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Representative Mike Rogers (R-AL) told an internet-based radio program earlier this week that if the GOP is able to sweep the 2012 elections, government agencies like the Environment…
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The Progressive Economics Forum: Decarbonizing homes and the price of gas
Our climate justice framework for BC is to eliminate fossil fuels by 2040. In the household sector, this poses a significant challenge, not so much in terms of technology and knowledge, but because natural gas is much cheaper than electricity per unit of energy. Even though BC has among the lowest prices in North America, […]
Continue readingThings Are Good: Heat Your Home By Hosting the Internet
As the internet continues its growth it consumes more and more electricity because larger server and data centres are required. Microsoft has come up with a brilliant idea to allow ‘the backbone’ of the internet to continue to grow while helping heat houses and providing a faster internet.
Microsoft has released a research paper that […]
Environmental Law Alert Blog: “No ‘elsewhere’ to go”
Friday, July 22, 2011
The Dene Tha’ First Nation has sought an order from the B.C. Supreme C…
Continue readingThe Progressive Economics Forum: Home energy retrofits: part one
I was in the budget lock-up in Ottawa back in 2009, when the feds announced a home renovation tax credit as part of the stimulus package, and one of my first thoughts was “kitchen reno”. Months later we had a nice kitchen upgrade to enjoy as our contribution to getting the Canadian economy back on […]
Continue readingThings Are Good: Stove Man Turns up the Heat
Stoves can make a world of difference in places that rely extensively on old-school resource like wood and cow patties. Using an efficient stove can save trees from being felled and limit the amount of pollutants released during the cooking process.
Here’s episode one of Stove Man made by the Paradigm Project:
Episode 1: Woodwalk from The […]
Continue readingThe Happy Wanderer: Let’s get Real On Climate Change!
Many people like to point to the oil companies for the blame of Climate change, but households contribute to 45% of all emissions. That means if we wish to achieve the goal most climate scientist say will help us avoid disaster we need to reduce househ…
Continue readingDeSmogBlog - Clearing the PR Pollution that Clouds Climate Science: Fossil Fuel Propaganda In Education: Connecting the Dots
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Get ‘em while their young!It’s a widely know fact that children, whose immune systems are weaker than adults and still developing, are especially susceptible to g…
Continue readingopenalex: Solar Map of New York City
New York City’s new Solar Map has gone live, and it’s a beauty. With a googlemap style interface, you can zoom into any building in the greater NYC area. Click on the building and up pops an estimate of the solar power you could generate on its r…
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: Treaty 8 First Nations appeal to the UN to intervene against proposed Site C Dam
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Treaty 8 First Nations have taken their struggle against the proposed Site …
Continue readingDeSmogBlog - Clearing the PR Pollution that Clouds Climate Science: Stories From The March On Blair Mountain – Part 2 The Rally
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Continued from Part 1, The March.
By the end of the week, over 300 people had joined the march, some having walked the full 50 miles. The campsite the rally was held at was overlooke…
DeSmogBlog - Clearing the PR Pollution that Clouds Climate Science: Pentagon Releases New Clean Energy Strategy
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The U.S. Department of Defense has released a new strategy for how the U.S. military will address growing concerns over energy consumption. The military remains the single largest c…
Continue readingDeSmogBlog - Clearing the PR Pollution that Clouds Climate Science: Stories From the March on Blair Mountain – Part 1 The March
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I arrived a few days early to headquarters in Marmet, WV with an overly large pack that threatened to topple me over with one slightly unbalanced step. A sleeping bag, m…
Continue readingDeSmogBlog - Clearing the PR Pollution that Clouds Climate Science: Massey Energy Is Not The Only Mountaintop Removal Mining Villain
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This week, hundreds of protesters are marching to Blair Mountain in West Virginia to call for an end to mountaintop removal coal mining. The march commemorates the Battle o…
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: More than 35 years protecting BC’s Coast
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
In celebration of World Oceans Day, we’re trying to raise $5000 to h…
Continue readingThings Are Good: Going Green to Bring in the Green.
A Cambridge, Ontario metal fabrication company, VeriForm, has become an ecological leader in a field notorious for neglecting the effects of their business and product on the environment. A capital investment of $78000 has allowed VeriForm to implement many small changes (i.e. a centralized programmable thermostat, high-efficiency lighting systems, etc.) which saves the company […]
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: First Nations tell Enbridge: No pipelines without consent
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
When Enbridge recently held its annual meeting of shareholders in Calgary, t…
Continue readingThe Liberal Scarf: Tim Hudak vs. Ontario jobs, Eastern Ontario edition
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Hudak+urged+support+green+energy/4787642/story.htmlFrom Windsor to Ottawa, Ontario families & Ontario businesses are standing up to defend jobs created for families by private investment helped by the Ontario Lib…
Continue readingThe Liberal Scarf: Tim Hudak vs. Frank Klees on green energy
With the Hudak attack on Ontario’s economy and jobs continuing today, one of Hudak’s most senior MPP’s demonstrated how little faith he really has in Hudak’s wreckless rookie scheming.http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/politics/article/990868–tory-mpp…
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: Tanker ban runs aground (for now) – but people power will keep oil off our coast
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
One of Stephen Harper's first statements to the press the day after the…
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