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Carbon emissions from a coal fired power plant. Hear about the potential future of carbon taxation in today’s interview with John Curtis. This morning on the show we heard about carbon taxation, had the fourth episode of our Madgical Moments series, and got an update from the Canadian Youth Delegation about the UN meetings . . . → Read More: December 9, 2010: Carbon Taxation and a Madgical Moment Philosopher Peter Singer delivering a lecture; hear about his approach to climate change ethics in this week’s feature. Picture Credit. This morning on the show we heard the first feature from new SPF’er Kathy Lopez, and played the first episode of the Canadian Youth Delegation’s podcast series from the UN climate conference in Cancun. . . . → Read More: December 2, 2010: Peter Singer Lecture  Peter Singer: The Moral Wrongdoings of Climate Change - Lecture Analysis [18:20] Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadThe multiple routes of the northwest passage, whose potential opening plays a major role in discussions of Arctic Sovereignty. Andrea Charron: Arctic Sovereignty By: Henry Hawkins, Regular SpF Contributor Dr. Charron is a research fellow with the Carleton Centre for Security and Defense Studies, and has written a number of papers on Arctic Sovereignty, . . . → Read More: October 7, 2010: Arctic Sovereignty More than most places in the world, communities in the far north are wrestling with issues related to climate change. SPFer John Wall spoke to Gary Davidson and Beate Bowron, planners who are working on issues related to climate change in the north. Have you seen the new solar array on the Canal Building? . . . → Read More: August 26, 2010: Sustainable Campus Initiatives and Climate in the North A record of sunspot activity for the last 400 years, argued to be directly responsible, or strongly related to climate change. Today on the show we heard a two-part feature with Tim Patterson. A professor of Geology at Carleton University, he has made a number of appearances in the media over the years arguing . . . → Read More: July 22, 2010: Tim Patterson On Climate Change A winter road crossing snow, ice, and lakes, similar to the Tibbitt to Contwoyto Winter Road Northern Canada is a harsh environment, with conditions that make transportation a major problem. The Tibbitt to Contwoyto winter road stretches 568 kilometres from Yellowknife to Nunavut crossing frozen lakes, and several narrow portages. As a road that . . . → Read More: July 8, 2010: The Tibbitt To Contwoyto Winter Road This week on the show we had the second part to our spring biking feature, hearing from Robyn Penney on where to buy, fix, and ride your bike here in Ottawa. We also heard from Matt Street with an interview with Hugh Campbell at the Brockville Climate Action Group. They talked about what the . . . → Read More: May 20, 2010: Biking In Ottawa, Part 2 In today’s show we feature two interviews that touch on forests. In the first half of the show we heard from Chris Henschel of the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, speaking about forests and climate and how forestry is being included (or not) in current global climate change negotiations. After that we tapped the . . . → Read More: January 7, 2010: Forests and Bears On today’s show we looked into the geography of voting. Many of us take “one person, one vote” for granted, but Stewart Fast explained how our votes can make more, or less, of a difference based on where we cast them. He spoke with Andy Blair and Yannick Carrière of Fair Vote Canada. Then, . . . → Read More: November 19, 2009: Voter Representation and Environmental Justice This week we covered two western Canadian stories with environmental and social twists. Carol Hunsberger interviewed Greg Powell of ‘Alberta Acts on Climate Change’, a joint initiative of the University of Calgary and the Pembina Institute, on environmental citizenship and action on climate change in a province that often gets sneers on climate and . . . → Read More: November 12, 2009: Alberta Acts on Climate and the Future of the Spirit Bear |
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