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G8: Canada worst, Germany best on climate change 2
Posted 4 days, 10 hours ago
Canada ranks last among the Group of Eight (G8) industrialized nations for tackling climate change while Germany is top, the green group WWF and the German insurance giant Allianz reported on Wednesday.
My government dumps nuclear waste, and I cheer

Costs kill Ontario’s new nukes 2
Posted 6 days, 11 hours ago
Almost exactly three years ago, Ontario's government announced the construction of two new nuclear reactors to replace aging parts of our current power supply. Oh, how the mighty have fallen.
Tax away, eh?

Carbon tax gets big nod from voters in B.C. election 0
Posted 1 month, 3 weeks ago
British Columbia held its provincial election yesterday, with the province’s carbon tax playing a big role—and coming out a big winner. Aside from the economy, probably no issue was more important.
Stand By Me

BC voters back carbon tax 1
Posted 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Carbon emissions met its first big electoral test this week, as British Columbia voters rewarded BC premier Gordon Campbell, who last July instituted North America's first major carbon tax, with a third four-year term.
Welcome to the Dollhouse

Don’t buy Kimberly-Clark’s latest ruse 2
Posted 2 months, 3 weeks ago
The world's largest manufacturer of tissue products has unveiled a recycled line -- but it continues to clearcut Canada's Boreal forest to make its signature brand, Kleenex. That blows.
Myth: Unlike cap-and-trade, a carbon tax is simple, immune to manipulation, & politically palatable 44
Posted 3 months ago
A strange-bedfellows political coalition, everyone from the CEO of Exxon to climate scientist James Hansen, supports a carbon tax as an alternative to cap-and-trade. Tax proponents allege that cap-and-trade is too complicated; too friendly to financial industry tricks and manipulations; too open to loopholes, cheating, and special pleading; too weak to work.
How about water hockey?

Canadian activist warns warming could cripple winter sports 0
Posted 3 months ago
David Suzuki describes two “iconic Canadian images” already endangered by climate change -- polar bears and backyard skating rinks, like the one on which a young Wayne Gretzky learned to skate.
Hot air emissions

A roundup of notable speeches from the Sport and Environment Conference 0
Posted 3 months ago
There was some good stuff along with the cheerleading on day one at the World Conference on Sport and the Environment.
How much CO2 does a Zamboni emit?

Vancouver Olympics Committee shopping carbon offset plan 0
Posted 3 months ago
Vancouver wants make the 2010 Winter Games carbon neutral, but the plan it released Monday counts on help from the private sector to make it happen.
Greening the games

Vancouver showcases preparations for 2010 Winter Olympics 0
Posted 3 months, 1 week ago
Eleven months from the opening ceremonies, Olympics buzz is fairly palpable, with games-related ads on the airwaves, heaps of Olympics gear for sale in souvenir shops, and construction cranes dotting the skyline.
Trailer Thrash

Reinventing the trailer park 1
Posted 3 months, 1 week ago
Trailer parks get a bad rap. But done right, the trailer park actually holds great potential as an eco-development model.
Mucked Up

Free download of book that exposed the messy conditions of Canada’s tar sands 0
Posted 3 months, 3 weeks ago
Of all the absurdities at play in extracting oil from Alberta's vast northern tar sands deposits, the most staggering might be the nuclear renaissance it threatens to create in Canada.
Economics malpractice, climate and poverty, oil sands nightmares, and more WSJ dipshittery 0
Posted 3 months, 3 weeks ago
Canada, U.K. push green-building regs 0
Posted 4 months ago
Obama, Harper fired up to make dirty energy clean 1
Posted 4 months, 2 weeks ago
Obama says tar-sands oil has ‘big carbon footprint,’ but doesn’t rule out its use 3
Posted 4 months, 2 weeks ago
Canadian PM and business groups use Obama’s visit to shill for dirty tar sands oil 2
Posted 4 months, 2 weeks ago
Canada Warms to Obama

Canada touts continental climate change policy 2
Posted 4 months, 3 weeks ago
Green(ish) news from around the capitol 0
Posted 4 months, 3 weeks ago
Duck Soup

Syncrude faces fines for duck deaths 4
Posted 4 months, 3 weeks ago