Edmonton, Canada — Alberta can create more than 200,000 green jobs and build a strong economic future, according to a groundbreaking report on green jobs released by two prominent environmental groups and the Alberta Federation of Labour. Read More
April 15, 2009 (Calgary) Is this another Depression? Or just another pointless boom-and-bust cycle? Either way, Jim Stanford thinks we need to fundamentally rethink how we organize the economy. Stanford is the Calgary-raised economist for CAW, Globe and Mail columnist, and author of the new book, Economics for Everyone:A Short Guide to the Economics of Capitalism. "We don't just need stimulus. We need a whole new model for economic growth, says Stanford." Stanford will be presenting his Read More
Edmonton — A recent poll showing that Albertans overwhelmingly prefer subsidies for renewable and clean energy sends a message to the Stelmach government that its upcoming budget should include plans to develop a green economy for Alberta.
The poll was commissioned by the Alberta Council for Environmental Education (ACEE) and conducted by the polling firm Ipsos Reid shows that when asked to choose, Albertans overwhelmingly prefer subsidies for renewable and clean energy in the future compared to oil and gas. The poll shows that 78 per cent of Albertans prefer subsidies for renewable and clean energy options in the future while only 11 per cent prefer subsidies for oil and gas development.
"This poll shows that Albertans see the potential a green economy holds for Alberta, and they want the government to get involved and lead us there," said Gil McGowan, President of the Alberta Federation of Labour. "Albertans know that we can have a strong economy that doesn't sacrifice our environment." Read More
From: Mark Anielski
Dear friends of Peter Brown, Quaker economics and building a moral economy,
Professor Peter Brown will be speaking in Edmonton on Tuesday March 31, 2009. Read More
Economic Growth, Sacred Cows & the Wall Street Bull: Perspectives from Ecological Economics
with Dr. Brian Czech
What is the role of citizens in developing a new economic policy? Join us for a discussion with Dr. Czech (via teleconference) of the trade-off between economic growth and wilderness conservation.
Dr. Brian Czech is President of the Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy, a visiting professor at Virginia Tech, and a conservation biologist with the U.S. government. Read More
Location: Crowne Plaza – Chateau Lacombe
Time: 8am to 10pm, Saturday and Sunday. See www.canadians.org for more info.
Cost: $70 - $35 (for fixed income) – includes Saturday lunch
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Free Public Panel with
Come out on Hallow’s eve for some haunting insight into the state of Canada’s natural resources.
For more info contact [email protected] Read More
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Arusha Centre's November Infoactive Action Film"Wal-Town: 6 Activists, 36 Towns, 1 Corporation" Part of Fair Trade Week 2007Sponsors: Public Interest Alberta, Haymarket Collective, Manana Imports, Live Green, Calgary! Take Action Grants, Great Forest Lawn Carsharing, Buy Nothing Day, Calgary District Labour Council, Calgary Dollars, Centre for Public Interest Acounting, U of C, Industry Images, NoSweatCoalition, NFB Read More
The Parkland Institute has published an Op-Ed on the Royalty Review:
Gordon Laxer for The Edmonton Journal
Published October 22, 2007
Albertans have been led astray by the heated rhetoric around the recommendations of the royalty review panel's Our Fair Share. Rather than increasing royalties by 20 per cent as headlines tell the public, the panel's recommendations would, if fully implemented, reduce them by 20 per cent by 2016.
That's right. According to the review panel, its proposals would have Alberta collect $2 billion less per year nine years from now, even though oilsands production is projected to more than double.
Alberta would collect only $7.6 billion in 2016, compared to $9.5 billion in royalties in 2006. And that doesn't seem to take inflation into account, meaning that in real dollars the province's royalty revenues would fall more...
Read the whole Op-Ed at the Parkland Institute's website. Read More
