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New article examines how much authority has been decentralized to communities in British Columbia’s community forests program

Posted on June 22, 2011 by admin

George Hoberg June 22, 2011 Community-based management natural resource management has been increasingly advocated as an opportunity to improve natural resource governance. A new journal article that I’ve co-authored with Lisa Ambus examines a much publicized effort in this area, … Continue reading →

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Formal Government Processes for Policy Production in Canada: Diagram

Posted on June 3, 2011 by admin

George Hoberg June 3, 2011 Looking for a description of how Canadian governments, federal and provincial, formally produce public policies? Here’s one attempt to do it graphically. I find myself increasingly teaching the policy process to students who have no … Continue reading →

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The British Columbia Effect: Premier Clark Renews BC’s Commitment to Leadership on Climate Action

Posted on May 7, 2011 by admin

George Hoberg May 7, 2011 Great news: The new premier of British Columbia has reiterated the Provinces’s commitment, initiated under previous Premier Gordon Campbell, to leadership on climate action policy. Here is an open letter just released from the Premier’s … Continue reading →

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Canadian Climate Hawks’ Post Election Survival Guide

Posted on May 3, 2011 by admin

George Hoberg May 3, 2011 The 2011 Canadian election is very bad news for the climate movement. Climate, and the environment more broadly, was not a significant issue in the election campaign. Canada’s dysfunctional electoral system handed a party that … Continue reading →

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A Canadian Election Primer on the Climate Policy Expert Consensus on Policy Design

Posted on April 29, 2011 by admin

George Hoberg April 29, 2011 Our last post called for using the Canadian election campaign to begin a national conversation on climate policy. That may finally have begun on Thursday, but the early discussion has been very discouraging. As the … Continue reading →

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The Missing Issue: Climate Policy Positions in the 2011 Canadian Federal Election

Posted on April 15, 2011 by admin

George Hoberg and Stephanie Taylor April 26, 2011 (updated from April 15 post) We are a now into the last week of the 2011 Canadian election campaign. Despite an escalating sense of urgency among climate scientists, climate policy has not … Continue reading →

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Framing Strategies in Environmental Controversies: A Case Study of the Tar Sands vs. Ethical Oil

Posted on April 8, 2011 by admin

George Hoberg and Andrea Rivers April 9, 2011 Environmental controversies seem to follow regular and predictable patterns of rhetorical conflict, but we are not aware of any resources that characterize or conceptualize the nature of these argumentative strategies. Sociologists and … Continue reading →

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Should climate hawks be rallying around nuclear power? Researchers show meeting global energy demand in 2050 with wind, water and solar – without nuclear – is technically and economically feasible

Posted on March 21, 2011 by admin

March 21, 2011 George Hoberg The nuclear crisis in Japan has created a surprising response. Columnists and commentators from a range of perspectives normally considered skeptical or even hostile to nuclear power are showing a surprising amount of support for … Continue reading →

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Premier Christy Clark: More Reorganization of BC Natural Resource Ministries

Posted on March 15, 2011 by admin

George Hoberg and Stephanie Taylor March 15, 2011 Christy Clark was sworn in as British Columbia’s 35th premier yesterday. In announcing her new cabinet, Premier Clark reversed significant parts of the tumultuous reorganization introduced by Gordon Campbell in October 2010. … Continue reading →

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The Gordon Campbell Legacy for Natural Resource Policy in British Columbia

Posted on March 4, 2011 by admin

George Hoberg March 4, 2011 Next week, after ten years as Premier of British Columbia, Gordon Campbell will hand power over to Christy Clark. Natural resource policy has been one of the most dynamic areas of policy development during the … Continue reading →

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