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Painting the Town Red-Green
Red-green political party makes headway in Montreal city elections |
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07 Dec 2005 |
Daily Grist |
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| Topics: Canada, politics (all these topics) |
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The Summit of Our Discontent
U.S. continues to stomp mightily on Montreal climate summit |
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07 Dec 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| The Summit of Our Discontent U.S. continues to stomp mightily on Montreal climate summit Poor Canada got it from both sides this week at the Montreal climate summit. On Tuesday, it suggested that the 189 nations party to the original 1992 U.N. climate convention meet formally over the next two years to discuss post-Kyoto strategies for greenhouse-gas reduction. The Bush administration/ExxonMobil deleg ... |
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| Topics: Canada, climate, news, United Nations, United States (all these topics) |
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Against Montreal Odds
Pro-Kyoto Canadian gov't likely to fall as Montreal climate meet begins |
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28 Nov 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Against Montreal Odds Pro-Kyoto Canadian gov't likely to fall as Montreal climate meet begins Some 10,000 officials, activists, and scientists from more than 180 countries are gathering in Montreal today for a U.N. climate-change summit. It was supposed to be Canada's moment to shine: Its influential and persuasive environment minister Stephane Dion, a strong Kyoto advocate, is chairing the summit and intends to lead negot ... |
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| Topics: Canada, climate, news, politics (all these topics) |
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Party Time
What to expect from the U.N. climate-change negotiations in Montreal |
Jason Anderson |
16 Nov 2005 |
Main Dish |
| "Conference of Parties" sounds like a contradiction in terms: conferences are dull talkfests punctuated by free booze, and parties are free boozefests punctuated by dull moments of trying to talk over loud music. More of the former than the latter is likely to go on later this month in Montreal, during the Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Clim ... |
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| Topics: Canada, climate, Kyoto Protocol, United Nations (all these topics) |
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Call the COPs
A refresher on the basics of climate conferences and Kyoto |
Sarah Kraybill |
16 Nov 2005 |
Main Dish |
| Later this month, a mess of world leaders will be gathering in Montreal to discuss climate change. The conference is a rendezvous -- we must use French words when speaking of Quebec -- of COP 11 and MOP 1. And it has to do with the Kyoto Protocol! Isn't that mysterious and intriguing? One of these things just doesn't belong ... to Kyoto. If you're not on the edge of your seat yet, let us spell ... |
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| Topics: Canada, climate, Kyoto Protocol, United Nations (all these topics) |
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The Great Blight North
Canadians' bodies polluted with over three dozen toxic chemicals |
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10 Nov 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| The Great Blight North Canadians' bodies polluted with over three dozen toxic chemicals O, Canada: great big land of maple syrup, socialized health care, and ... toxic bodies. According to a new report, average Canadians may be packed with more than 40 human-made carcinogens, hormone disruptors, and substances that mess with reproduction and fetal development. Researchers tested 11 volunteers -- whose lifestyles represented a cross-se ... |
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| Topics: Canada, news, toxics (all these topics) |
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Does a Bear Chapeau in the Woods?
British military still using real Canadian bear fur in funny hats |
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18 Oct 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Does a Bear Chapeau in the Woods? British military still using real Canadian bear fur in funny hats Over the past 30 years, Britain's Ministry of Defense has gradually replaced animal furs in ceremonial uniforms -- e.g., leopard-skin hats for military drummers -- with synthetics. But so far nothing has beaten real Canadian bear pelts for those goofy tall hats worn by Britain's red-coated Royal Foot Guards. "Bea ... |
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| Topics: Canada, news, United Kingdom, wildlife (all these topics) |
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Tar Nation
Canada's oil sands boom for business, bust for environment |
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11 Oct 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Tar Nation Canada's oil sands boom for business, bust for environment We have seen our energy future, and it's very, very dirty. By some estimates, the oil sands of northern Alberta, Canada, contain 175 billion barrels of crude, reserves second only to Saudi Arabia's. Problem is, getting usable oil out of the tarry, sticky sand requires clearing vast swaths of forest, burning tons of natural gas, polluting millions o ... |
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| Topics: Canada, energy, news, oil, oil sands (all these topics) |
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Gentlemen, start your SUVs
The dirty truth about Canada's famed oil sands. |
Tom Philpott |
11 Oct 2005 |
Gristmill |
| [W]hen Canada announced in 2004 that it has more recoverable oil from tar sands than there is oil in Saudi Arabia, the world yawned. There is estimated to be about as much oil recoverable from the shale rocks in Colorado and other western states as in all the oil fields of OPEC nations. Yes, the cost of getting that oil is still prohibitively expensive, but the combination of today's high fuel prices and improved extraction techniques means that the break-even point for ... |
