The Concept of Growth (614)

We take a long and winding look at the theoretical and practical compatibility of economic growth and environmental protection. 

News Items mentioned in the final section include:

• What if Canada had spent $200bn on wind energy instead of oil?
• Kinder Morgan Fined $920 for Illegal Salmon Stream Construction
• Scott Pruitt quits as head of US environment agency (but so what?)
• TransCanada Pipeline Explodes in West Virginia
• Oilpatch fires 'warning shot' at Trudeau Liberals in Ontario with 'unprecedented' ground campaign

Mentioned by Lauren:

• Canada invests $27.5M in the future of Wood Buffalo National Park World Heritage Site
• Pipeline protesters rappel from Ironworkers Memorial Bridge, blocking tanker

And finally the Doug Ford damage report as of airing:

• Ontario cancelling cap and trade akin to pulling out of climate framework: Catherine McKenna
• Doug Ford Year One: A guide to what’s happening in the new Ontario
• Doug Ford fires privatization czar, chief investment officer and chief scientist
• Ford government is ending co-operation with Ottawa on resettlement of asylum-seekers
• 'Assault on green energy:' Industry slams Doug Ford's decision to cancel incentives
• Doug Ford halts introduction of additional anti-vaping rules

This Week's Music:

Drake, "Peak", and Forest Swords, "Sjurvival"

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