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Energy has been a hot topic at Canadian Geographic for a long time. In recent years, we’ve covered the impact of the James Bay hydro project, the death of coal mining in Cape Breton and the boom of Alberta’s oil sands. Here is a sample of some of the stories from the past that you can dig out and read again to see how much things have changed since.

Power switch
The shift to solar and wind isn’t revolutionary, but the move to clean energy is accelerating
By Lawrence Scanlan
May/June 2001

Trash action
Nova Scotians said NO to a new incinerator and YES to a recycling revolution
By Silver Donald Cameron
May/June 2001

Mapping the wind
Detailed wind maps can help pinpoint the best places to build wind turbines
By Steven Fick and Mary Vincent
May/June 2001

One last boom
Alberta’s oil sands mines may be the largest and messiest industrial projects in Canadian history
By Gordon Laird, and Todd Korol
May/June 2001

Caribou shuffle
The Porcupine caribou herd becomes a pawn in the debate over oil drilling on its Arctic calving grounds
By Candace Savage and Ken Madsen
May/June 2001

Last call for Cape Breton coal
A generation of islanders who followed their forefathers into the pits now face an uncertain future
By Silver Donald Cameron and Nancy Ackerman
Nov/Dec 1999

Recycling: everything old is new again
Out of the trash, into the blue box
By Steven Fick and Mary Vincent
May/June 1999

Power struggle
Plans for a joint Labrador-Quebec hydro project heal old wounds and re-open others
By Michael Clugston and Patrice Halley
Nov/Dec 1998

Moving energy
A far-flung network of powerlines and pipelines carries the energy that fuels our lifestyle
By Bott Robert and Michael Clugston
May/June 1993

Geothermal bonanza
A hard-luck Nova Scotia town finally has something to cheer about
By Ralph Surette
June/July 1991

Dammed and diverted
Hydro projects in northern Manitoba have disrupted the land and a way of life
By Larry Krotz
Feb/Mar 1991

The James Bay power project
The environmental cost of reshaping the geography of northern Quebec
By Peter Gorrie
Feb/Mar 1990

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