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Alberta must adapt and upgrade in disasters’ wake
Posted by Edmonton Journal: Graham Thomson on July 6th, 2013
Edmonton Journal: On May 29, Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC) president Don Forgeron gave a speech in Calgary that wrapped up with a few questions: “Are your homes and businesses ready for extreme weather?”
And: “Do you have measures in place to respond when the heavy rains fall?
Eerily, Forgeron’s questions came precisely three weeks before torrential downpours inundated southern Alberta, flooding homes and businesses in downtown Calgary.
As far as I know, Forgeron is neither clairvoyant nor an exceptionally...
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Canada: British Columbia premier slams torpedo into Alberta’s energy strategy
Posted by Edmonton Journal: Graham Thomson on July 28th, 2012
Edmonton Journal: She didn’t entirely scuttle Alberta’s hopes for a Canadian Energy Strategy but she certainly took the wind out of Alberta’s sails.
In a dramatic – but not unexpected – showdown at the annual premiers’ conference on Friday, British Columbia Premier Christy Clark refused to sign on to a national energy strategy championed by Alberta Premier Alison Redford.
“Until we see some progress in the discussions between British Columbia, Alberta and the federal government with respect to the Gateway pipeline...
Alberta take on climate change is downright self-destructive
Posted by Edmonton Journal: Graham Thomson on December 9th, 2010
Edmonton Journal: A little while ago a reader wrote to me about climate change, saying something along the lines of, "Give your head a good shake Mr. Thomson. It's been unseasonably cold in Edmonton the past few weeks. Where's your global warming now?"
I did indeed shake my head and have been shaking it ever since at the illogic some people bring to the climate-change discussion. Yes, it gets cold in Edmonton, sometimes unseasonably so. But we're talking here about global warming, not Edmonton warming. This year...