http://climateanswers.info What we can and should do to prevent dangerous climate change and also to make us more secure, richer and happier Fri, 27 Apr 2012 13:19:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://climateanswers.info/2009/06/political-and-economic-pressure-may-be-the-only-answer-for-canada-and-climate-change/ http://climateanswers.info/2009/06/political-and-economic-pressure-may-be-the-only-answer-for-canada-and-climate-change/#comments Mon, 01 Jun 2009 11:21:16 +0000 Alicia DuBois http://climateanswers.info/?p=913 Climate change is a contentious topic in Canada, largely due to the nation's long-standing ties to the fossil fuel industry. At the forefront of Canadian discourse on this topic is the Province of Alberta's famous "dirty" tar sands oil production. This is followed closely by the coal-fired electricity industry. From a high-level perspective, these two well-established, carbon-intensive industries, combined with the provincial and federal governments' reluctance to limit their emissions in a meaningful way, form the basis upon which Canada has historically failed to engage in climate change discussions and continues to fail to significantly address climate change.]]> http://climateanswers.info/2009/06/political-and-economic-pressure-may-be-the-only-answer-for-canada-and-climate-change/feed/ 0 http://climateanswers.info/2009/06/editorial-1-june-2009-canada-must-do-much-more-on-climate-change/ http://climateanswers.info/2009/06/editorial-1-june-2009-canada-must-do-much-more-on-climate-change/#comments Mon, 01 Jun 2009 09:22:29 +0000 Stephen Tindale http://climateanswers.info/?p=901 http://climateanswers.info/2009/06/editorial-1-june-2009-canada-must-do-much-more-on-climate-change/feed/ 0