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PICS Climate News Scan

Global climate news analyzed for British Columbia

September 18, 2014

Energy

Would Scottish independence risk billions in renewables investment?

Scotland’s vote today on whether to become an independent country could put up to $23 billion...


Policy

Can the UN fix the climate?

Heads of state and other dignitaries aren’t the only ones expected in New York next week...


Science

China links deadly earthquakes to dam sites

A 2013 European Commission report noted that China expanded its hydropower capacity by...


Society

RCMP says environmental activism poses a ‘criminal threat’

Canada’s national police force believes that environmental activists pose a “clear...


Solutions

Getting waste reduction right

Sweden is the undisputed star of waste reduction. It now recycles 99 per cent...


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Printable solar gets closer to commercialization

Vermont town is 100 per cent renewable-powered


Authors:

Ami Kingdon (PICS)
Maura Forrest (ISIS)

Editors:

Tom Pedersen (PICS)
Robyn Meyer (PICS)

Sam Eifling (ISIS)

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Image credit (in order of appearance): 

James Stringer (flickr), United Nations Photo (flickr), Marshall Segal (flickr), Jamie McCaffrey (flickr), Justin Ritchie (flickr)