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Jan. 16, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Making the Office Not Just Green, but Healthy for Humans Too

With the call for sustainability, why are we not seeing health benefits and energy reductions going hand in hand in…
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Jan. 11, 2018 / Gordon Price

Energy: A Zero-Sum Game

From the New York Times: Slicing and re-slicing a limited pie By Brad Plumer There’s a little-noticed and remarkable fact…
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Jan. 04, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

China Enforces Standards for Auto Emissions

In a pretty dramatic move to halt air pollution, The New York Times reports on China boldly ceasing the production of car…
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Jan. 04, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

All About Trees and Which Cities Have the Largest Canopies

From my colleague in Australia Greg Vann  comes this article from the World Economic Forum on trees. We all know that trees…
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Dec. 28, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

How to Make A Back Lane Not Just for Vehicles-was the "Country Lane" concept Just Ten Years too Soon?

You may have been  following the story of the Richmond residents living in Steveston that found out that the closed back…
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Dec. 18, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

What Contributes the Most to CO2? It's not Power Plants

  It used to be that power plants caused a lot of pollution, and coal-fired plants in 2011 contributed to…
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Dec. 10, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

To "C" or Not to "C"

Find out tomorrow.  And let the storms begin. Premier Horgan is set to announce the Site “C” decision at 11:30,…
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Nov. 16, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Loblaws Closes Stores, Announces Home Deliveries of Groceries

When Galen Weston took over the management of  Loblaw Companies Limited in 2007 many people wondered whether a younger person…
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Sep. 13, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Plugging your Electric Vehicle into the Street Light Pole

One of the big questions as we go towards electric car technology is where all those new vehicles are going…
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Sep. 11, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

Gentlemen — Adjust Your Spreadsheets

Attention:  fossil fuel marketers.  A large market has just signaled its intention to close. China joins the U.K., Norway, the…
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Sep. 05, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Prices up~Buying Vancouver Real Estate Outperforms Stock Market

Two stories show two different perspectives of the Vancouver market. Not only is this housing market unaffordable for local buyers,…
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Sep. 01, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

BC Hydro Plans for Change from Massey Bridge Provincial Marching Orders

  Back to the south side of the Fraser River where the B.C. Hydro corporation, a crown agency is already…
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Aug. 23, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Port Metro Vancouver Eats into Agricultural Land Reserve

In the same way that on-line shopping trends and changing retail tastes are taking a bite out of the stand-alone…
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Aug. 15, 2017 / Gordon Price

Sunrise on the Solar Age

At the Mural Fest on Main Street this weekend, some small indications of the ongoing introduction of solar technology in…

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