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Published in: Edmonton Journal (Dec 16, 2009)

Climate change is the biggest challenge humanity has ever faced and yet to most Canadians the current and potential impacts feel far away. What many Canadians don't realize is that climate change is having a large impact in Canada right now. I am a Dene youth from the small town of Fort Good Hope, Northwest Territories. I am attending the UN Summit on Climate Change in Copenhagen to communicate the concerns that my family, my people, and my culture are confronted with every single day.

Topic Area: Energy Watch


Published: Apr 9, 2009

Alberta's recently released Nuclear Power Expert Panel report calls for a "debate" of the "relative risks/benefits (of nuclear energy) compared with alternatives." But the panel views nuclear energy through an uncritical lens and offers only a cursory and selective overview of the burgeoning array of green options already being deployed... 

Topic Area: Energy Watch


Far From Turning the CornerCanada's Conservative government has substantially shifted its position on climate change, but is its policy response too timid, too complex and likely to be superseded?

Published in: Carbon Finance (Jun 20, 2008)

Canada's Conservative government has come a long way in acknowledging the importance of climate change. But will the government's proposed policies put a meaningful price on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions? And what is the likelihood that those policies will actually be implemented?

Topic Area: Energy Watch


Published: Jun 19, 2008

The Pembina Institute celebrates the life and mourns the death of our friend and colleague, Martha Kostuch, who passed away on April 23, 2008.

Topic Area: Energy Watch


Published in: Le Devoir (Jun 6, 2008)

Par Marlo Raynolds, Directeur général de l'Institut Pembina et Steven Guilbeault, Cofondateur et coordonnateur général adjoint d'Équiterre

Un sondage réalisé plus tôt cette année par l'Institut Environics révélait que les Canadiens croient que les changements climatiques et la protection de l'environnement constituent l'enjeu planétaire numéro un.

Topic Area: Energy Watch


Published: Jun 4, 2008

By Steven Guilbeault, Co-founder and Deputy Executive Director of Équiterre and Marlo Raynolds, Executive Director of the Pembina Institute.

While Canadians take pride in having a positive international reputation, this is quickly being tarnished as we become increasingly known for producing "dirty oil" and taking a head-in-the-sand approach to global warming.

Topic Area: Energy Watch


Published in: The Lethbridge Herald (May 23, 2008)

Amidst increasing global scrutiny, the Government of Alberta has launched a 25 million dollar public relations campaign to improve Alberta's growing reputation as a producer of "dirty oil."

Topic Area: Energy Watch


Published: Dec 5, 2007

There is an old French proverb that translates to, "The more things change, the more they stay the same." With the Alberta government's passing of Bill 46, this proverb rings true through both the hallways of the legislature and the landscapes of rural Alberta.

Topic Area: Energy Watch


Published: Nov 26, 2007

The government has announced a number of first steps towards its target for 2020 - to cut BC's emissions by 33 per cent below current levels. But are they enough?

Topic Area: Energy Watch


Published in: Calgary Herald (Aug 28, 2007), Edmonton Journal (Aug 29, 2007)

The conflict between Marie Lake residents and the energy industry sent a chill down the spine of all Alberta landowners. Could we wake up one morning to find oilsands rights had been sold beneath our feet without our knowledge?

Topic Area: Energy Watch


Published in: Edmonton Journal (Jun 9, 2007), Calgary Herald (Jun 12, 2007)

Several prominent environmental scientists are grudgingly contemplating a role for nuclear power in the Alberta electricity system, a testament to just how catastrophic and certain the implications of accelerating global warming are.

Topic Area: Energy Watch



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