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CLIMATE NEWS SCAN – 24 July 2012
Tuesday, July 24th, 2012
Some highlights from this weeks News Scan:
- Fraser River Basin water levels becoming more variable
- Young adults genuinely conflicted by climate change
- Cities of the future have huge opportunities for going green
The PICS News Scan is produced by ISIS at the Sauder School of Business and the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions (PICS). To be added to the News Scan distribution list Subscribe Here or to provide content feedback and/or suggestions about interesting news items, please email: isis@sauder.ubc.ca.
Authors: Justin Bull, Liz Ferris, James Noble, Tim Shah, Kristina Welch
Editors: Neil Thomson (ISIS), James Tansey (ISIS), Jessica Worsley (PICS)
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Tags: adaptation, BC, British Columbia, carbon emissions, Carbon footprint, carbon market, carbon pricing, carbon reduction, carbon-management, Clean Energy, Clean tech, Climate Change, climate policy, Corporate Social Responsibility, CSR, disclosure, Energy, flood, Forest, Fraser River, genomes, GHG, GHG emissions, global warming, green city, greenhouse gas, low carbon economy, market, morgenstadt, pine beetle, public opinion, rain, stock, transportation, Tree, urban planning, voluntary reporting, water levels, youth
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PICS CLIMATE NEWS SCAN – 25 October 2011
Wednesday, October 26th, 2011
Some highlights from this weeks News Scan:
- California to proceed with cap and trade
- US rivers and streams saturated with carbon
- El Niño and climate change in the coming century
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, Geoff Henshaw
Editors: James Tansey, Jessica Worsley
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Tags: Al Gore, California, Cap-and-Trade, Carbon dioxide, carbon emissions, Carbon footprint, carbon market, carbon model, carbon pricing, carbon reduction, Carbon tax, carbon-management, Christy Clark, Clean Energy, Clean tech, Climate Change, climate policy, Climate refugee, Coastal floodplains, Drought, Education, El nino, Energy independence, Fossil fuel, GHG, GHG emissions, global warming, greenhouse gas, guidebook, low carbon economy, Migration, pine beetle, Poverty, River, saturate, social justice, stream, UNEP, UNESCO, Western Climate Initiative, youth
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