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BC's water: time to stop giving it away for free
The largest industrial water users in BC pay little to nothing for the water they use, and in most cases are not even required to track or report what they use. The provincial government...
June 11, 2013 | BC Office
Beyond the three R's: BC needs to plan for zero waste
Our newest study, co-published with the Wilderness Committee, shows how "zero waste" policies would protect BC's environment and climate and create jobs. Read the report and download the...
March 28, 2013 | BC Office
Deflating the "carbon bubble" through fossil fuel divestment
Between two-thirds and four-fifths of known fossil fuel reserves have been deemed to be "unburnable carbon" that cannot safely be combusted without leading to catastrophic climate change. ...
March 26, 2013 | National Office, BC Office
BC's water and hydroelectricity: more fragile than we might think
It's easy to think of BC's water and hydro resources as limitless, especially in the rainy Lower Mainland. But our latest study examines the serious challenges facing these resources,...
November 15, 2012 | BC Office
Will BC break its own GHG emissions law?
In 2007 the BC government legislated targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs), but just five years later, the province’s 2012 Natural Gas Strategy risks breaking that legislation. Our...
October 10, 2012 | BC Office
BC can meet energy needs, reduce GHGs — but we need a major shift
The latest study from our Climate Justice Project is both cautionary and hopeful. The study warns that mining, oil and gas corporations are putting increasingly large demands on BC’s...
June 20, 2012 | BC Office
Green investments will boost economy and set us on path to climate justice
Today, CCPA released a report by Senior Economist Marc Lee and researcher Amanda Card, which suggests that a new green industrial strategy needs to be at the heart of federal policy-making....
June 11, 2012 | National Office
Lessons learned from the Climate Justice Project: Seth Klein at INET conference (video)
CCPA-BC Director Seth Klein was recently invited to give a speech in Berlin at the annual meeting of the Institute for New Economic Thinking (an international gathering of leading economists)....
May 3, 2012 | BC Office
Waking up from the Enbridge pipe dream: how many new jobs will we really see?
Supporters of Enbridge's proposed Northern Gateway Pipeline claim that the project will create many thousands of jobs for Canadians, and have attempted to polarize public discussion into a "jobs...
March 20, 2012 | BC Office
Tickets on sale for CCPA-BC 15th Anniversary Gala with Bill McKibben, March 26
We're thrilled to announce that this year's BC fundraiser gala will feature Bill McKibben, author and climate justice activist extraordinaire, most recently in the news for his...
January 19, 2012 | BC Office

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