Monthly Archives: February 2015

Rethinking the impacts of fossil fuel divestment: a critique of the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions white paper

February 27, 2015 George Hoberg* A White Paper released by the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions last month argues that fossil fuel divestment campaigns are based on a set of unfounded assumptions. The authors, Hadi Dowlatabadi and Justin Ritchie of … Continue reading

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Letter to Vancouver Sun in response to editorial critical of divestment at UBC

February 27, 2015 This letter was submitted to the Sun today: Your February 26 editorial relied heavily on a study that concluded that divestment from fossil fuels would not have a significant impact on the “carbon shadow” of UBC’s endowment. … Continue reading

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Two cheers for Trudeau’s climate plan – the best a climate hawk could expect out of a Liberal leader named Trudeau?

George Hoberg February 7, 2015 In a speech to the Petroleum Club in Calgary yesterday, Liberal leader Justin Trudeau gave more details about what climate policy his party would pursue if they form the government after the October 2015 federal … Continue reading

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Forces at Work in Natural Resource Policy – A Hoberg Course Brief

George Hoberg February 6, 2015 pdf: Forces at Work in Natural Resource Policy – Hoberg course brief In thinking and teaching about natural resource policy, I find it useful to use a framework I refer to as “forces at work … Continue reading

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Multi-Criteria Decision-Making for Comparing Energy Choices – A Hoberg Course Brief

George Hoberg and Guillaume Peterson February 3, 2015 pdf Hoberg course brief – MCA final Decision-makers must take into account a large variety of components when comparing energy choices. A simple and straightforward way to evaluate each option is to … Continue reading

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