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Banner day for B.C. Lots of good stuff north of the border	Clark Williams-Derry	25 May 2007	Gristmill
The Vancouver Sun has the scoop. First, the city of Vancouver, British Columbia, just released a draft "eco-density" plan that sounds, at least to my ears, like exactly the right way to deal with the city's expected population increase: curbing sprawl by concentrating new housing in compact, transit-friendly neighborhoods: Vancouver should put high-density housing next to its major parks and along every one of its major streets, suggests the first d ...
Topics: Canada, placemaking, public transportation, sprawl, urban planning, Vancouver (all these topics)

1,000 green logos Only 994 to go!	Sarah K. Burkhalter	11 May 2007	Gristmill
This is kind of a cool idea -- a Canadian student is hoping to put up 1,000 green business logos on his site by the end of the year. The gist: 1,000 businesses promote their environmentally friendly initiatives for 2008 in one placeThe idea is to collect all these plans and ideas in one location, so that a 'big picture' of their common efforts is at handBetter framework will be established for green activists and companies to debate and present their casesIt g ...
Topics: business, Canada, green living, greening biz operations, websites (all these topics)

Laboratories of democracy Oh, Canada	John McGrath	11 May 2007	Gristmill
So, it's an interesting time to be an environmentalist in Canada. On one hand, we have a federal government whose green policies were described as 'a complete and total fraud ... designed to mislead the Canadian people' by no less than the Goreacle himself. In this case, however, one of the sometimes-maddening aspects of Canadian politics is of some benefit. You see, natural resources (including all energy sources) are matters of provincial jurisdiction in Canad ...
Topics: Canada, energy, environmental movement, politics, renewable energy (all these topics)

Excuse Us While We Pick Our Jaws Up Off the Floor Canadian bureaucrat fights charges over leaked climate document		11 May 2007	Daily Grist
Excuse Us While We Pick Our Jaws Up Off the Floor Canadian bureaucrat fights charges over leaked climate document This week's hottest eco-scandal comes from Canada. For real! Where else would Mounties descend on a federal office to arrest an anarchist-leaning, punk-drumming bureaucrat for allegedly leaking a climate document to activists and the press? We swear on our stack of Celine CDs: this happened Wedn ...
Topics: Canada, climate, dirty hippies, news, politics (all these topics)

LEED competition	David Roberts	10 May 2007	Gristmill
Speaking of green building, it looks like LEED may be facing some competition: Lake Oswego-based Green Building Initiative, a nonprofit formed in 2004 with money from the timber industry, is bringing a popular Canadian sustainability program to America. ... Green Building's leaders argue that the U.S. edition of Green Globes is Web-based, interactive and inexpensive when compared with LEED certification. They claim LEED certification is a challenging undertaking ...
Topics: Canada, green building, New York, placemaking (all these topics)

Poison the people? Everyone's doing it Canada may raise pesticide levels to match U.S.	Katharine Wroth	10 May 2007	Gristmill
Every day there are roughly 1,347 stories I wish we could cover in Daily Grist. Here's one that didn't make the cut today, but that I can't get out of my head: in an effort to bring its rules in line with the U.S., Canada is getting ready to raise allowable levels of pesticides on food. Canadian authorities say it's just an effort to smooth out trade relations, and will be decided on a case-by-case basis. But critics say Canada and the U.S. already use more pesticid ...
Topics: ag policy, agriculture, Canada, food, United States (all these topics)

On the Ball: Vancouver Olympics Not lookin' so good	Sarah K. Burkhalter	08 May 2007	Gristmill
Fancy sewer heating system notwithstanding, Vancouver Olympics organizers have been slammed by a watchdog group as they ready the city for the 2010 Olympics. According to the subtly named Impact of the Olympics on the Community Coalition, Winter Games organizers receive a D- for their preparations so far. Much of the near-failing grade concerns broken promises on housing and civil liberties, but the environment also factors in. The report accuses organizers ...
Topics: Canada, green living, sports, Vancouver (all these topics)

Greenwashing in B.C. The Tyee busts Harper	David Roberts	26 Apr 2007	Gristmill
I think the hue and cry about "greenwashing" is generally overdone, for reasons I've discussed at length elsewhere. But the Tyee has a great story today that looks like a bona fide example of selling a big infrastructure project as "green" when its consequences will be just the opposite. It's about a proposal by Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper to extend the electricity grid up to people up on the Alaska panhandle in northern B.C., so they ...
Topics: business, Canada, energy, greening biz operations (all these topics)

