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Après nous le deluge: global warming’s watery threat
April 11, 2006, The Halifax Herald

Thursday, March 7, 2002, The Daily News, Halifax ~ Ronald Colman

Ratify Kyoto or risk future

“ No wise decision, and no accurate reckoning of costs and benefits are possible when we ignore half the equation, when we ignore the costs of not controlling our blood pressure, and of not curbing our greenhouse gas emissions. When a risk is potentially catastrophic, we err on the side of caution. We follow the doctor's advice. We wear seat belts and bicycle helmets, even when the risk of death and catastrophe is remote. And we carry that logic forward to future generations. We regularly make sacrifices for our children to ensure their safety, security and wellbeing. ”

Sunday, September 2, 2001, The Halifax Herald ~ Donald S. Dunbar

Are we up to the challenge? – Letter to the Editor

“ RONALD COLMAN'S article "Weather or not we like it!" (The Sunday Herald, Aug. 26) makes a strong case for the economic benefits of a smart energy conservation policy. It should be required reading for George W. Bush - and in particular Dick Cheney, whose dismissal of conservation as a "personal virtue," rather than the basis of an energy policy, can now be shown to be not merely patronizing, but bad economics. It might also be corrective reading for those Canadians who continue to see conservation as a form of soft-headed idealism. ”

Sunday, August 26, 2001, The Halifax Herald ~ Ronald Colman

Weather we like it or not! – COMMENTARY

“ So the province is well placed to become the first jurisdiction in North America to meet and surpass the Kyoto targets and to take effective action on the greatest environmental challenge of the century. Indeed, the Canadian government has called climate change the country's greatest challenge since the Second World War. For the sake of our children, we can lead the way. There's nothing stopping us! ”

Cut back voluntarily – Letter to the Editor
August 20, 2001, The Halifax Herald
“ Great to see discussion of how to cut our greenhouse gas emissions in recent issues of this newspaper. Some people may think climate change can't really be that serious, that the main effect may be an extended golf season! Think again. Climate change can cause disasters like Hurricane Mitch. And health problems such as asthma are aggravated by all the fossil fuels we burn. ”

Hidden trucking costs – Letter to the Editor
August 20, 2001, The Halifax Herald ~ D. Tim Doyle
“ It's a shame that Nova Scotia doesn't take the lead in environmental issues. We have already proven that we can be No. 1 at reducing solid wastes; we can surely do the same in other areas if we start to follow GPI practices. ”

August 11, 2001, The Halifax Herald ~ Ralph Surette

Can N.S. become a leader in cutting greenhouse gases?

“ What to do? Just as things are hot, as it were, GPI Atlantic dropped a report on Nova Scotia's greenhouse gas emissions, their cost, and how to cut them down - although it was strangely reduced on the front page of this newspaper on Thursday to a mere "pro-rail" report. The essentials of the report are that Nova Scotians, like other North Americans, are big energy hogs and that global warming is starting to cost us in terms of drought, floods and other climate chaos as well as, in future, rising sea levels. ”

Story misses point of greenhouse gas report
August 11, 2001, The Halifax Herald ~ Meinhard Doelle
“ It is unfortunate that the results of more than two years' research by GPI Atlantic on Nova Scotia's response to climate change got so lost in this news story. The Herald has given excellent, accurate and in-depth coverage to the GPI results over the last four years. The Aug. 9 story was a rare exception to otherwise first-rate reporting. ”

Truckers miffed by group's pro-rail report
August 9, 2001, The Halifax Herald ~ Patricia Brooks
“ A new report by a Tantallon research firm recommending an increase in railway freight to reduce greenhouse gas emissions has shocked the head of the region's largest trucking association. ¶ GPI Atlantic's greenhouse gas report released Wednesday suggests shifting 10 per cent of freight trucked along the Halifax-Amherst corridor to rail to help reduce emissions. ”

August 9, 2001, The Daily News, Halifax

Hot enough for all – Editorial

“ THERE'S MORE than one answer to that opener, "Hot enough for you?" and in the recent heat wave not all would be printable. However, if sweltering temperatures don't get us thinking about global warming, nothing will. ¶ With red-hot timing, the non-profit researcher GPI Atlantic has warned of the economic cost of not addressing atmospheric pollution concerns - and pointed out our lack of innocence, even as a small industrial producer compared to the huge outputs elsewhere on the continent. ¶ The biggest single culprit in the province is Nova Scotia Power, burning 39 per cent of emissions that contribute to greenhouse gases and what is believed to be a gradually rising average Earth temperature. But everyone has a role in saving energy that in turn saves burning fossil fuels. Per capita, Nova Scotians are high producers of greenhouse gases. Worldwide, the worst performers based on population are Canada, the U.S. and Australia.) ¶ The products of global warming are more that sweaty summer days (there are cycles of hotter weather over centuries) and include floods, extreme storms, coastal erosion and drought. Such pollution is not just the fault of large industrial regions; every province has to accept responsibility. ”
Copyright © 2001, The Daily News

The Nova Scotia Greenhouse Gas Accounts for the Genuine Progress Index
August 2001	Environmental Quality ~ GHG
Authors: Sally Walker, Ph.D; Anne Monette, MES and Ronald Colman, Ph.D
Economic viability and capacity of the agricultural sector in Nova Scotia including trends in farm debt, income, costs, and a range of indicators of financial viability.
Abstract	Executive Summary 5 pages 152K PDF
ISBN 0-9731035-2-3	Full Report 232 pages 572K PDF
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