Author: Richard Starr

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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Lowered political temperature bodes poorly for warming climate

Posted by Richard Starr | Dec 1, 2019 | Environment/Energy |

The sweet sounds of reconciliation between the re-elected Trudeau government and the leaders of...

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Despite Sustainable Development Act rhetoric Nova Scotia coal use increases

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

I don’t know enough about our provincial Liberal government’s overall record on the environment to...

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Post-election Reflection #3: Whatever happened to the Climate Emergency?

Posted by Richard Starr | Nov 7, 2019 | Environment/Energy, Federal Politics |

As discussed a couple of weeks ago, health care, identified in an Ipsos poll as the main issue,...

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Post-election Reflection #2: The alienated west

Posted by Richard Starr | Oct 29, 2019 | Federal Politics, Politics |

Trying to sum up the federal election results and reactions in Alberta and Saskatchewan moves one...

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About Richard

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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