Posts Tagged ‘Fossil fuels’
Tuesday, November 29th, 2011
Some highlights from this weeks News Scan:
- Climate talks begin in Durban and the energy research imperative
- United Nations predicts more frequent extreme weather
- What’s next for Keystone XL?
The PICS News Scan is produced by ISIS at the Sauder School of Business in partnership with the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions (PICS). To be added to the News Scan distribution list or to provide content feedback and/or suggestions about interesting news items, please email: picsscan@uvic.ca.
Authors: Neil Thomson, Calyn Shaw, Neil Salmond, Kristina Welch
Editors: James Tansey, Robyn Meyer
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Wednesday, August 10th, 2011
Some highlights from this weeks News Scan:
- Greenhouse gas impact of hydroelectric reservoirs downgraded
- Fish stocks: good news is a drop in the ocean
- Framing peak oil as a public health problem
The PICS News Scan is produced by ISIS at the Sauder School of Business in partnership with the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions (PICS). To be added to the News Scan distribution list or to provide content feedback and/or suggestions about interesting news items, please email: picsscan@uvic.ca.
Authors: Neil Thomson, Neil Salmond, Calyn Shaw, Kristina Welch
Editors: James Tansey, Jessica Worsley
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Posted in Clean Energy, Efficiency, Electric, Footprint, GHG reduction | No Comments »
Wednesday, July 27th, 2011
Some highlights from this weeks News Scan:
- Studies show forests have bigger role in slowing climate change
- A climate hazard, medium rare, please
- Study calls for scaling back Canada gas projects
The PICS News Scan is produced by ISIS at the Sauder School of Business in partnership with the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions (PICS). To be added to the News Scan distribution list or to provide content feedback and/or suggestions about interesting news items, please email: picsscan@uvic.ca.
Authors: Neil Thomson, Neil Salmond, Calyn Shaw, Kristina Welch
Editors: James Tansey, Jessica Worsley
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