Articles tagged with: climate change
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Dianne Whelan, an adventurer, filmmaker and author discusses her 2,000 kilometre journey in the Arctic, with Joseph Planta; she discusses what it’s like travelling with Canadian rangers charged with patrolling the Arctic, climate change, Arctic sovereignty, as well as her new book, This Vanishing Land: A Woman’s Journey to the Canadian Arctic (Caitlin Press, 2009), and her new film, This Land, which screened at the Vancouver International Film Festival.
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Dr. Mark Jaccard, a professor at Simon Fraser University’s School of Resource and Environmental Management and a former member of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, discusses the essay he contributed to the Thomas Homer-Dixon edited book Carbon Shift: How the Twin Crises of Oil Depletion and Climate Change Will Define the Future (Random House, 2009), as well as the current provincial election campaign especially the NDP’s plan to axe the carbon tax, with Joseph Planta.
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The author and journalist Alanna Mitchell talks to Joseph Planta about her new book, Sea Sick: The Global Ocean in Crisis (McClelland & Stewart, 2009).
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The host of Discovery Channel Canada’s Daily Planet, Jay Ingram discusses his new book, The Daily Planet Book of Cool Ideas: Global Warming and What People Are Doing About It (Penguin, 2008) with Joseph Planta.
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Rafe Mair, the legendary broadcaster and author, discusses his work with Save Our Rivers, why he’s voting for the NDP in May 2009, and offers his thoughts on current affairs: the business in Ottawa and electoral reform in BC.
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The journalist and author Gwynne Dyer discusses his new book on the possible outcomes of climate change, Climate Wars (Random House, 2008) with Joseph Planta.
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Journalist and author James Glave discusses his book, Almost Green: How I Built an Eco-Shed, Ditched My SUV, Alienated the In-Laws, and Changed My Life Forever (Greystone, 2008) with Joseph Planta.
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Dr. Andrew Weaver, a professor at the University of Victoria and lead author on the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (the organisation that received, with Al Gore the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize) talks about his new book, Keeping Our Cool: Canada in a Warming World (Viking, 2008) with Joseph Planta.
