Canada’s budget 2009-economic action plan

This document outlines the 2009 Budget which planned to help economic recovery in part through the investment in the energy sector.  The budget details allocations of funds into such areas …

Oil sands responsibility act-in Maryland

This purpose of this bill was to bar the State from using motor fuels derived from unconventional sources, including oil and tar sands, to fuel State vehicles.

This bill never …

Greening the Grid: Powering Alberta’s Future with Renewable Energy

Pembina Institute
January 2009

This report presents a comprehensive analysis of Alberta’s power production and energy efficiency opportunities and demonstrates the dominant role that renewable energy and improved efficiency can …

Energy stimulus in 2009 budget-Canada’s economic action plan

This document outlines several energy stimulus plans and economic packages which the government of Canada plans to implement. Date of publication unclear – 2009.…

Hang Together or Separately?

Oxfam
2009

Oxfam report says rich countries have a ‘double duty’ to act on climate change: rich countries must cut emissions at home and to help fund emissions reductions in …

The Case for Helping Poor Countries Adapt to Climate Change

Oxfam Canada, Oxfam Québec and the Pembina Institute
2009

People living in poverty in developing countries are least responsible for the climate crisis. Yet they are suffering its most severe …

The Economics of 350: The Benefits and Costs of Climate Stabilization

Economics for Equity and the Environment Network (E3N)
2009

The best estimates of the costs of a vigorous, immediate effort to rebuild the world economy around carbon-free technologies are still

Climate Wrongs and Human Rights

Oxfam
2009

In failing to tackle climate change with urgency, rich countries are effectively violating the human rights of millions of the world’s poorest people.  Human-rights principles must be put