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014 - Canada's Messy Environmental Innovation Cycle

014 - Canada's Messy Environmental Innovation Cycle

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When are environmental solutions obsolete? When is it appropriate to innovate? Every accepted practice was once a risky departure. Some, like a BC small town's $45 roof sprinklers, or a pair of beavers released on an Alberta creek, only become standards after someone paying attention took a risk. Others, like a project that dumped 120 tonnes of iron into the Pacific off Haida Gwaii, reveal the costs of poorly understood science and cavalier attitudes. Proven practices almost always offer transferable knowledge. Sudbury's once barren hills, and the lakes damaged by acid rain in central Canada were both resolved by methods that got tested, measured and repeated until they became the standard, including a market for trading pollution allowances. Most of today's environmental rulebook stands on the shoulders of experiments like these. But more and more, environmental practices and standards are outliving environmental conditions, such as when the northern cod fishery collapsed after years of warnings that went unheeded. Meanwhile, some policies are undermining our effectiveness at gathering important knowledge. A recent parliamentary committee addressed how political criteria for federal research grants and funding for leadership is negatively impacting the quality of Canadian science. In this episode, Andrew follows the evidence from Logan Lake, BC to Darlington, Ontario to reveal key underlying principles that policy-makers need for deciding when to rely on proven practice, when to try something new, and when to switch. Bibliography Government and Regulatory Sources Canada Research Chairs Program. Establishing equity targets for 2021 to 2029.Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission. Darlington New Nuclear Project.Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission. Request pursuant to Subsection 12(2) of the General Nuclear Safety and Control Regulations: Darlington NGS, Worker Injuries at the Darlington New Nuclear Project. July 25, 2025.Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission. Request pursuant to Subsection 12(2) of the General Nuclear Safety and Control Regulations: Darlington Emergency Exercise Unified Command 2025. November 6, 2025.City of Abbotsford. Council supports Sumas Prairie long-term flood mitigation. June 13, 2022.City of Abbotsford. Evacuation Orders issued for parts of Sumas Prairie West and Evacuation Alert issued for Sumas Prairie East. December 10, 2025.City of Greater Sudbury. Regreening Program.Environment and Climate Change Canada. Canada–United States Air Quality Agreement Progress Report 2014, chapter 1.Environment and Climate Change Canada. Reducing acid rain.Environment and Climate Change Canada. Review and Assessment of the Canada–U.S. Air Quality Agreement 2023.FireSmart BC. Logan Lake: A FireSmart Success Story. October 2021.FireSmart BC, BC Wildfire Service and First Nations' Emergency Services Society. Walking with Fire: BC's History of Fire Governance.Fisheries and Oceans Canada. The Government of Canada announces the historic return of the commercial Northern cod fishery in Newfoundland and Labrador. June 26, 2024.Fisheries and Oceans Canada. Northern cod commercial fishery. Backgrounder, June 2025.Government of Alberta. Human-wildlife conflict: Beavers.Natural Resources Canada. Canada's record-breaking wildfires in 2023: A fiery wake-up call. September 7, 2023.Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. Equity, diversity and inclusion.United States Environmental Protection Agency. Acid Rain Program. Legislation and Parliamentary Records Public Service Employment Act, SC 2003, c. 22.House of Commons Standing Committee on Science and Research. Testimony of Geoff Horsman, September 22, 2025. Via openparliament.ca.House of Commons Standing Committee on Science and Research. Meeting of September 24, 2025. Via openparliament.ca. Academic Research and Reference Works ABlawg (University of Calgary Faculty of Law). Alberta's Water Sharing 'Agreements'. May 1, 2024.Alberta Environmental Laws 101. Where did these laws come from? A brief history of water law in Alberta.Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London School of Economics. Geoengineering at the 'edge of the world': exploring perceptions of ocean fertilization through the Haida Salmon Restoration Corporation.Heritage Newfoundland and Labrador (Memorial University). Cod Moratorium in Newfoundland and Labrador.Nature Communications. Drivers and Impacts of the Record-Breaking 2023 Wildfire Season in Canada. August 20, 2024.PMC (US National Library of Medicine). Impact of Microplastic Exposure on Human Health: A Systematic Review of Mechanisms, Biomarkers, and Clinical Outcomes. December 2025.River Research and Applications. Beaver dam analogue configurations influence stream and riparian water table dynamics of a degraded spring-fed creek in the Canadian Rockies. 2020.Science of the Total Environment. Liming legacy effects associated with the world's largest soil liming and regreening program in Sudbury,...
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