Why the Trans Mountain fight is over more than just a pipeline
As the government attempts to move forward with the expansion,
the issue reveals a crisis around how the Canadian government does
consultations, argues Tzeporah Berman.
Tzeporah Berman / @Tzeporah
Deputy director, Stand.Earth
Tzeporah Berman has been designing and winning environmental campaigns in Canada and advising governments on environmental policy for 25 years. She is an author, an adjunct professor of Environmental Studies, and the deputy director of Stand.Earth (formerly ForestEthics). She is the former co-director of Greenpeace International's Global Climate and Energy Program and the former co-chair of the Alberta Oilsands Advisory Working Group.
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Pipelines or Paris: Can Canada have its cake and eat it too?
As Canada approves a massive LNG project and two
controversial pipeline projects, Tzeporah Berman asks whether its national
energy policy and its Paris promises add up. The answer, she says, lies in
understanding what Canada actually committed to.
In praise of the emerging debate around energy
Tzeporah Berman on what to expect for climate change action in 2015.
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Natural resource extraction has proven to be a particularly volatile source of revenues for Canada, says Tzeporah Berman.