Editorial: Climate change not in doubt

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Editorial: Climate change not in doubt: "The jury is not out on whether humans are changing the climate, and individual Albertans and businesses have no hope of installing enough solar panels or buying enough fuel-efficient cars to reduce what is currently the largest carbon footprint of any Canadian province."

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Alberta Liberal Party | Latest News | Liberal carbon levy would pay for LRT fast-track extension: Sherman

Alberta Liberal Party | Latest News | Liberal carbon levy would pay for LRT fast-track extension: Sherman: "The Alberta Liberal Party’s platform promise to significantly increase the province’s levy on big carbon polluters would provide Edmonton and Calgary with up to $300 million a year in new LRT funding, Leader Raj Sherman said today."

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Calgary: People don't want to drive

What Project Calgary taught us about the city: "So when pollster Angus Reid surveyed Calgarians last spring on how they’d like to get to work from their “ideal neighbourhood,” we got a bit of a shock. Only 21 per cent chose driving. This didn’t surprise everybody. For some experts, it’s further proof that while Calgary is a city where driving is necessary, people don’t necessarily like to drive. "

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Witch-Ways Communications | No fares for #transit

Witch-Ways Communications | Crafting magic on the internet since 1994: "Personally, I’d like to see no fares for transit (recognizing that this would mean transit funding would likely come from increased taxes for all Calgary citizens, including myself). And because I work with seniors, I am very aware that their costs are increasing faster than their incomes are (even those not yet retired)."

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Witch-Ways Communications - #tarsands pipeline postponed

Witch-Ways Communications | Crafting magic on the internet since 1994: "As Tarsands Action says: We won. You won. Sending the pipeline back for re-review, adding climate change to the list of criteria to assess, and making sure the environmental assessment will be truly independent – all these will, in effect, kill the pipeline. (And if it doesn’t, we’ll come back and fight it again – www.tarsandsaction.org/pledge.)"

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Transit cash safe, vow top Tories | Alberta | News | Calgary Sun

Transit cash safe, vow top Tories | Alberta | News | Calgary Sun: "“When I look at the greatest cities in the world ... it seems to me one of the common elements in great cities is they do have an excellent public transit system,” Mar said."

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Ethics 101 - Academia shilling for oil

Ethics 101: "Talisman says its position on climate change has evolved since 2004, but that's not the issue. Its industry has an interest in whether and how citizens ask their governments to address greenhouse-gas emissions. Academia is about getting at and explaining the truth, whether that truth happens to fit the preferences of donors or not."

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