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Scott Vaughan is President of the Winnipeg-based International Institute for Sustainable Development, and Canada’s former Commissioner for the Environment and Sustainable Development.

Pollution’s costs are large, growing, and poorly understood

  • In announcing Ottawa’s plans for a national carbon pricing system last month, the Minister of the Environment and Climate Change Catherine McKenna rightly noted
Opinion | BY SCOTT VAUGHAN | June 5, 2017
In announcing Ottawa’s plans for a national carbon pricing system last month, the Minister of the Environment and Climate Change Catherine McKenna rightly noted that the government was acting, in part, because 'pollution has a very significant impact on our health.' She might well have added 'and on our pocketbooks.' The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Pollution’s costs are large, growing, and poorly understood

Opinion | BY SCOTT VAUGHAN | June 5, 2017
  • In announcing Ottawa’s plans for a national carbon pricing system last month, the Minister of the Environment and Climate Change Catherine McKenna rightly noted

Pollution’s costs are large, growing, and poorly understood

Opinion | BY SCOTT VAUGHAN | June 5, 2017
  • In announcing Ottawa’s plans for a national carbon pricing system last month, the Minister of the Environment and Climate Change Catherine McKenna rightly noted
In announcing Ottawa’s plans for a national carbon pricing system last month, the Minister of the Environment and Climate Change Catherine McKenna rightly noted that the government was acting, in part, because 'pollution has a very significant impact on our health.' She might well have added 'and on our pocketbooks.' The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

How Canada can be a global leader on the Sustainable Development Goals

  • All eyes were on the United Nations two weeks ago as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made his inaugural speech to the General Assembly. The
Opinion | BY JULIA SáNCHEZ, SCOTT VAUGHAN | October 5, 2016
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks before the UN General Assembly on Sept. 20 in New York. UN photograph by Cia Pak

How Canada can be a global leader on the Sustainable Development Goals

Opinion | BY JULIA SáNCHEZ, SCOTT VAUGHAN | October 5, 2016
  • All eyes were on the United Nations two weeks ago as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made his inaugural speech to the General Assembly. The

How Canada can be a global leader on the Sustainable Development Goals

Opinion | BY JULIA SáNCHEZ, SCOTT VAUGHAN | October 5, 2016
  • All eyes were on the United Nations two weeks ago as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made his inaugural speech to the General Assembly. The
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks before the UN General Assembly on Sept. 20 in New York. UN photograph by Cia Pak

To remove fossil fuel subsidies in ten years, a plan is needed now

  • For a decade now, the G20 club of major economies has promised to phase out fossil fuel subsidies. Progress has mainly been in the
Opinion | BY SCOTT VAUGHAN | June 14, 2016
Photograph courtesy of James Ennis, Wikimedia Commons.

To remove fossil fuel subsidies in ten years, a plan is needed now

Opinion | BY SCOTT VAUGHAN | June 14, 2016
  • For a decade now, the G20 club of major economies has promised to phase out fossil fuel subsidies. Progress has mainly been in the

To remove fossil fuel subsidies in ten years, a plan is needed now

Opinion | BY SCOTT VAUGHAN | June 14, 2016
  • For a decade now, the G20 club of major economies has promised to phase out fossil fuel subsidies. Progress has mainly been in the
Photograph courtesy of James Ennis, Wikimedia Commons.
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