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George Benson

About George Benson

Curious, kind, and righteous.

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Vancouver, BC

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A Citizen's Guide to the Energy Transition in BC - Part 3

The concluding part to the history of BC energy policy, and the work ahead of government and industry in 2025.

They're Still Trying

What have we learned since January 6, 2021? And can it help us in 2024 and 2025?

A Citizen's Guide to BC's Energy Transition - Part 2

In my last article, I wrote about both the why and the how of energy transitions at an extremely high level of abstraction. As I said then, our current, fossil fuel-based energy system is extremely inefficient and, furthermore, produces pollution that hurts us and the natural systems that we depend

The Challenges and the Opportunities of Building Sustainable Finance at Scale in Canada

Chrystia Freeland, Canada's Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister, made a splash on October 7th with the endorsement of, and a high-level commitment to continue work on, investment guidelines related to sustainability. For those of us in the weeds, this is the Canadian Sustainable Finance Taxonomy. Feds moving

A Citizen's Guide to BC's Energy Transition - Part 1

The energy conversation in BC these days is not only dismal, but full of misinformation. Here's how we can better make sense of it.

The Future (Price) of Oil

The IEA estimates that global demand for oil will begin to decline by or before 2030. How bad could this be for Canadians?

Three Thoughts on Economic Development in Vancouver

In my time as an economic developer I’ve seen many mistakes and successes, I want to offer a few reflections and learnings to help others in the field.

The Business of Biodiversity

Biodiversity threats could more damaging than the climate crisis. Building economic models that sustain and regenerate nature, while supporting human prosperity are few and far between - but there are some promising initiatives worth following.

The Delicate Economics of LNG

BC continues to debate the opportunities, costs, and need for liquefied natural gas (LNG) as an export. Both the climate and economic benefits are overstated, and represent not only a serious risk, but also diversion of needed resources.

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