AltWeeklies Wire
Edmonton’s Great Green Shiftnew
Edmonton eyes carbon-neutral future despite lack of leadership from higher governments.
VUE Weekly |
Josh Marcellin |
04-25-2014 |
Environment
Tags: edmonton environment
Weathering the Stormnew
Extreme weather and climate change's effects on prairie birds.
VUE Weekly |
Rebecca Medel |
03-07-2014 |
Environment
Hanging by a Wirenew
Overhead power lines dominate the Alberta landscape, but their safety is called into question.
VUE Weekly |
Rebecca Medel |
02-14-2014 |
Environment
Fair is Fairnew
Fair-trade organizations make sustainability more than a fringe cause.
VUE Weekly |
Madeline Smith |
09-26-2013 |
Environment
Tags: Fair Trade
Total Annihilationnew
What's the deal with Alberta's rat-free status?
VUE Weekly |
Ryan Bromsgrove |
08-27-2013 |
Environment
Water Crisisnew
Too many First Nations reserves living with contaminated water in third-world conditions.
VUE Weekly |
Rebecca Medel |
03-20-2013 |
Environment
Garbage Goes Greennew
New biofuels facility will further divert waste from Edmonton's landfill.
VUE Weekly |
Rebecca Medel |
03-07-2013 |
Environment
Tags: Recycling, Edmonton Landfill
Fight for Rightsnew
Small northern Alberta First Nations band could force government to regulate oil industry.
VUE Weekly |
Josh Marcellin |
09-21-2012 |
Environment
U.S. Opinion Leaders Emphasize Importance of Tar Sands Reviewnew
Premier Ed Stelmach is incensed that Barack Obama won't swallow his pro-oil industry and anti-environment rhetoric when it comes to Aberta's tar sands.
VUE Weekly |
Ricardo Acuna |
04-20-2011 |
Environment
Failure to Enforcenew
The Alberta government fails to enforce its own laws on toxic tailings ponds and the tar sands.
VUE Weekly |
Mimi Williams |
09-02-2010 |
Environment
Tags: Alberta Tar Sands
Happy Anniversary, Kyotonew
Anniversaries offer us the opportunity for reflection on the past and a re-commitment to the future. Let's hope that this Dec 11, the 10th anniversary of the day the international community reached agreement on the Kyoto Protocol, does the same for the nations of the world as they meet in Bali to create the framework for the next phase of global action on climate change.
VUE Weekly |
Scott Harris |
12-06-2007 |
Environment
Tags: Kyoto, environment
Up In Smoke: A Decade of Canadian Inactionnew
A decade after the international community agreed to the Kyoto Protocol, and five years since Parliament ratified the agreement, there isn't a lot of good news about how Canada has done in living up to its international obligations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
VUE Weekly |
Scott Harris |
12-06-2007 |
Environment
Tags: Kyoto, environment