Getting the Fax Straight New Canadian climate policy leaks out, is kinda leaky		26 Apr 2007	Daily Grist
Getting the Fax Straight New Canadian climate policy leaks out, is kinda leaky Canada's Conservative government, known for consistently pooh-poohing the Kyoto Protocol, planned to unveil emissions-reduction targets today and urge participation in carbon markets, a la Kyoto. But the news got out early when a draft of the speech was accidentally faxed to the Liberal Party on Tuesday. So what's in store? Well, the country aims to cut em ...
Topics: Canada, climate, news (all these topics)

First Things First Canadian Sophia Rabliauskas fights to protect her First Nation territory	Michelle Nijhuis	25 Apr 2007	Main Dish
Sophia Rabliauskas. Photo: Goldman Environmental Prize. The boreal forests of Canada, which stretch across the midsection of the country, are blessed with abundant wildlife, pristine wetlands, and vast carbon-storage capacities. For Sophia Rabliauskas, these abundant forests are also home. She's a member of the Poplar River First Nation, and she grew up in its traditional t ...
Topics: Canada, environmental justice, heroes, placemaking (all these topics)

Power ballad Canucks 1, US 0	Kate Sheppard	05 Apr 2007	Gristmill
Turns out that springing forward a month early didn't save any electricity at all in the U.S. From Reuters: But other than forcing millions of drowsy American workers and school children into the dark, wintry weather three weeks early, the move appears to have had little impact on power usage. 'We haven't seen any measurable impact,' said Jason Cuevas, spokesman for Southern Co., one of the nation's largest power companies, echoing comments from several large ut ...
Topics: Canada, energy, energy efficiency, United States (all these topics)

Drown and Out Baby seals drown from melting ice as Canada hunt begins		04 Apr 2007	Daily Grist
Drown and Out Baby seals drown from melting ice as Canada hunt begins Pop an antidepressant before reading this: Canada has reduced this year's quota for its annual harp seal hunt by 20 percent, to a mere 270,000 -- not because of pressure from conservationists and animal activists, but because thousands of baby seals have already fallen through melting ice in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and drowned. ...
Topics: Canada, climate, climate change impacts, news, wildlife (all these topics)

Because you can't get enough Canadian politics Neither can we	John McGrath	29 Mar 2007	Gristmill
I mentioned in a previous post that Canadians might be facing an election soon over the Conservative government's budget. That turned out not to happen (all three opposition parties had to oppose it, and only two did). Instead, something much more interesting may happen: The three opposition parties have finalized their much-improved version of a Clean Air Act, with hard targets on CO2 emissions and penalties for those who don't make the necessary cuts. This leaves t ...
Topics: Canada, greenhouse-gas emissions, politics (all these topics)

Alice in ethanol-land Edwards, Canada, and now South Africa	Ron Steenblik	21 Mar 2007	Gristmill
Former Senator John Edwards (D-N.C.) -- now a presidential hopeful -- has just published his latest energy plan. One important plank of that plan foresees the nation producing (not just consuming, which would allow for imports) 65 billion gallons a year of ethanol by 2025. ('I'll meet your bid for 2030, Barack, and raise it by five billion!') If the 51 cents a gallon volumetric ethanol excise tax credit (VEETC) is extended beyond the end of 2010 -- as most commentat ...
Topics: biofuels, Canada, elections, energy, ethanol, John Edwards, politics, South Africa (all these topics)

If It Weren't for Those Meddling Kids Legislators around the globe demand climate-change action		16 Feb 2007	Daily Grist
If It Weren't for Those Meddling Kids Legislators around the globe demand climate-change action This week, Canada's House of Commons voted 161 to 113 to force the Conservative government to stick to its Kyoto Protocol greenhouse-gas emissions targets and punish over-polluting industries. Since taking power in 2006, the Conservatives have continually claimed that Kyoto targets would be simply impossible to reach, dahling, so why ...
Topics: Canada, climate, G8, news (all these topics)

Tune in Tomorrow Leaders around the world leap into the climate-promise arena		14 Feb 2007	Daily Grist
Tune in Tomorrow Leaders around the world leap into the climate-promise arena Today we bring you another edition of Leaders Making Big Climate Promises! In New Zealand, Prime Minister Helen Clark announced a goal to make her country the world's first carbon-neutral nation. Zowie! British Columbia Premier Gordon Campbell says he'll set up a climate team to cut vehicle and coal-plant emission ...
Topics: Canada, climate, New Jersey, New Zealand, news, United Kingdom (all these topics)

