Environment

Plans getting geared up for annual Kamloops Bike to Work Week from May 26 to June 1

April 7, 2014 // 0 Comments

NEWS — Plans for this year’s Kamloops Bike to Work Week are underway and the organizing committee has set a goal of 1250 participants — 300 of which they hope [Continue]

Kamloops should put three-cents-per-litre municipal tax on gasoline, and tax diesel too

April 6, 2014 // 19 Comments

EDITOR’S NOTE — Dr. Peter Tsigaris, an economics professor at Thompson Rivers University, write for The Armchair Mayor News on important current issues and ideas. By [Continue]

In Sunday’s Armchair Mayor News — the case for adding a municipal tax on gas and diesel

April 5, 2014 // 3 Comments

SUNDAY IN THE ARMCHAIR MAYOR NEWS — TRU economics professor Dr. Peter Tsigaris puts forward a case for the City of Kamloops to put a municipal tax of three cents per litre [Continue]

‘Too big, too close’ – Ajax mine opponents line Overlanders Bridge to protest open-pit plan

April 4, 2014 // 6 Comments

NEWS — Hundreds of morning commuters, some honking their horns in support, encountered a string of Ajax mine opponents lining the southbound lanes of Overlanders Bridge [Continue]

‘Nudge’ factor plays big role in prospects for wrestling climate change, says economist

April 4, 2014 // 3 Comments

NEWS — A new global strategy for climate protection isn’t likely unless a broad coalition can be forged that includes both have and have-not nations, a self-declared [Continue]

‘Who pays for climate change?’ the subject of talk Thurs. by former White House economist

April 2, 2014 // 0 Comments

NEWS — Who pays for climate change? That’s the question that will be asked at a talk at Thompson Rivers University on Thursday at 4 p.m. Dr. Jason Shogren of the [Continue]