Category: Environment

Food for striking children’s thoughts

In advance of Friday’s “climate strike” in Vancouver, SecondStreet.org released today “Oil in the classroom,” a short video clip that examines all kinds of products in a typical Canadian classroom that are made at least in part with oil.

Big picture issues, big picture ideas and data

It seems you can’t turn on the evening news or open up a newspaper in Canada without seeing a story about climate change. Similarly, stories about oil and gas development in Canada (especially pipeline stories), and carbon taxes have garnered significant political discourse over the past few years…

New tech, lower emissions

SecondStreet.org has been doing research into natural resource development and climate change. One interesting story we came across involves Berg Chilling Systems, an Ontario company that has developed technology that helps oil and gas companies reduce their emissions.