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[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][mk_image src=”https://energy-exchange.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/acp60199.jpg” image_width=”800″ image_height=”520″ crop=”true” lightbox=”true” frame_style=”simple” target=”_self” desc=”DAVID NUNUK / ALL CANADA PHOTOS” caption_location=”inside-image” align=”right” margin_bottom=”10″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text disable_pattern=”true” align=”left” margin_bottom=”0″] [mk_dropcaps style=”simple-style”]I[/mk_dropcaps]N JULY 21, 2015, a select group of 60 city mayors from around the globe journeyed to the Vatican to meet Pope Francis and attend a conference on climate change. Vancouver’s mayor, …

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[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][mk_image src=”https://energy-exchange.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/CG_Article_FINAL_spread_lines.jpg” image_width=”800″ image_height=”600″ crop=”true” lightbox=”true” frame_style=”simple” target=”_self” desc=”ILLUSTRATIONS BY STEVEN DONEGARI” caption_location=”inside-image” align=”left” margin_bottom=”10″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text disable_pattern=”true” align=”left” margin_bottom=”0″] [mk_dropcaps style=”simple-style”]Y[/mk_dropcaps]OUR PERSONAL contribution of greenhouse gases begins the moment you tap snooze on your smartphone — a device generating 0.06 tonnes of carbon dioxide emission per year. It continues incrementally in the shower (0.13 …

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[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text disable_pattern=”true” align=”left” margin_bottom=”0″] [mk_dropcaps style=”simple-style”]W[/mk_dropcaps]HEN THE NDP swept to power in Alberta and Rachel Notley became premier in May 2015, the response from the energy sector was swift. The win came at the crest of an oil-price swoon not seen since 2008, giving Notley’s threats of tax hikes and a royalty rejig the …

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[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text disable_pattern=”true” align=”left” margin_bottom=”0″] [mk_dropcaps style=”simple-style”]A[/mk_dropcaps]T TIMES, it might seem like the world’s political leaders have been negotiating and debating on legally binding treaties to cut carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions forever. In fact, it’s only been happening for just over two decades. The process started in 1992 at the Earth Summit …

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[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text disable_pattern=”true” align=”left” margin_bottom=”0″] [mk_dropcaps style=”simple-style”]I[/mk_dropcaps]T’S A TRIP,” says Katie Sullivan, Canada’s policy director at the International Emissions Trading Association. At only 35, the Ottawa native is tackling what she calls the biggest problem facing humanity: climate change. Sullivan’s job often takes her to the rarified air of United Nations climate negotiations, and though …

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[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text disable_pattern=”true” align=”left” margin_bottom=”0″] [mk_dropcaps style=”simple-style”]I[/mk_dropcaps]MAGINE THE WORLD in 2100, nearly a century from now. How has Canada changed? Have we overcome the energy and climate challenges we face today? What do our communities look like? In this issue of Energy Exchange magazine, you will hear from some of the planet’s foremost experts on …

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