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Day 3: Environmental and labour organizations challenge Enbridge approval

First up this morning, Chris Tollefson presented arguments on behalf of BC Nature, a B.C.-based conservation group. BC Nature’s main argument is that the Joint Review Panel (JRP) failed to conduct a...

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Day 4: Canada seeks to defend Enbridge approval in Court

It was another exciting day down at the Federal Court of Appeal. The day started with Northern Gateway seeking to introduce fresh evidence to the Court. Yesterday, the judges instructed Northern...

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Day 5: Northern Gateway seeks to defend the "gold standard" review process

Day 5 of 6. A core group of concerned community members persisted in the courtroom and listened intently to the dynamic exchanges between the judges and counsel for the Respondents. The judges started...

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Day 6: Judges left to decide fate of Enbridge

The sixth and final day of the Enbridge hearing was as charged and exciting as the first. The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) was up first to make submissions on whether or not the...

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Documentary Review: Oil and Water

Hugo Lucitante dips his hand into the pond. It comes out covered in hot, black crude. He is a stone’s throw away from the Aquarico River that his people, the Cofán, rely on for everything.The Cofán...

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Sharing Volkswagen’s Blame

Volkswagen's managers, its market value and its global reputation have all taken a big hit since it was revealed that 11 million of the company's 'clean diesel' cars were actually polluting up to 40...

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Work With Purpose

“I hate my job.” It’s a sign of a warped world that most of us have heard friends, family or our own lips utter this sad sentence. London School of Economics research on tens of thousands of...

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ExxonMobil on Trial

There was nothing“mock” about it. Canadian journalist Naomi Klein and American founder of 350.org Bill McKibben served as co-council in the trial of ExxonMobil. One of the biggest oil companies is the...

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Last Chance

The final hours of climate change negotiations in Paris are looming. Having wrapped up Thursday night’s session at 6 am Friday morning, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius has conceded that the...

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Carpooling VW's Blame

VOLKSWAGEN’S MANAGERS, its market value and its global reputation have all taken a big hit since it was revealed that 11 million of the company’s “clean diesel” cars were actually polluting up to 40...

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U of T Could Make Divestment History

The University of Toronto will become the largest Canadian university to divest from fossil fuels if the institution moves forward with recommendations proposed by their advisory committee.In response...

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Propaganda Shrugged

Alex Epstein wants to shake up the way that we think about fossil fuels and challenges which behaviours we consider moral and immoral. In his book The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels, he proposes reframing...

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Census of Community - Sources

Public opinion:    - GPC 2015 - http://www.cbc.ca/news2/interactives/results-2015/    - e-recycling - http://www.ipsos-na.com/news-polls/pressrelease.aspx?id=6541    - GMO ban -...

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CoverStory: Building Digital Revenue Streams One Article at a Time

CoverStory is a Toronto-based online micropayment platform that makes it possible for readers to purchase magazine articles on a per article basis, with prices starting as low as 49 cents apiece. Now,...

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Footprint in Mouth: Deforestation

Deforestation for palm oil plantations is threatening the survival of orangutans – not to mention all the other creatures with whom they share the rainforests of Indonesia. Here are some links that the...

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Could your house hold carbon?

Rammed earth. Earthship. Light clay straw. These terms may sound new age and unfamiliar, but they are par for the course at the Ontario Natural Building Coalition’s annual Natural Buildings Tour. The...

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A Stitch in Time (wastes less)

When my Austrian grandma passed away, I found her 20-year-old Dirndl in her wardrobe. Although it was much too big for me, I was emotionally unable to throw it away. Eventually, I decided this Dirndl...

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Ontario MPP Peter Tabuns (NDP) tables climate damages legislation

The Toronto MPP and former Greenpeace head introduced Bill 21 Monday at Queen’s Park, legislation that would  pave the way for individuals, governments and businesses to sue fossil fuel companies for...

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Recycling at the Boehmer Box Factory

Alternatives Journal is fortunate enough to be able to call The Old Boehmer Box Factory home. Within this building there exist many different organizations as well as a wonderful co-working space. This...

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Hubs of Green Economic Activity

Global warming and climate change are gradually becoming top priority issues for governments and corporations globally. Ever since the discovery of the hole in the ozone layer over the Arctic was...

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