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Oct. 31, 2012 / Gordon Price

Connections: Tar Sandys

. . . . . . More Tar Sands: Daily Mail.  More Sandy: The Atlantic.…
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Oct. 31, 2012 / Gordon Price

Upcoming on Nov 6: Gregor Robertson at ULI; Ian Jarvis(TransLink) at Board of Trade

Double your Public Issues brownie points on November 6, and eat well  …. . BREAKFAST: Ian Jarvis (TransLink CEO) at the…
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Oct. 30, 2012 / Gordon Price

Denying climate change = denying reality?

“There has been a series of extreme weather incidents. That is not a political statement, that is a factual statement.…
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Oct. 29, 2012 / Gordon Price

History as it’s happening

While that last image I retweeted (ominous clouds behind the Statue of Liberty) was fake (but of great symbolic value!),…
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Oct. 29, 2012 / Gordon Price

Frankenstorms and Gorillas

Further to my post below, the speculation about the connection between weird weather and climate change is well underway.  This…
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Oct. 26, 2012 / Gordon Price

Irony and Reality: A Frankenstorm for election day

You can’t make this up.  Or if you did, it wouldn’t seem credible.  And yet, here it is. . Climate…
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Oct. 26, 2012 / Gordon Price

This Just In: 2011 Trip Diary Survey Results

Jhenifer Pabillano – of TransLink’s Buzzer Blog – has sent out the latest data from the 2011 trip diary results — “a…
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Oct. 26, 2012 / Gordon Price

SFU City course: Successful streets

Planning for Transportation and Accessibility   Fri–Sat Nov 30–Dec 1, 2012 9 am–5:30 pm   Streets have a vital role…
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Oct. 24, 2012 / Gordon Price

Recommended Readings from our Brisbane Correspondent

Peter Berkeley sends along some items he thinks worth sharing: Developed countries will need to double the amount of urban…
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Oct. 22, 2012 / Gordon Price

Free lecture: The Now House — Retrofitting for Zero Energy

The Now House — Retrofitting for Zero Energy October 24, 7 pm SFU Harbour Centre, 515 West Hastings Street, Vancouver…
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Oct. 22, 2012 / Gordon Price

Not what you think: surprising items from today’s news

VANCOUVER SECOND MOST TAX-COMPETITIVE CITY IN WORLD Among the top 55 major international cities, Vancouver is ranked the second most…
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Oct. 18, 2012 / Gordon Price

The Gill Lecture: Mark Kingwell on November 8

The Warren Gill Memorial Lecture is a highlight of the SFU City Program’s year.  Make your reservation now – here. IS…
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Oct. 18, 2012 / Gordon Price

The Zen of TransLink

One weekday (from 4 am to 4 am) of transit activity in Metro Vancouver, based on the General Transit Feed…
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Oct. 18, 2012 / Gordon Price

Surrey at Sunset

There has been something about the theatrical light in the last few days, especially near sunset, that has made already-spectacular scenes…

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