables

What's Up with Energy East

Apr 17 2015 | IN Pipelines | BY Samantha Hui

In case you missed it: we recap a few highlights of the protests against Energy East.

Industry Made Quakes

Apr 2015 | IN Health 41.2 | BY Andrew Nikiforuk

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Ignoring the science on fracking puts us on shaky ground.

Inside Ijen’s Volcanic Sulphur Mine

Mar 05 2015 | IN Pollution | BY Kevin McElvaney

In East Java, miners carry 90-kilogram loads of sulphur out of a crater on the active Ijen volcano – a four-hour trip many make twice a day. Meanwhile, in Alberta, Syncrude is building the world’s largest pyramid out of its own sulphur, a byproduct of bitumen mining.

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Managing Shared Resources

Mar 2015 | IN Canada’s Map to Sustainability 41.1 | BY Fikret Berkes Taysha Palmer

Full article available online

Collective community action is the best way to close the curtain on the Tragedy of the Commons.

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Mending Mining

Mar 2015 | IN Canada’s Map to Sustainability 41.1 | BY Martin Mkandawire Ken Oakes

Rethinking the extraction industry to improve ecological and social outcomes.

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Patrick Kelley | Flickr | CC-B

Transforming Energy

Mar 2015 | IN Canada’s Map to Sustainability 41.1 | BY Jennifer M. McKellar Heather L. MacLean Joule A. Bergerson

Full article available online

Powering tomorrow begins with making changes today.

Huffing & Puffing

Apr 2014 | IN Sharing 40.2 | BY Andrew Nikiforuk

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The quest to mine bitumen with steam is quietly spelling disaster.

What the China-US Climate Accord Means for Canada’s Economy

Dec 17 2014 | IN Non-Renewables | BY Robert Paehlke

An imminent pause in the oil patch boom suggests that it might be time to put some of our eggs in another basket.

$Photo © vantherra \ Fotolia$

Silent But Deadly

Oct 2014 | IN Education 40.4 | BY Andrew Nikiforuk

Full article available online

A fractured tale of leaky wells and migrating methane.

The UnAtomic Age

Oct 2014 | IN Education 40.4 | BY Jim Harris

Full article available online

Getting past the nuclear era’s fiscal meltdown.

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