Energy
Last week, a group of business, First Nations and community leaders collaborating to create a BC First Nations Clean Energy Program, hand delivered a letter to Premier Christy Clark, inviting her to join the conversation.
“There is a need for a full range of social finance tools to support the green economy, particularly in rural communities so that they don’t get left behind the current attention on cities “ said Brenda Kuecks, President of Ecotrust Canada, to a pa
A recent report issued by the Independent Power Producers Association of BC (IPPBC) in February 2010 presents some impressive economic projections for the renewable energy sector
VANCOUVER, BC - Reducing business air travel by using teleconferencing software turns out to be the most popular strategy for companies that are trying to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions that cause global warming.
Wholly owned and operated by a First Nation, the 2.1MW Atlin hydro plant is a perfect example of how water power can be environmentally beneficial and socially responsible, writes Lara Taylor in Water Power
One of the great guilty pleasures of visiting Australia is to be able to witness, at close quarters, how a sports-obsessed nation engages in its bloodiest, most bone-crunching and belligerent competitive pursuit. No, not rugby, not Aussie Rules, but federal politics.
Climate change, you say?
Go no farther than Australia. Okay, you can’t really go much farther than Australia, but when I got here mid-week, it was to discover that climate change appears to have erased an entire season.
Curbing carbon usage is making more business sense these days for B.C.’s tourism industry, writes Andrew Petrozzi in the Aug. 18 edition of Business in Vancouver.
July 29, 2009: Whistler, BC - The Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) has become the first municipality in British Columbia to approve a policy that will see its carbon tax rebate from the Province go to reducing emissions in both the community and municipal operations.
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