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Theresa Howland, Vice President of Bullfrog Power, who has set up shop in Alberta to help market wind power. We talk about the opportunities and risks associated with alternative energy.

Bullfrog Power is also the first Green Business that we have profiled on GreenerPolitics.com.  If you know of any businesses that you would like people to know about, tell us in the forum.

In recognition of these folks comin’ to Alberta, we’ve dedicated the country & western song Ride just like the Wind by the Blind Side Band.

Best of luck in your future endeavors!

On October 20th, the Green Party of British Columbia will be voting for a new leader.

Interrim Leader Christopher Ian Bennett shares his thoughts on how the race is shaping up. He also shares his ideas on what he thinks needs to happen for the Green Party to win a seat in the next election.

We also talked about the possibility of interviewing the leadership hopefuls on GP Radio and maybe even staging a Leader’s debate.  If these are things you want to hear, let us know in the forum.

Unfortunately, the first part of our interview was damaged due to a problem with our connection.

It was and exciting time in Calgary and Drumheller as the election results came in.  The Alberta Greens continued the tradition of beating the New Democratic Party and, in Calgary Elbow, coming in 3rd with 6% of the vote.

In Calgary Elbow, there was an appetite for change and many who voted saw the opportunity to best unseat the ruling Progressive Conservatives by voting Liberal.  The fact that they wanted change was apparent and the Greens were there to give them a flavor of change: sustainability, social responsibility and energy efficiency.

from CBC.ca

The mayor of a town northwest of Edmonton said he is feeling comfortable about the possibility of a nuclear reactor in his backyard after a trip to see a reactor in New Brunswick.

Energy Alberta Corporation, which wants to build a reactor in the province, recently flew Whitecourt Mayor Trevor Thain and a number of councillors from the area to the East Coast to tour a reactor.

Thain says after seeing NB Power’s plant at Point Lepreau, he no longer has fears about safety and is actually looking at the huge economic benefits a reactor would mean.

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from CBC.ca

British Columbia Premier Gordon Campbell wants Alberta to join a carbon trading market that could involve a large portion of western North America.

Campbell was in Edmonton Friday for a joint cabinet meeting.

The British Columbia premier is working with the leaders of several western U.S. states on the idea of allowing heavy emitters to buy credits from companies that have achieved some success in reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

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JANE TABER

From the Globe and Mail

OTTAWA — Liberal Leader Stéphane Dion, who has vowed to run a positive campaign, has made a deal with Green Party Leader Elizabeth May not to run a candidate against her in the next election, senior Liberals say.In return, Ms. May will not run a candidate against Mr. Dion in his Montreal riding. It appears that Ms. May has negotiated the better deal, because Mr. Dion’s decision considerably improves her chances of beating — and embarrassing — one of the Conservatives’ most high-profile ministers, Foreign Affairs Minister Peter MacKay.

Ms. May announced last month that she would run in the Nova Scotia riding of Central Nova against Mr. MacKay, who has held the seat since 1997. His father, Elmer, also represented the riding and served as a minister in Brian Mulroney’s government.

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