The Climate Crisis And The Implications For Saskatchewan Public Policy

By Peter Prebble, SES Volunteer Researcher

Your Saskatchewan Environmental Society Board has decided to give priority in the year ahead to public education on climate change and to the development of good public policy to combat climate change.  In this article SES highlights some of the latest developments in climate science and a few of . . . → Read More:

Building for GHG's

By Calli Forbes, SES Intern

What’s the first thing that pops into your head when you think of greenhouse gas (GHG) sources?

Perhaps it’s smokestacks pumping out grey clouds of unknown matter.  Or maybe it’s backhoes and dump trucks ripping through the Northern Alberta oil sands.  It could simply be a traffic jam of cars . . . → Read More:

Day 147, Car-free year, complexity and uncertainty

Today – January 25! – the snow was melting on Saskatoon’s streets and I was slush-splattered from riding in it. Guess I’ll go back to walking.

It’s really thanks to living in the downtown core that I can do this. Everything is close. I live in an old section of town, designed before the car . . . → Read More:

Risk Assessment; Northern Gateway Pipeline

By Murray Hidlebaugh, SES Board Member

The public arguments used by the proponents of the Gateway are that the pipeline will reduce Canada’s dependency on the market to the States. It will enable Canadian producers to ship 500 thousand b/d to China at a higher price than the Americans pay. And it . . . → Read More: