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Jan. 30, 2007 / Gordon Price

A Good Question for Gordon Campbell

An Op-Ed in today’s Sun:  The 2002 B.C. Energy Plan strongly promoted fossil fuels, supporting coal-fired power plants, coal-bed methane…
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Jan. 29, 2007 / Gordon Price

The Daily Alarm: Quote 1

There is going to be a huge amount of response to the Fourth Assessment of the IPCC on Feb 2…
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Jan. 24, 2007 / Gordon Price

GATEWAY BLINDNESS

On Thursday, Council will be discussing this report from the Vancouver Economic Development Commission: I did a quick search, wondering…
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Jan. 21, 2007 / Gordon Price

The Fourth Assessment

In the next few weeks, the full force of Science will redefine the climate-change debate.  The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change…
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Jan. 18, 2007 / Gordon Price

THE DAILY ALARM: A DIFFERENT KIND OF SURGE

I went looking for coverage of the storm battling Europe, but found this as the lead article in The Guardian:…
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Jan. 10, 2007 / Gordon Price

The Daily Alarm

More evidence, here in The Independent, that the passivity which characterizes our current attitude to climate change is dissipating fast…
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Jan. 09, 2007 / Gordon Price

No More Indifference

This shouldn’t be necessary.  But I’m going to acknowledge that the new federal Environment minister John Baird at least made…
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Dec. 18, 2006 / Gordon Price

More Fire, More Gas

Don Potts has a quick reponse in the Sun today to Marc Jaccard’s column in the Saturday issue. (Potts is…
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Dec. 16, 2006 / Gordon Price

KATRINA MOMENTS

I think we just had a Katrina Moment. Weather so sudden, so severe, it scares you.   The TV News called it the…
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Dec. 14, 2006 / Gordon Price

Australia Burning

The worst drought in Australia’s recorded history continues  – as does the annual mayhem of bushfire season.  So regular an occurrence…
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Dec. 11, 2006 / Gordon Price

End of the World on a Slow News Day

What are we supposed to make of this: This story came and went in the Sun three weeks ago, and…
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Dec. 07, 2006 / Gordon Price

WHAT COLOUR IS VANCOUVER?

What’s wrong with this picture: Calgary has been recognized as a green machine after receiving a World Leadership Award yesterday…
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Oct. 30, 2006 / Gordon Price

The Daily Alarm

That big ‘whoompf’ you heard this morning was the arrival of the 700-page report on climate change authored by former…
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Oct. 22, 2006 / Gordon Price

The Daily Alarm

The gap between leaders in Europe and North America on the issue of climate change is staggering. British Prime Minister…

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