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| Topics: Canada, energy, oil, oil sands (all these topics) |
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The Melting Plot
Thawing Arctic opens new competition for northern territory, resources |
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10 Oct 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| The Melting Plot Thawing Arctic opens new competition for northern territory, resources The melting of the Arctic ice cap is bad news for polar bears, seals, some Arctic natives, and, oh yeah, possibly much of humankind -- but great news for a few countries and companies looking to score bucks. The high stakes include lucrative new summer shipping lanes, easier access to an estimated one-quarter of the wo ... |
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| Topics: Arctic, business, Canada, Denmark, news, Russia (all these topics) |
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Tree Enterprise
Nicole Rycroft, recycled-paper pusher, answers readers' questions |
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16 Sep 2005 |
InterActivist |
| Nicole Rycroft, campaigns director for Markets Initiative. Is there a similar organization to Markets Initiative in the U.S.? -- Jerry Broadbent, Bucoda, Wash. There are a number of organizations that work to safeguard endangered forests by shifting U.S. market demand to more sustainable wood and paper products. Green Press Initiative is working with the U.S. book sector and Co-op America with the U. ... |
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| Topics: business, Canada, green living, InterActivist, interview, recycling, wilderness (all these topics) |
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Page of Enlightenment
Nicole Rycroft, forest-friendly book publisher, answers Grist's questions |
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12 Sep 2005 |
InterActivist |
| Nicole Rycroft. With what environmental organization are you affiliated? I'm the campaigns director for Markets Initiative. What does your organization do? We work to completely transform heavy paper-consuming industries in Canada (e.g., book, magazine, and newspaper sectors) -- to shift them away from papers originating from ancient or endangered forests and to reduce their overall paper ... |
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| Topics: business, Canada, green living, InterActivist, interview, recycling, wilderness (all these topics) |
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Easy, Breezy, Beautiful
On micro-wind |
Umbra Fisk |
20 Jul 2005 |
Ask Umbra |
| Dear Umbra, Are there any worthwhile resources or models that would enable me to generate my own electricity in a cost-effective way, using wind power? This is on a one-household basis. Matt Pines Toronto, Canada Dearest Matt, In jargon-land, you are interested in micro-wind. Little did you know! Because you are a blessed Canadian, you have an excellent resource, the Canadian Wind Energy Association's small-wind calculator. Just en ... |
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| Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, Canada, energy, renewable energy, wind power (all these topics) |
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Slitherin' Scholastic
Greens urge boycott of Harry Potter's U.S. publisher |
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15 Jul 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Slitherin' Scholastic Greens urge boycott of Harry Potter's U.S. publisher J. K. Rowling and a coalition of eco-Muggles are giving props to Canadian publisher Raincoast Books for printing Rowling's hotly anticipated sixth novel -- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, being released tonight -- entirely on recycled paper. Canadian conservation group Markets Initiative estimates that Raincoast's good gre ... |
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| Topics: Canada, green living, news, recycling, wilderness (all these topics) |
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Situation Normal All Canucked Up
Air pollution on the rise in Canada |
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25 May 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Situation Normal All Canucked Up Air pollution on the rise in Canada Canada's self-image as North America's most enlightened steward of the environment has taken a blow with the release of a new report from the North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation. Studying the period from 1998 to 2002, the report concludes that air pollution rose by 8 percent in the Great White North even as it fell by 21 percent in th ... |
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| Topics: Canada, news, pollution and waste (all these topics) |
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Tar Wars
Canadian tar sands becoming top oil source, despite environmental harm |
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23 May 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Tar Wars Canadian tar sands becoming top oil source, despite environmental harm With conventional oil reserves declining around the world, all eyes are turning to Canada, where tar sands in the north contain 175 billion barrels of proven oil reserves -- almost in the neighborhood of Saudi Arabia's 262 billion and far more than the Arctic Refuge's 10 billion. Getting saleable oil from tar sands is an expensi ... |
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| Topics: Canada, energy, mining and drilling, news, oil (all these topics) |
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Canadian Breakin'
Automakers sign emissions deal with Canada, say nyah-nyah to Cali |
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06 Apr 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Canadian Breakin' Automakers sign emissions deal with Canada, say nyah-nyah to Cali Major automakers signed a deal with the Canadian government yesterday that will have them voluntarily reduce their fleets' greenhouse-gas emissions by roughly 25 percent by 2010. Though it takes the heat off them in Canada, where mandatory federal regulations had been threatened, it puts automakers in a tricky public-relations positio ... |
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| Topics: California, Canada, news, placemaking (all these topics) |
