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Kashechewan woes boil down to leadership5 Nov 2006 National Post Canada's federal government and Ontario's provincial government pointed the finger at each other when the deplorable drinking water in Kashechewan, the native reserve in Northern Ontario, exploded to public attention last week. Ontario blamed the federal government, which quickly accepted responsibility, but Canadians should know where most of the blame truly lies.
Squarely in the native community. Full story » Death of the movement12 Mar 2005 National Post Environmentalists were once inspired agents of change. They invented and popularized novel technologies such as the renewable energy and recycling systems that have so captured the public's imagination. They developed theories about the merits of small-scale, decentralized systems – E.F. Schumacher's Small Is Beautiful of 1973 was only one of hundreds of titles that advanced our understanding of the nature of economies. Full story » The eco-affluence myth31 Jul 2003 National Post
THE REAL ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS: WHY POVERTY, NOT AFFLUENCE, IS THE ENVIRONMENT'S NUMBER ONE ENEMY by Jack M. Hollander University of California Press 235 pages, $40.95
- - - Full story » No property leads to plunder31 Dec 2002 National Post This article is a response to a letter by Scott Vaughan
The Carnegie Endowment's Scott Vaughan chose an apt example by invoking Indira Gandhi's memorable speech in Stockholm at the 1972 UN Conference on Human Environment. "Are not poverty and need the greatest polluters?" Mrs. Gandhi said famously, in arguing that the environment should take a back seat to the economy. Full story » NAFTA greens us up11 Dec 2002 National Post
It's NAFTA's 10th anniversary and what a great decade for the environment it's been. Sulphur dioxide emissions are down, ground level ozone levels are down, inhalable airborne particle levels are down and energy efficiency is up. Our air is clearer, our water is cleaner and, as a by-product, we're healthier, too. Full story » Watershed decision18 Dec 2001 National Post
CUPE, the public service labour union, recently issued a dire prediction to its members. "A waste water treatment system in the coastal city of Halifax ... could well be a watershed in the Canadian struggle against privatization," it warned in exhorting its troops nationwide to join its anti-privatization campaign. Full story » CUPE-funded water report gets an F for objectivity30 Jan 2001 National Post Because the private sector has proven to be so successful in improving water quality while lowering costs to taxpayers, water utility privatizations have been sweeping the world. Europe, Asia, South America and North America are all increasingly turning to private operators to remedy decades of government neglect and compromised regulation. Full story » No water regulation without privatization23 Jan 2001 National Post The Mike Harris government, regaining its feet after reeling from the Walkerton tragedy, is considering various types of privatization to fund the improvements needed to set Ontario's water system aright. Full story » Canadians not paying too little for water, says utilities group7 Sep 2000 National Post Responding to Report OTTAWA - Claims by an international think-tank that Canadians pay too little for the water they consume are untrue, according to, the country's municipal water utilities. The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, in a report released Tuesday, said Canadian water rates are among the lowest in the developed world, while consumption ranks near the top of the international scale. Full story » Let's flush politics out of the water1 Aug 2000 National Post After decades of neglect, many of Canada's municipal waterworks are in shambles. Some municipalities lose as much as one-third of their water through pipe leaks, and the old cast iron pipes that dominate many communities are rusting from the inside out. Full story » |
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