Cities use planning tools to influence the location, type, and density of development. But, they should not ignore the significant potential impact of revenue-raising tools (property taxes, user fees, and development charges) on development patterns. Failure to price services correctly can lead to urban sprawl.”
Enid Slack
Director ,Institute for Municipal Finance and Governance
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Robyn Allan : Economic Assessment of the Northern Gateway April 30, 2012
On Friday 27 April, Carbon Talks hosted a brown bag lunch dialogue with Robyn Allan, titled "An Economic Assessment of the Northern Gateway".
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Innovator profile: Eden Full April 13, 2012
Eden Full doesn’t consider herself an innovator, at least not yet. This twenty-year-old Princeton student from Calgary has been receiving a significant amount of attention lately over her invention, the SunSaluter. With nothing more than twenty dollars of hardware, Eden managed to create a device that can increase the efficiency of a solar PV panel by a remarkable forty percent.
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Innovator profile: Andrée-Lise Méthot April 02, 2012
Andrée-Lise Méthot is a visionary humanist. This Montreal-based geological engineer heads Cycle Capital, a venture capital fund that invests in Canadian companies that are developing and marketing clean technologies. Méthot has managed to bridge the gap between the worlds of financiers and environmentalists.
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Oil in the water : a three-part blog series April 02, 2012
Guest blogger Amy Huva offers a three-part blog series on the use of water in the Alberta oil sands.
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