https://www.pressegauche.org/Ecologie-debat-Les-limites-du-capitalisme publié aussi en français http://alencontre.org/ecologie/ecologie-debat-les-limites-du-capitalisme.html January 24, 2020 and in English at: https://socialistproject.ca/2020/01/the-limits-of-capitalism/ January 8, 2020
An op-ed in the Edmonton Journal takes aim at the AIMCo’s decision to purchase a 65% stake in the Coastal GasLink pipeline. Read it here.
AESC members may be interested in this huge study that identifies how little government or foundation-based research funding related to climate change is going to social sciences as compared to natural sciences and technology: Limiting global warming to 1.5°C will require rapid and deep alteration of attitudes, norms, incentives, politics and international affairs. Some of […]
CBC News: “Students end hunger strike after UBC clarifies position on divestment from fossil fuels“
A report from the University of Calgary School of Public Policy supports the view that this Bill, passed by the Liberal government, does not create new obstacles to fossil fuel industry projects–contrary to the claims made by the United Conservative Party leadership. The two-page report can be viewed online in PDF format (or downloaded via […]
Please read the appended letter expressing support from Canadian academics for rapid, meaningful government action to reduce greenhouse emissions. Specifically, it declares solidarity with the Extinction Rebellion response to government inaction to date. The letter comes to me via a UAlberta colleague who received it from Nora Jaffary at Concordia University. Nora writes that “once […]
The planet is in ecological crisis: we are in the midst of the sixth mass extinction event this planet has experienced. Scientists believe we may have already entered a period of abrupt climate breakdown. This is an emergency, and we have a short window to turn it around. In this public talk, organizers from Extinction […]
The University of Alberta in collaboration with the General Consulate of the Federal Republic of Germany in Vancouver, the Renewables Academy (RENAC) and the Federal Environmental Environment Agency (UBA) cordially invite you to a dedicated live lecture “The Energy Transition in Germany.” The speaker is Dr. Harry Lehmann Head, Division for “Environmental Planning and Sustainable […]
(via Global News)
