Author: Richard Starr

Frontier Mine should have been headed off before the impasse

Posted by Richard Starr | Feb 6, 2020 | Environment/Energy, Politics |

The Frontier oil sands mine has jumped to the political front burner lately. Whether the federal...

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Obsession with larger vehicles has gone into overdrive

Posted by Richard Starr | Jan 22, 2020 | Environment/Energy |

Disconnect between concern about climate change and the vehicles people drive keeps growing. In...

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Decade look backs miss climate mess

Posted by Richard Starr | Jan 6, 2020 | Environment/Energy |

At the risk of being repetitive, it’s hard not to address the dearth of discussion about climate...

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Kenney’s “equalization rebate” grabs the spotlight

Posted by Richard Starr | Dec 20, 2019 | Federal Politics |

It was Alberta time again in Ottawa with the province’s demands for a re-jigging of the previously...

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Update to Memory Lane: When cutting sulphur dioxide pollution was all the rage

Posted by Richard Starr | Dec 13, 2019 | Environment/Energy |

Note to readers: An earlier version of this piece was based on a misleading exhibit before the...

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RICHARD STARR has had careers as a journalist, public servant, broadcaster, political staffer and freelance policy adviser. He is author of numerous newspaper and magazine articles, a former radio and TV producer and weekly newspaper editor, and the author of three non-fiction books. Starr has lived in Dartmouth for more than 30 years.

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