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Tag Archives: Environment

Clean-tech ‘Bulls’ Battle Climate ‘Bears’

March 22, 2014by David P. Ball Leave a comment

Green businesses are cashing in, but can they reverse our warming crisis?

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The Tyee

Courts wrong place for rainforest battle, Crown says

February 27, 2014by David P. Ball Leave a comment

As environmental groups returned to court Thursday in their lawsuit to protect the province’s old growth rainforests, the B.C. government argued the Supreme Court was the wrong venue to debate the matter.

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24 Hours

Neil Young: Blood of First Nations People Is on Canada’s Hands

January 14, 2014by David P. Ball Leave a comment

Neil Young issued his strongest words yet against his country’s energy boom.

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Indian Country Today Media Network, The Tyee

Vancouver Port defends findings of coal assessment

December 6, 2013by David P. Ball Leave a comment

Critics of a proposal to increase thermal coal exports through Port Metro Vancouver by 7.5% — or between four and eight million tons annually – are questioning a recent report that ruled the project would have no significant environmental or health impact.

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24 Hours

Aboriginal land defence with a bush culture philosophy

December 1, 2013by David P. Ball Leave a comment

Review of Peter Kulchyski’s provocatively titled new book, Aboriginal Rights are not Human Rights (Arbeiter Ring, 2013).

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Windspeaker newspaper

Vancouver coal port gets environmental nod

November 18, 2013by David P. Ball Leave a comment

A controversial proposal to boost coal exports to Asia through the Lower Mainland has moved a step forward with a positive environmental review released Monday.

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24 Hours

BC oil and gas regulator faces fracking lawsuit

November 13, 2013by David P. Ball Leave a comment

The BC Liberal government’s heavy push for liquified natural gas (LNG) development in the province may have successfully placated some opponents, such as big labour unions, with promises of more than 100,000 jobs and massive revenues for the province.

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The Tyee

Permanomics? Indigenomics? Victoria Events Explore New Visions of Finance

November 13, 2013by David P. Ball Leave a comment

Now in its second year, Living the New Economy is designed to “energize, accelerate and celebrate the people, institutions and collaborations that are bringing a new economic movement to life.”

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The Tyee

These Nuclear Physicists Think David Suzuki is Exaggerating About Fukushima

November 8, 2013by David P. Ball Leave a comment

Just when many of us were already asking “WTF is going on in Fukushima?” along comes venerated Canadian scientist David Suzuki with the most ominous warning yet.

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VICE

Port authority defends removing signs of coal sponsorship

October 31, 2013by David P. Ball Leave a comment

Newly released documents suggest Port Metro Vancouver, the federal regulator reviewing a plan to expand the region’s coal exports, donated to a coal industry lobby conference in September but attempted to hide its sponsorship.

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About David P. Ball

I BELIEVE IN JOURNALISTS' DUTY TO INFORM, IMPACT & DEFEND DEMOCRACY

I am a reporter with CBC News, Canada's public broadcaster, in Vancouver.

I have experience in podcasting, radio and video storytelling, photojournalism, investigative & digital news.

BYLINES:

CBC. Toronto Star. Agence France-Presse. Globe & Mail. VICE. The Guardian. The Tyee. National Post. South China Morning Post. Times of India.

Previously B.C. correspondent for Agence France-Presse, the world's oldest news service, I also worked in the Toronto Star's B.C. bureau for four years, have hosted podcasts for CFRO 100.5fm and Cited Media, and did investigative and enterprise journalism at TheTyee.ca.

My work has been published in the Globe & Mail, The Guardian, National Post, South China Morning Post, VICE, Le Monde, and the Times of India — and won awards from the Canadian Association of Journalists, Jack Webster Foundation, and Canadian Journalism Foundation.

CAJ Award-Winner & Multiple Finalist

Webster Award Award-Winner & Finalist

CJF Co-winner

Search my reporting:

Published in over 100 publications, reaching more than 1.5 billion readers worldwide:

• Globe & Mail
• Toronto Star
• Agence France-Presse
• The Guardian
• National Post
• New York Post
• Daily Mail UK
• VICE
• Ottawa Sun & QMI chain
• iPolitics
• Huffington Post
• Hamilton Spectator
• 24 Hours
• The Tyee
• Georgia Straight
• Xtra!
• Windspeaker
• Extract: Pipeline anthology chapter

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MY PHOTOJOURNALISM:
Published in the Globe & Mail, The Province, New York Post, CBC News, Toronto Star, National Post, Bild am Sonntag (DE), Arsenal Pulp Press, Georgia Straight, Tricity News


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