Purchasing Credibility
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The University of Calgary's School of Public Policy isn’t just a degree-granting academic institution — it’s also an industry-supported think tank embedded within the university.
And like all industry-backed think tanks, the school’s purpose is to produce research that supports the industry and the free market. If Alberta Premier Rachel Notley strays too far afield from industry consensus, rest assured the School of Public Policy will be on her case. Read More
July 2015 is Officially Hottest Month on Record. Ever.
Raging wildfires and apocalyptic smoke. Huge algal blooms visible from space turn seafood on the Pacific Northwest toxic. California’s drought. Alberta’s drought. Alberta’s floods.
There’s no doubt: it’s hot and weird out.
According to officials with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) July was the hottest month ever recorded, putting 2015 well on track to beat out 2014 for the hottest year on record. Records date back to 1880.
NOAA climate scientists Jake Crouch said the new data “just affirms what we already know: that the Earth is warming.” Read More
New Water Use Restrictions Highlight Influence of Climate on Oilsands, Need for Stronger Rules
The Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) is restricting water withdrawals for oil and gas operators in several river basins across the province due to extremely dry summer conditions and low water levels. Restrictions have been put in place for the Upper Athabasca Region but not the Lower Athabasca Region where several major oilsands companies operate.
The regulator is also asking oil and gas companies to voluntarily limit their water consumption for dry areas not currently under withdrawal bans. Read More
I should confess: I talk to lamp fixtures.
I wink at ceiling vents, sing to the dashboard in my car, apologize to the people eavesdropping on my phone calls for how boring my conversations are.
I can’t pinpoint when this running joke began, but it was sometime after I left television journalism and began to publicly criticize the government. Now that I work at Dogwood Initiative — where we’ve actually been the target of homeland surveillance — the joke is less funny. Read More
Alaskan Tourism Operators at Mercy of Canadian Mining Regulations
There is little trace of the heavy hand of human disturbance as tourists on the jet boat scramble on to a small scrub island and gaze at the expanse of ice, snowy peaks and dark cliffs sweeping down to the wild Stikine, the fastest free-flowing river in the U.S.
About 10 mining applications in the mineral-rich border area are either undergoing or have completed environmental assessments and numerous others are in the exploration stage. Among projects on the books are Schaft Creek, an open pit mine proposed for a previously untouched area close to one of the Stikine’s major tributaries, and the Galore Creek mine planned for an area between the Stikine and Iskut rivers. r15 |r0
