Although the American Meteorological Association is split on global warming, only 19% believe that human influences are the sole driver of climate change as reported in a 2011 survey. Compare the 19% with 82% who say that while the climate is changing, many claim that it is due to natural causes, or human and natural [...]
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There has been much controversy surrounding the Northern Gateway Project, a lot of what has to do with the overall environmental impact it will have. Additionally, there has also been a strongly emerging debate as to whether the project is in Canada’s National interest in so far as jobs and economics are concerned. Proponents are [...]
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Daniel Turp, law professor and former Bloc Quebecois MP, along with Julius Grey, a Montreal based lawyer, are suing the Federal Government on its decision to withdraw from the Kyoto Protocol Treaty that was given Royal Assent in 2007. Both men are suing the government because having withdrawn from Kyoto “contravenes the principles of [...]
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Stephen Greenham, owner of Trafalgar’s Bistro, and Lorne Tyczenski, owner of Sweet Obsession Bakery, have jointly purchased a high end composter manufactured by GreenGood, at a cost of $25,000. Prior to their acquisition, any waste material they needed to discard would be placed in a residential dumpster provided by the City of Vancouver which would [...]
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Last week many legal experts stated that aboriginals who oppose the Northern Gateway Project linking the Alberta oilsands to BC’s Northern coast don’t likely have the power to veto it, although Gordon Christie, a law professor at UBC asserted, “first nations along the route do have powerful claims that just might prevent the state from [...]
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About 10 years ago, I went to Future Shop to buy a new computer monitor. I eventually ended up with an Acer LCD – one which I am extremely happy with to this day. However, I wasn’t too thrilled at the checkout line when I was told I would need to shell out another $12 [...]
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Once on the brink of extinction, one of the United States’ most revered national symbols, the bald eagle is thriving again. During the 1980’s there was only one nesting bald eagle pair in Southern New Jersey. Nevertheless, with the ban on the pesticide DDT that led to the sharp decline of the eagle’s population, along [...]
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Twenty six countries including Canada, United States, Brazil, China and India are vehemently opposing the European Union’s unilateral move to impose aviation fuel fees on airliners flying over its air space in an attempt to curb carbon dioxide emissions. Canada has vowed to aggressively oppose this policy, stating that it will cost its airline industry [...]
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Plastic shopping bags are progressively being banned around the world. In Britain, the plastic bag is symbolically viewed as actions of a “throw away society.” Even China, who is consistently fingered as one of the world’s two worst polluters, has placed a ban on them. But there are no such widespread bans in either Canada [...]
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Advancements in solar technology have come a long way. Anyone who thinks solar is just a passing fad is under the wrong impression. In fact, solar power research has been with us for over 25 years, but like with many other forms of technology, it may not have been prevalent to us as it had [...]
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