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Getting rid of petroleum stocks is a crucial first step for universities

From Globe and Mail: Kathryn Harrison, George Hoberg, and David Tindall are faculty members in, respectively, Political Science, Forest Resources Management and Sociology at the University of British Columbia. Faculty members at the University of British Columbia are voting this … Continue reading

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Opinion: Fossil-fuel divestment urged at UBC

By David Green, Kathryn Harrison and George Hoberg, Special to the Vancouver Sun We, along with more than 170 other faculty members, this week signed an open letter calling on the University of British Columbia to divest from fossil fuels. … Continue reading

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Opinion: Can we please get the facts right? A recent critique of the province’s carbon tax was rife with errors

A Sustainable Prosperity study by Stewart Elgie and Jessica McClay that reported fuel consumption in British Columbia has declined by 18.8 per cent more than in the rest of Canada since adoption of the carbon tax has prompted howls of … Continue reading

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Reform needed before expanding coal shipments

Annual general meetings of organizations like Port Metro Vancouver are not usually lively events. Yet the port’s AGM June 4 drew roughly 200 citizens eager to discuss a proposal by Fraser Surrey Docks to export U.S. thermal coal. In addition … Continue reading

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