5-minute read
Insurance, prudence and economic growth
The concept of climate change.
4-minute read
Une enquête bâclée
Climategate: the report is out.
4-minute read
Les opportunistes
Barack Obama’s environmental program.
4-minute read
Earth Day: Humanity — Earth’s best friend
The environment and the market.
4-minute read
Le capitalisme écologique
The environment and the market.
3-minute read
L’or bleu du Québec
The exploitation of Quebec’s water resources.
5-minute read
Our blue gold
The exploitation of Quebec’s water resources.
4-minute read
Public transit is an inefficient way to cut greenhouse gases
Public transit and greenhouse gases.
1-minute read
Will buying food locally save the planet?
The movement promoting the purchase of locally produced food has grown in influence in recent years, in Quebec as in the rest of the world. Beyond the traditional economic arguments based on a protectionist approach, it is the environmental aspect which seems nowadays to motivate the support of groups and citizens in favour of reducing “food miles.” It is argued that by discouraging consumers from buying food transported from distant locations, less energy – and ultimately less greenhouse gas – is being expanded, thus contributing to the fight against environmental degradation.
4-minute read
La stratégie de l’autruche
The green movement has been discredited.