Responding to Environmental Challenges in Alberta
Climate change and the myriad of challenges that come with it are a reality the entire world must face. However, for Canadian province, Alberta, the stakes are especially high. Oil and gas mining made up 18.3% of Alberta’s GDP in 2015 and therefore plays a significant role in its economy. Alberta ha...
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ftmacewanuojs:oai:journals.macewan.ca:article/884 2023-05-15T16:17:37+02:00 Responding to Environmental Challenges in Alberta Brown, Peter 2016-10-30 application/pdf https://journals.macewan.ca/earthcommon/article/view/884 https://doi.org/10.31542/j.ecj.884 eng eng Department of Communication, MacEwan University, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada https://journals.macewan.ca/earthcommon/article/view/884/805 https://journals.macewan.ca/earthcommon/article/view/884 doi:10.31542/j.ecj.884 Copyright (c) 2016 Earth Common Journal Earth Common Journal; Vol. 6 No. 1 (2016): Changing Climates: Social, Political, Economic; 35-41 1929-8706 communication sustainability global warming climate change info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article 2016 ftmacewanuojs https://doi.org/10.31542/j.ecj.884 2023-01-10T17:07:01Z Climate change and the myriad of challenges that come with it are a reality the entire world must face. However, for Canadian province, Alberta, the stakes are especially high. Oil and gas mining made up 18.3% of Alberta’s GDP in 2015 and therefore plays a significant role in its economy. Alberta has also been subject to degrading air quality and natural disasters like the recent Fort McMurray Fire. Provincial and municipal governments have, however, taken many steps to addressing the array of environmental challenges Alberta faces including releasing its Climate Leadership Report to Environment Minister Shannon Phillips, which outlines concrete goals and objectives. This paper discusses some of targets as well as legislation that have come out of the Climate Leadership Report. Furthermore, this paper explores how individuals have influenced the climate change discussion and how they can continue to spread environmental messages. Article in Journal/Newspaper Fort McMurray MacEwan Open Journals (MacEwan University) Fort McMurray Earth Common Journal 6 1 35 41 |
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Climate change and the myriad of challenges that come with it are a reality the entire world must face. However, for Canadian province, Alberta, the stakes are especially high. Oil and gas mining made up 18.3% of Alberta’s GDP in 2015 and therefore plays a significant role in its economy. Alberta has also been subject to degrading air quality and natural disasters like the recent Fort McMurray Fire. Provincial and municipal governments have, however, taken many steps to addressing the array of environmental challenges Alberta faces including releasing its Climate Leadership Report to Environment Minister Shannon Phillips, which outlines concrete goals and objectives. This paper discusses some of targets as well as legislation that have come out of the Climate Leadership Report. Furthermore, this paper explores how individuals have influenced the climate change discussion and how they can continue to spread environmental messages. |
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Department of Communication, MacEwan University, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
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