In case you’re looking for additional reasons to jettison your car and haul out the bike, the video below from EnviroCentre Ottawa makes a convincing case. Save money, improve your health, help reduce pollution, the list goes on (and on). May is Bike to Work month so let’s get to
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earthgauge: Global greenhouse gas emissions linked to economic growth
“A new study from the University of Michigan’s Institute for Social Research suggests that a transformation of the world’s economies or a limit to economic growth may be needed to curb the rise of atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations.” This comes from a recent article about the fundamental incompatibility of an
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian home page: Budget 2012: At Least the War on the Environment is Going Well
Until this year, the purpose of the annual Canadian federal budget was to project government revenues, lay out spending priorities and forecast economic conditions for the upcoming year. Reading Budget 2012, announced last week by Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, it soon becomes clear that this government has no intention of
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian home page: Trailbreaker: Yet Another Tar Sands Pipeline in the Works
With all the recent controversies and media attention surrounding the proposed Northern Gateway and Keystone XL pipelines, you would not be remiss in thinking that these are the only projects currently being considered to get tar sands crude to foreign markets. But you would be wrong. Although the project has
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian home page: Bracing For a Transit Fight in Toronto
This week’s humiliating budget defeat for Toronto mayor Rob Ford, which reversed $20 million in proposed spending cuts, has put new wind in the sails of those fighting to see improved transit services in Canada’s largest city. On his first day in office, Mayor Ford fulfilled a campaign promise by
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian home page: Harper’s Climate Death-Wish
Withdrawal from the Kyoto Protocol only the latest effort to derail climate change action Amidst the ongoing circus that constitutes the United Nations climate change summit (COP 17) currently underway in Durban, South Africa, Canada has once again distinguished itself as the country most hostile to virtually any serious international
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