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The seal massacre, in its full gory
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Lisa Hymas |
01 Apr 2005 |
Gristmill |
| I'm an environmentalist, not an animal-rights activist. Sometimes the two labels go hand-in-hand; sometimes they clash. Personally, I place a priority on healthy ecosystems (including the survival of whole species in their native habitat) over an individual animal's right to exist no matter where it may find itself. So from that vantage point, the fracas over Canada's annual seal hunt doesn't seem to me to be an 'environmental' issue, if we're pigeonholing. Seals, as I ... |
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| Topics: animal welfare, Canada, wildlife (all these topics) |
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Maybe There's Something to This 'Polite' Business
Auto industry agrees to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions in Canada |
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24 Mar 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Maybe There's Something to This "Polite" Business Auto industry agrees to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions in Canada After years of halting negotiations, the auto industry has reached a deal with the Canadian government to voluntarily reduce its greenhouse-gas emissions by some 5.8 million tons by 2010. Canadian Environment Minister Stephane Dion had previously threatened to impose strict fuel-economy standard ... |
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| Topics: business, Canada, news, placemaking (all these topics) |
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The Death of Something Other Than Environmentalism
Monarch butterfly populations see sharp decline this season |
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15 Mar 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| The Death of Something Other Than Environmentalism Monarch butterfly populations see sharp decline this season Cold, wet weather in the U.S., illegal deforestation in Mexico, and strong herbicides used on genetically altered crops in the U.S. and Canada are, warn scientists, threatening the survival of the monarch butterfly. Researchers say the number of monarchs that made it to their forested, hilly winteri ... |
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| Topics: Canada, Mexico, news, United States, wildlife (all these topics) |
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Not Yet Begun to Flight
On moving to Canada |
Umbra Fisk |
03 Mar 2005 |
Ask Umbra |
| Dear Umbra, Did you really move to Canada? Did you get resident status? How hard was it to do? Valerie Middleburg, Va. Dearest Valerie, I haven't actually moved to Canada. I was being dramatic (lying) and I apologize to all who were duped by my ruse. I was also deeply touched by the hearty if unnecessary welcome from all of my Canuck readers. I love you all, and I love curling -- I love everything aboot Canada. Mwah. O Canada ... |
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| Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, Canada (all these topics) |
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The Country Above Us
Canadian government unveils green budget |
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24 Feb 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| The Country Above Us Canadian government unveils green budget Ottawa -- that's where the Canadian federal government lives, people -- unveiled a budget yesterday with some $2.4 billion in new environmental spending. At the center of the eco-money is an $805 million Clean Fund that will dole out cash for private-sector projects that reduce greenhouse-gas emissions, as well as municipal or private initiatives that produ ... |
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| Topics: Canada, environmental planning, news (all these topics) |
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Six Percent Under
Canadian businesses find boon in Kyoto |
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14 Feb 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Six Percent Under Canadian businesses find boon in Kyoto Canadian renewable-energy companies are anxiously awaiting Feb. 16. That's the day the Kyoto Protocol goes into effect, and with Canada's target of a 6 percent cut in emissions from 1990 levels by 2010, companies selling green, low-or-no-emissions technology are expecting to see quite a bit of their own green. "What's happening -- which is a very pivo ... |
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| Topics: business, Canada, news, renewable energy (all these topics) |
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Babbling Brooks
Richard Brooks, Greenpeace campaigner, answers readers' questions |
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04 Feb 2005 |
InterActivist |
| Richard Brooks, Greenpeace Canada. Are there alternatives to Kleenex that a corporation could switch to in volume? -- Auden Schendler, Aspen, Colo. There are many alternatives to Kleenex and other tissue products that come from ancient forests, including products by Cascades, Wood Wyant, and Marcal. These products are available across the U.S. and Canada (and many other countries as well), and are ma ... |
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| Topics: Canada, Greenpeace, InterActivist, interview (all these topics) |
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The liter of the pack
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Clark Williams-Derry |
31 Jan 2005 |
Gristmill |
| I didn't know this: In Canada, automobile fuel economy is expressed as gallons per mile, not miles per gallon as it is in the U.S. (Well, really, it's liters per hundred kilometers, but if you're south of the 49th parallel and a metric-system-phobe, gallons per mile is essentially the same thing.) Now, I don't mention this just to expose my lack of cultural knowledge of my northern neighbors. I mention it because it seems to me that liters-per-kilometer is a ... |
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| Topics: Canada, cars, education, fossil fuels, United States (all these topics) |
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