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Published: Dec 9, 2010
By: Tim Weis, Kristi Anderson
In the absence of provincial laws, municipal governments have the
opportunity to spur renewable energy development within their region. The Renewable Energy: FIT for Cities fact sheet,
part of the Making Renewable Energy a Priority series, describes how
municipalities can implement FITs and gives examples from Europe, the
U.S. and Canada.
Publication Type: Briefing Notes, Summaries & Fact Sheets
Published: Oct 4, 2010
By: Josha MacNab, Matt Horne
Putting a Price on Climate Pollution explains how four key recommendations can make B.C.'s carbon tax more fair and effective.
This fact sheet is one of a three-part series that helps to illustrate
a world where energy is less polluting, business thrives and jobs are
plentiful.
Publication Type: Briefing Notes, Summaries & Fact Sheets
Toxic LiabilityHow Albertans Could End Up Paying for Oilsands Mine Reclamation (Fact Sheet)
Published: Sep 14, 2010
By: Nathan Lemphers, Jennifer Grant, Simon Dyer
The pace and scale of oilsands mining continues to increase in Alberta
despite a poor understanding of the environmental liabilities: reclamation costs
associated with cleaning up the environmental impacts created from
mining. In Toxic Liability, the Pembina Institute has compiled the first
public estimate of these liabilities, and it looks like Albertans could
be left on the hook for the lion's share ($10 to $15 billion) of the
cleanup bill.
Publication Type: Briefing Notes, Summaries & Fact Sheets
Published: Sep 13, 2010
By: Katie Laufenberg, Emma Gilchrist, Jeremy Moorhouse
In 20 years, one in every three vehicles on B.C.'s roads could be electric, but to get there we need governments to continue taking steps to ensure the right infrastructure and incentives are in place.
Publication Type: Briefing Notes, Summaries & Fact Sheets
Published: Sep 2, 2010
By: P.J. Partington, Matthew Bramley
This backgrounder outlines, in table format, the sources of
greenhouse gas emissions in Canada based on the most recent data, for 2008 and
compared to 1990. Emissions are shown for each economic sector, such as
electricity, oil and gas, cars and trucks, buildings and agriculture.
Publication Type: Briefing Notes, Summaries & Fact Sheets
Published: Jul 30, 2010
By: Paul Cobb
Five international case studies show how communities in the global south are adapting to climate change. The case studies focus on:
• Drought-affected communities in Kenya
• Chronic food insecurity in Zimbabwe
• Adapting agriculture to extreme weather in Bolivia
• Environmental stress and risk assessment in West
Kalimantan, Indonesia
• National Adaptation Plans
of Action in Malawi and Niger
Publication Type: Briefing Notes, Summaries & Fact Sheets
Published: Jul 30, 2010
By: Danielle Droitsch, Marc Huot, P.J. Partington
This briefing note outlines key information about greenhouse gas
emissions from Canada's oilsands today and in the future. Recent
attention to the issue of greenhouse gases in Canada and the U.S.
prompted the Pembina Institute to outline key issues in more detail.
Publication Type: Briefing Notes, Summaries & Fact Sheets
Published: Jun 10, 2010
By: Danielle Droitsch, Clare Demerse
In May 2010 U.S. Senators
John Kerry and Joe Lieberman published a draft piece of legislation
called the
American Power Act, which would set U.S. national greenhouse gas
emission
targets and establish an economy-wide cap-and-trade system. This briefing note describes some of the
provisions of particular significance for Canada.
Publication Type: Briefing Notes, Summaries & Fact Sheets
Published: May 26, 2010
By: Alison Bailie, Claire Beckstead
What are
Canada's large cities doing to encourage low-carbon choices for personal
transportation? Canada's Coolest Cities sets out to
answer this question through case studies of Calgary, Edmonton,
Montreal,
Ottawa, Toronto and Vancouver.
Publication Type: Briefing Notes, Summaries & Fact Sheets
Published: May 26, 2010
By: Alison Bailie, Claire Beckstead
What are Canada's large cities doing to encourage low-carbon choices for personal transportation? Canada's Coolest Cities sets out to answer this question through case studies of Calgary, Edmonton, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto and Vancouver.
Publication Type: Briefing Notes, Summaries & Fact Sheets
