Posts by Will Horter - Page 10
LNG is dead in BC (for now)
Coastal communities and First Nations should applaud every time natural gas prices drop – as prices tank, so do the odds that Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) projects, such as ...
Making sense of election promises
The media keeps on calling to get my take on which party has the best environmental policy. The short answer is that they are all fundamentally flawed, though the ...
What is required to survive
Like many of you I am alarmed by the rapid changes caused by our warming climate. As the ice melts on both poles, I can’t help but remember what ...
Carbon Politics & Pricing Tools
Third in a series on climate policy The pitched battle between the parties over the carbon tax versus cap and trade reminds me of the first lesson I learned ...
Why carbon taxes won’t work
by Cliff Stainsby Second in a series on climate policy “Ban Carbon Emissions, Don’t Price them: Why Cap and Dividend is the Best Approach” identified five criteria for evaluating ...
Fighting to protect Orcas from oil spills
Killer whales in BC remain in trouble despite some recent action by thefederal government to designate their critical habitat. That is why Dogwood Initiative and other environmentalgroups are in ...
Ban Carbon Emissions, Don’t Price them: Why Cap and Dividend is the Best Approach
by Cliff Stainsby First in a series on climate policy The current debate over carbon taxes versus “Cap and Trade” is wrongheaded on two counts; (1) it treats global ...
Tar Sands Tankers Threaten Endangered Orcas
Killer whales in BC are in trouble. The Departments of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) failure to protect critical habitat has lead Dogwood Initiative to join a lawsuit filed by ...
Bye Bye Neufeld
BC Energy Minister Richard Neufeld is getting appointed to the Senate as Stephen Harper attempts to pack the much-criticized body with 18 appointments in case his government falls in ...