Reading Time: 3 minutes Alberta’s off-roaders must get over their sense of grievance and work with the province to identify trails that let riders have fun without ruining the land
Tag: Alberta environment
Carbon tax exacerbates harm from other tax hikes in Alberta
Reading Time: 3 minutes The gradual increase in Alberta’s carbon tax in coming years will exacerbate the economic damage being done to the province
How Alberta can make the most of a changing world
Reading Time: 3 minutes We can use Alberta’s carbon levy to rebuild our carbon-based economy, tasking an idle workforce to create investment-worthy technology
Don’t just rebuild houses, build ’em better
Reading Time: 3 minutes Building better, unfortunately, inevitably costs more than taking the path of least resistance so government financial help will be required
A good week for people – and the planet
Reading Time: 3 minutes A Canada-wide phase-out of coal power would prevent more than 1,000 premature deaths, 900 hospitalizations and $5 billion in health costs
Alberta’s cap on oil sands emissions could cost billions
Reading Time: 3 minutes The cumulative value of lost production from 2027 to 2040 could total C$150 billion (in 2015 dollars), with negligible environmental benefit
Alberta’s carbon tax a $10 billion green grab
Reading Time: 3 minutes Alberta’s new climate plan is a $6 billion tax grab that will be used to fund a giant green energy spending spree over five years