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Green Energy


Tidal power coming to the Salish Sea?

May 3, 2012 | Sara Miles

Western Tidal Holdings plan to investigate the possibility of tidal power in Porlier Pass and Dodd Narrows.

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Canadian Energy Policy

April 7, 2011

Safe energy is not in short supply. If we wean ourselves off nuclear and fossil-fuel dependency, the future looks brighter. Let's be sure to elect MPs that will move in the right direction.

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Counting Carbon

December 9, 2010

So you asked us to explain carbon offsets, Sara Miles takes a good look at the the ins and outs - and gives a vote for what we really should do, which is cut down.

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Energy efficient landscaping

September 16, 2010

Brian Crumblehulme informs us that carefully placed trees and bushes can make your home cooler in the summer and warmer in the winter, thereby saving heating dollars and carbon footprint.

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Task forces face impossible task

January 21, 2010

Premier Campbell's Green Energy Task Forces are to report back in January after only two months including a Christmas break. How can energy policy issues be solved with little opportunity for public input.

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Wind energy gets green light; how to help the industry go big?

January 24, 2008 | Erik Andersen

The wind turbine generation industry is setting a blistering development pace. An annual compounding growth rate of 30% is leaving everyone standing in awe. Reports from the Pacific Northwest describe ‘land rushes’ for any and all reasonable locations for wind turbine parks.

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