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Pages tagged "pollution"


We are all plastic people now, in ways we can’t see – and can no longer ignore

Posted on News & Blogs by Rick Smith · July 19, 2020 11:46 AM

Our global plastics problem has been steadily growing for decades, polluting the planet in obvious ways. Less obvious are the microplastics that we eat and breathe, and the impacts they have on our health. I experimented on myself to find out more

 

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COVID-19 results in historic rollbacks of Canadian environmental protections

Posted on News & Blogs by Rick Smith · June 18, 2020 8:00 AM

Though it’s difficult to measure these things, we may well be witnessing the most widespread rollbacks of environmental protections in Canadian history.

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The common sense proposition of phasing out Alberta's coal plants

Posted on News & Blogs by Jonathan Sas · April 24, 2015 5:15 AM

coal.plant_.alberta.jpgRight across Canada and around the world, jurisdictions are moving away from coal-fired electricity generation in favour of cleaner options, and this critical debate has finally come to the mainstream in Alberta.

The Alberta NDP has reignited this much-needed discussion with its platform commitment in the current election to “phase out coal-fired electricity generation to reduce smog and greenhouse gas emissions and expand cleaner, greener sources, including wind and solar”.

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Markets can’t tackle climate change on their own

Posted on News & Blogs by Andrew Jackson · December 08, 2014 7:09 AM
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Canada’s new Ecofiscal Commission, chaired by McGill University macroeconomics professor Chris Ragan, has a mandate to propose reforms to the fiscal system that reduce pollution and environmental damage while also increasing economic efficiency.

The core idea is to move towards a polluter-pay approach, whereby environmental costs are reflected in the market prices of economic activities. By taxing polluting activities, eco-fiscal policies incentivize actions that reduce harm to the environment and generate new revenues that could be used to reduce other taxes.

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