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Comment on Time for the Hard Work on Meaningful Climate Policy by British Columbia Abandons Climate Leadership | GreenPolicyProf

British Columbia Abandons Climate Leadership | GreenPolicyProf — Sat, 20 Aug 2016 14:35:43 +0000

[...] GreenPolicyProf George Hoberg — Seeking insights into governance for sustainability Skip to content HomeAboutCo-authors ← Time for the Hard Work on Meaningful Climate Policy [...]

Comment on Lament for a Nation – The Climate Version by British Columbia Abandons Climate Leadership | GreenPolicyProf

British Columbia Abandons Climate Leadership | GreenPolicyProf — Fri, 19 Aug 2016 22:58:01 +0000

[...] long been skeptical of the Canadian approach of letting provinces lead on climate policy. Today’s disappointing [...]

Comment on Over to You, Mr. Trudeau: The Political Perils of Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain Expansion by Merle Alexander

Merle Alexander — Thu, 02 Jun 2016 21:21:09 +0000

George, excellent thoughts on this incredible conundrum. The only comment I might make is to correct you on the legal gleaning. Delgamuukw in 1997 noted that the spectrum of “consultation” included “mere consultation, more than mere consultation and consent”. Tsilhqot’in in 2014 confirmed that consent applies as the consultation standard where the Nation has proven Aboriginal Title. So, Canada’s move towards the UNDRIP FPIC language is not inconsistent with the legal trend in Canada.

Merle

Comment on Major New Legal Obstacle for Northern Gateway Pipeline by Over to You, Mr. Trudeau: The Political Perils of Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain Expansion | GreenPolicyProf

Fri, 20 May 2016 18:34:21 +0000

[...] for project review and assessment to the federal government. In January, the BC Supreme Court invalidated that agreement. The BC government has initiated a process for its review, which will include First [...]

Comment on The Three Logics of Climate Politics by Game over for Keystone KL: How environmentalists created Obama’s new climate test | GreenPolicyProf

Fri, 06 Nov 2015 22:14:20 +0000

[...] a test of climate leadership. 350.org’s Bill McKibben, echoing climate scientist James Hansen, repeatedly used the frame of the pipeline being a fuse to one of “the largest carbon bombs on the planet,” the [...]

Comment on What Issues Mattered in the 2013 British Columbia Election? Some Context on the Kinder Morgan Surprise by Nobody Believes You, Mr. Harper: Five Key Energy-Environment Insights from the Opening Canadian 2015 Election Debate | GreenPolicyProf

Sat, 08 Aug 2015 00:03:06 +0000

[...] where NDP leader Adrian Dix (remember him?) began the campaign with the same position, and disastrously changed it mid-campaign. Mulcair’s probably too smart to make the same [...]

Comment on Between Consent and Accommodation: What is the Government Duty to Accommodate First Nations Concerns with Resource Development Projects? by What is the Role of First Nations in Decision-Making on Crown Government Resource Development Projects? – A Hoberg Course Brief | GreenPolicyProf

Tue, 20 Jan 2015 03:37:49 +0000

[...] In the typical situation where title is asserted but not proven, there is no change from the vague standards articulated in the 2004 Haida and Taku decisions: consult always, accommodate if the claim is [...]

Comment on Government of BC to Enbridge: “Trust me” is Not Good Enough by It’s D-Day for Harper on Northern Gateway | GreenPolicyProf

It’s D-Day for Harper on Northern Gateway | GreenPolicyProf — Mon, 09 Jun 2014 02:56:27 +0000

[...] position on the pipeline in quite some time. If the Clark government remains opposed (its current formal position is that the project does not meet BC’s famous five conditions), it would be very costly [...]

Comment on Why the BC Utilities Commission Rejected BC Hydro’s Long Term Plan by The Site C Panel Report and the Crisis of Credibility for BC Electricity Policy | GreenPolicyProf

Fri, 09 May 2014 21:10:44 +0000

[...] Term Acquisition Plan. The BCUC was strongly critical of BC Hydro’s rationale for its plan, and rejected it. The Campbell government responded by stripping the power from BCUC to review major plans and [...]

Comment on Canada: The Overachieving Petro-State by Alison Watt

Alison Watt — Tue, 21 Jan 2014 04:07:47 +0000

Apparently another “earmark” of petro-states is their pre-occupation with security. The nature of the industry requires the infrastructure to get it out of the ground and to move it, but more importantly, the security to make sure it gets out of the country. I couldn’t help but think of this when it was revealed last month that CSIS was collecting information on environmentalists and sharing them with police and companies.