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Posted on Jul 13, 2011
The Vancouver Sun recently spoke to Tides Canada Energy Initiative director Merran Smith and board member Andrew Heintzman about the necessary push toward a clean energy economy.
Posted on Jan 5, 2012
Tides Canada Program Officer Kim Hardy has returned from Montreal where she was helping to shape the content and agenda for the International Polar Year (IPY) closing conference that Canada will host in Montreal in April 2012.
Posted on Dec 15, 2011
Peter Ladner stands up for the positive role that US philanthropy plays in supporting our world's natural capital and the important work of the Canadian environmental sector.
Posted on Feb 29, 2012
Imagine a British Columbia with reduced traffic gridlock because public transit service gets better and faster every day. Imagine a B.C. where we spend half as much to heat our homes and buildings.
Posted on Oct 19, 2011
Clean-tech and clean energy isn’t an interesting niche that is nice to have in the mix — it is the future. Merran Smith responds to the recent throne speech and jobs plan and with a proposal for a new Clean Economy Jobs Strategy for British Columbia.
Posted on Jan 31, 2012
Read Ross McMillan's piece in The Tyee today on the pipeline debate and hear his take of what we really need to talk about.
Posted on Sep 16, 2011
Ross McMillan states Tides Canada’s position in response to government decision to move away from an innovative marine planning process on British Columbia’s North Coast.
Posted on Mar 8, 2012
A pair of Tides Canada senior managers testified in Parliament today, sharing details of our organization's mission and work, and outlining the opportunities that the transition to a clean-energy future presents for the nation.
Posted on Nov 15, 2011
Whoever said all environmentalists oppose Albert’s oil sands development never met Andy Heintzman
Posted on Sep 28, 2011
The Globe and Mail covers the Google Earth Outreach launch in Canada, co-hosted by Tides Canada, and how it all started. Since the original launch, it has helped organizations and community groups around the world tell their stories by providing free access to Google's mapping and satellite technology.