Urban

Police raids rock Edmonton, as Indigenous encampment dismantled

21/01/24

Author:

Brandi Morin

Link:

Ricochet Media

Residents of an Indigenous homeless encampment in Edmonton being evicted by police | Photo by Brandi Morin

Jan. 18, 2024

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The shady group determined to block our climate solutions

19/01/24

Author:

Marc Fawcett-Atkinson

Link:

National Observer

Jan. 15, 2024

A shadowy new organization attacking the climate efforts of Canadian cities is infiltrating Google searches and ads in the New York Times and other publications online.

The group — Voice for Energy — bills itself as a platform for Canadians to "speak up" against municipalities implementing measures to reduce or ban natural gas to "protect" people’s so-called "energy choice."

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

Fortis B.C. faces fire over Delta gas leak and its 'apocalyptic' stench

19/01/24

Author:

The Canadian Press Chuck Chiang

Link:

Vancouver Sun

File photo: Fortis BC LNG expansion site in Delta, BC Friday, February 3, 2017. PHOTO BY JASON PAYNE /PNG

Jan. 17, 2024

The gas provider is being criticized for a lack of transparency and timely explanation about the stench Delta Mayor George Harvie said led to emergency services being flooded with calls

Tara Jean Stevens said the “apocalyptic” stench that blanketed Delta on Tuesday night was so heavy that her car and garage still smelled of rotten eggs Wednesday morning.

“I had a headache all night,” said Stevens, a radio host on Wave 98.3. “I never get headaches … it felt thick in the air, even though you couldn’t see it.”

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Thermal Energy Networks--Decarbonizing Cities, Creating Green Good Union Jobs

13/01/24

Author:

Sara Van Horn

Link:

In These Times

A fitter installs blue plastic pipes in the thermal solenoid room of a deep geothermal power plant. (PHOTO BY JENS BÜTTNER/PICTURE ALLIANCE VIA GETTY IMAGES)

Jan. 9, 2024

In New York and states across the country, thermal energy networks are helping unite the climate and labor movements while hastening a just transition away from fossil fuels.

In early 2021, an award-winning design for a “thermal energy network” caught the eye of John Murphy. The design was part of a proposal to decarbonize Empire Plaza in Albany, N.Y., and it featured a series of underground water pipes that balanced the heating and cooling systems of adjacent buildings.

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

For one week, can Canadians please talk about land instead of housing?

02/01/24

Author:

Colin Bruce Anthes

Link:

Canadian Dimension

Photo by Joseph Kiesecker/Flickr aerial view of housing

Dec. 23, 2023

The housing conversation has been one of neoclassical production, and it has come up dry

Build a house in Wainfleet. Build the identical house in downtown Toronto. Bring them both to market the same day. The “housing” is exactly the same, but the house in Toronto might sell for a million dollars more than the house in Wainfleet.

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We can’t just build our way out of the housing crisis

02/01/24

Author:

Adam Olsen

Link:

National Observer

We have an urgent housing crisis and this is evidence of how inefficient it is to wait for the private sector to deliver housing affordability. Photo by Kindel Media/Pexels

Jan. 2, 2024

In recent years, the "progressive YIMBY” (Yes, in my backyard) movement has embraced the idea that a surge in market-housing supply will magically lead to affordability.

However, all housing supply is not created equal. Despite a construction boom building thousands of new market units of multi-family supply, affordable housing remains elusive for over a third of British Columbians. The economic theory is not producing the promised housing affordability.

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The Transit Equity Movement Wins Their Biggest Zero Fare Victory Yet

13/12/23

Author:

Liam Crisan

Link:

The Bullet

December 12, 2023

It’s happening: the city of Albuquerque (population 1 million) is permanently eliminating public bus fares, becoming the largest US city to embrace this critical step toward racial and economic equity. A coalition headed by Together for Brothers – a community-organizing and power-building group led by and for young men of color – made the victory possible.

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

Why DULF’s Founders Deserve Awards, Not Arrests

22/11/23

Author:

Libby Davies, Donald MacPherson, Jean Swanson and Michael Clague

Link:

The Tyee

‘Arresting people who are selflessly and tirelessly working to save lives through the distribution of drugs that have been tested for impurities will have tragic consequences.’ Photo for The Tyee by Kayla Isomura.

Nov. 21, 2023

Four Order of Canada recipients and drug policy veterans denounce politically driven police action.

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In the fight to curb climate change, a grim report shows world is struggling to get on track

15/11/23

Author:

Seth Borenstein

Link:

National Observer

Mangroves grow in a recovered mangrove forest, once part of a garbage dump, in Duque de Caxias, Brazil, July 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado, File)

Nov. 14, 2023

The world is off track in its efforts to curb global warming in 41 of 42 important measurements and is even heading in the wrong direction in six crucial ways, a new international report calculates.

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

Vancouver’s Living Wage Jumps Again

12/11/23

Author:

Zak Vescera

Link:

The Tyee

Housing costs in Vancouver have left most people behind. Photo via Wikimedia, Creative Commons licensed.

Nov. 8, 2023

Workers are being left behind as costs jump almost seven per cent, says CCPA.

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Urban

The gas provider is being criticized for a lack of transparency and timely explanation about the stench Delta Mayor George Harvie said led to emergency services being flooded with calls

In New York and states across the country, thermal energy networks are helping unite the climate and labor movements while hastening a just transition away from fossil fuels.

The housing conversation has been one of neoclassical production, and it has come up dry

Four Order of Canada recipients and drug policy veterans denounce politically driven police action.

Workers are being left behind as costs jump almost seven per cent, says CCPA.

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