Canadian Boreal Forest Canada needs help saving it	David Roberts	06 Feb 2007	Gristmill
I don't usually pass these things along, but this email caught my eye: ----- With last week's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report concluding that humans are significantly increasing global warming, we're all looking for some global warming news with a glimmer of hope and potential. To our North, Canada is on the brink of deciding whether to protect its northern Boreal Forest in Canada -- one of the world's last defenses against global warming -- o ...
Topics: Canada, deforestation (all these topics)

The Neverending Tory Canada's leaders bring back green program, announce rainforest fund		23 Jan 2007	Daily Grist
The Neverending Tory Canada's leaders bring back green program, announce rainforest fund When Canada's Conservative Party took power a year ago, Prime Minister Stephen Harper put a variety of environmental programs on hold -- only to find out that, oops, his constituents actually want a livable earth. Under pressure from citizens Canuck, Harper's cabinet is hyping green initiatives both new and recyc ...
Topics: Canada, news, politics, rainforests, renewable energy (all these topics)

When the Can Comes Around Canada replaces environment minister, pledges to get greener		05 Jan 2007	Daily Grist
When the Can Comes Around Canada replaces environment minister, pledges to get greener As part of a major cabinet shakeup, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has replaced oft-criticized Environment Minister Rona Ambrose with former Treasury Board head John Baird, acknowledging that his government needs to greenify. "We've clearly determined we need to do more on the environment," Harper said. "Particularly when it ...
Topics: Canada, news, politics (all these topics)

Since U Been Gone Loss of wayward ice shelf linked to climate change, scientists say		02 Jan 2007	Daily Grist
Since U Been Gone Loss of wayward ice shelf linked to climate change, scientists say You know that part in Back to the Future where Michael J. Fox is holding his family photo, and the people in it are disappearing? And he feels faint, because he knows he's next? That happened in a Canadian lab recently, only a lot more slowly -- and without "Earth Angel" playing in the background. Scientists poring over satellite images rea ...
Topics: Canada, climate, news (all these topics)

It's Happening in Ottawa Grains become fuel at the world's first cellulosic ethanol demo plant	Sharon Boddy	12 Dec 2006	Main Dish
Our plant supplants your plant: a real-life cellulosic ethanol refinery. Photo: Iogen Sometimes it seems virtually anything can be made into fuel. As though, if we had the right technology, we could throw together old T-shirts, bumper stickers, and pine cones to make a magical elixir to run the millions of cars on North America's highways. That's not an entirely far-fetch ...
Topics: biofuels, Canada, cellulosic ethanol, energy, ethanol (all these topics)

Bra-vo Victoria's Secret pledges to end use of endangered-forest paper in catalogs		07 Dec 2006	Daily Grist
Bra-vo Victoria's Secret pledges to end use of endangered-forest paper in catalogs The parent company of sexed-up retailer Victoria's Secret announced yesterday that it will nip a bad trend in the bud: sourcing its catalog paper from endangered forests. Succumbing to two years of pestering from ForestEthics and other green groups, U.S.-based Limited Brands agreed to stop supporting suppliers who log in at-risk bo ...
Topics: Canada, deforestation, green living, news (all these topics)

Selecting Dion Environmental advocate elected leader of Canada's Liberal Party		05 Dec 2006	Daily Grist
Selecting Dion Environmental advocate elected leader of Canada's Liberal Party We bring you news from a faraway land called "Canada" (pronounced Can-uh-duh). Reports translated from Canadian reveal that the country's out-of-power Liberal Party has elected as its new leader the greener-than-green Stephane Dion, an academic-turned-politician who served most recently as Canada's Environment Minister. Dion's victory was what h ...
Topics: Canada, news, politics (all these topics)

Local food takes a hit in Canada Calls the Mounties -- someone's enjoying locally raised meat in rural Ontario	Tom Philpott	14 Nov 2006	Gristmill
A couple of weeks ago in my Victual Reality column I wondered why more farm areas don't focus on growing food for local consumption, since the global commodity market had proven such an economic disaster. I acknowledged one key problem: the collapse of local food infrastructure after 50 years of investments in stuff like grain elevators and train systems designed to haul food far, far away. I forgot to add a factor I mentioned in an earlier column: federal regulations ...
Topics: agriculture, Canada, food, local food (all these topics)

Deceivin' Stephen Canadians clamor for climate action while their leader ducks the issue		07 Nov 2006	Daily Grist
Deceivin' Stephen Canadians clamor for climate action while their leader ducks the issue Canadians are more concerned about the earth than at any time in the last 15 years, says a new poll. Some 26 percent feel the environment is more deserving of government attention than any other issue, and more than half of those polled would welcome a carbon tax. British Columbia and, oddly enough, oil-rich Alberta were the provinces most in sup ...
Topics: Canada, climate, news (all these topics)

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