There’s good news and bad news about this Globe editorial today, “Canada in danger of missing the boat in the Arctic.” The good news is that the Globe publicizes a major international environmental study on the shrinkage of ice in the Arctic: A study b…
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The Happy Wanderer: The Republicans on the Enviorment Part 3
Now I am going to analyze the stance of the last three candidates in
the GOP on the Environment. These candidates are Rick Santorum from
Pennsylvania, Business person Herman Cain and from Utah John Huntsman.
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John Laforet - President - Wind Concerns Ontario: Great Rally and March in Port Dover Today!
It was a blast to be back in Haldimand-Norfolk today as we held a BBQ, rally and march at Silver Lake with the help of the local Lions Club. Many thanks to the event organizers at Haldimand Wind Concerns, MPP Toby Barrett who came out, and the hundreds of people who joined us as well […]
Continue readingsomecanuckchick dot com: Plains Midstream Canada given final OK to restart Rainbow Pipeline
Plains Midstream Canada has been given the final OK to restart the Rainbow Pipeline. Almost 4 months after the largest Alberta pipeline discharge in 36 years, and less than 30 days after the Energy Resources Conservation Board says it received a formal request from Plains Midstream Canada to restart Rainbow
Continue readingwmtc: follow-up: cuisinart honours its warranty
Although this earlier post – “we work to buy things that are built to die so that we must work to buy more things that will break” – was not meant to be about the trials and tribulations of my coffee maker, I do want to finish that part of the story.Al…
Continue readingThe Happy Wanderer: The Republicans on the Environment
I have decided to look at all the people who would like to become the President of the U.S and look at there platform. Issue by issue. Since I already talked about Rick Perry and the Environment. Let’s check all the other candidates plan on the Environ…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Thursday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your day.
– Leftdog points out that the Wall government’s regressive ideology is doing exactly what it usually does – resulting in workers losing ground as a result of stagnant wages and skyrocketing costs even as billions of d…
Continue readingJohn Laforet - President - Wind Concerns Ontario: “Wind Concerns Ontario’s Winds of Change Tour Launched in Owen Sound”
Wind Concerns Ontario has successfully launched the latest province-wide organizing effort of 2011, this time with a strong election focus. Over the next forty or so days, Wind Concerns Ontario members in sixty seven ridings will be mobilized to actively work to defeat Liberal incumbents, and candidates in their respective ridings. I look forward to […]
Continue readingThings Are Good: Brazil: Wind Power Now Cheaper Than Natural Gas
In Brazil a recent energy auction has shown that wind power is cheaper than natural gas in the country, and also a better investment opportunity. The competitiveness of sustainable energy sources continues to impress everyone (even with the subsidized resource-extraction industries), it’s only a matter of time until other sustainable energy options get this cheap.
They […]
Things Are Good: Organic Fertilizers Cost Effective and Better for Crops
Here’s a good story about how poor farmers in Kenya have shunned expensive chemical fertilizers for cheaper organic ones.
The organic fertiliser is sprayed onto maize two weeks after planting, and a month later.
Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Services through Kenya Agriculture Research Institute have tested the fertiliser’s components and given an analytical report.
Mr Mosbei said […]
THE FIFTH COLUMN: Algonquin Union Presents: Celebrating the Natural World @ Beaver Pond Park
“A Living Temple” – South March Highlands
Honouring Grandfather William Commanda
Beaver Pond Park (end of Walden Dr., Kanata)
Saturday Sept 10th, 6am – 11pm
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wmtc: dinner gets easier and our wallets get lighter: whole foods comes to mississauga
Hallelujah! A Whole Foods Market has opened in Mississauga, not five minutes from where I live. My life is complete.Most Canadians don’t know Whole Foods; there’s one in Toronto, one in Oakville (just west of Mississauga) and a few in Vancouver. And no…
Continue readingExcited Delirium: Feeding Our Cars
Corn: feeding our cars rather than our species.
Continue readingDeSmogBlog - Clearing the PR Pollution that Clouds Climate Science: Thich Nhat Hanh and David Suzuki on How Individual Frame of Mind Has Everything To Do With Saving the Planet
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Getting people to believe that they really can make a difference in the struggle to the save the planet from human folly can be just as important as encouraging them to take action, ac…
Continue readingThe Happy Wanderer: Perry and the World
Rick Perry has again proven that he doesn’t believe in global warming. He thinks that just because the world has proven time and time again strange weather and heating climate is just “manipulated data.” Maybe Rick Perry is talking about the Bush admin…
Continue readingwmtc: "we work to buy things that are built to die so that we must work to buy more things that will break"
Two weeks ago, my coffee maker broke. It was a electric percolator (I wrote about my preference for it here), made by Cuisinart. It’s the third such percolator I’ve had in a six-year span. One day they just stop working.I purchased this particular coff…
Continue readingThings Are Good: A Game That Protects Nature
A new FAcebook game has been launched that allows you to help the planet while you play. It’s called MyConservationPark and it’s made by Good World Games.
MyConservationPark is a socially conscious Facebook game that places you in charge of building and managing a protected wildlife reserve. Create and sustain a livable habitat for your […]
DeSmogBlog - Clearing the PR Pollution that Clouds Climate Science: S&P Downgrades Planet Earth, Citing Unbalanced Carbon Budget, Reckless Political Debates and Role of “Deniers”
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Washington, D.C.—In a move that came as a shock both in this city and throughout the planet on which it is located, Standard & Poor’s late M…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week.
– The Halifax Chronicle Herald pushes back against the Cons’ and Libs’ anti-Bloc witch-hunt:
For partisan reasons, involvement with the Bloc has become a game of political football. The Tories and Grits feel …
Blast Furnace Canada Blog: Enter stage right — WAY right — Rick Perry
Just as former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty — probably the only guy who’s close enough to the centre that he could actually beat Barack Obama in next year’s presidential race — withdrew his candidacy, current Texas governor Rick Perry announced he…
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