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Greenwashing in B.C.
The Tyee busts Harper |
David Roberts |
26 Apr 2007 |
Gristmill |
| I think the hue and cry about "greenwashing" is generally overdone, for reasons I've discussed at length elsewhere. But the Tyee has a great story today that looks like a bona fide example of selling a big infrastructure project as "green" when its consequences will be just the opposite. It's about a proposal by Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper to extend the electricity grid up to people up on the Alaska panhandle in northern B.C., so they ... |
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| Topics: business, Canada, energy, greening biz operations (all these topics) |
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