Arctic ice cap melt: record low in 2012
Since satellite tracking began in 1979 the lowest readings of Arctic sea-ice have all been within the last six years. This year has seen a record breaking retreat of sea-ice…
environment
A More Eco-Friendly Way to Distribute Beer
Local Toronto brewery Steam Whistle has taken another step to green their beer (previously) by using growlers to serve and distribute their beer. A growler is essentially a large bottle…
Canada’s tar sands cannot enhance U.S. energy security
The Conservative government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper and oil executives have consistently claimed that the dirty Alberta tar sands oil is a boon to U.S. energy security. Here are…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Jessica Bruno reports on Tom Mulcair’s first six months as leader of the NDP. But while it’s certainly a plus for pundits to…
Built to NOT Last – Movie Monday
So, most of us have been there at some point, standing at an Ikea asking ourselves “do I need yet another Billy bookcase?” We know it will be of the…
Radicals for our coast: New Democrat MPs and community reps (VIDEO)
A must-watch video on the ongoing fight against Enbridge’s cursed pipeline. The following New Democrat MPs visit Terrace, Kitimat and Kitamaat, British Columbia, and discuss the energy giant’s proposed Northern…
Summer 2012: The Season Of Record-Breaking Extreme Weather
This post explores the link between climate change and extreme events, and argues that the summer of 2012 is poised to become a record-breaker.
A Fossil Fuel Free Freighter
Cargo ships make the global economy work as goods need to be transported around the globe. These large ships have a large impact on the environment due to their fuel…
A Better Shower
People like to stay healthy and clean, well most people anyway, and the act of cleaning oneself can end up consuming a lot of resources. Showering and bathing can use…
Twisting the Facts on the Environment
Courtesy of sumofus.org Case #1: BC Premier Christy Clark has a job creation plan. One component of said plan involves three liquefied natural gas plants in the northern part of…
Where are the Red Deer River Oil Spill Updates?
Plains Midstream Canada provides Red Deer River oil spill updates once a fortnight — that’s once every 2 weeks, or 14 days. And MSM? Well, MSM has not filed a…
12 Years Later: Environmental Causes of Autism Still Unexplored
“The Environment as an etiologic factor in autism: a new direction for research” by EA London was published online by ehp, Environmental Health Perspectives, in 2000. Today, 12 years later,…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your Monday reading. – Pratap Chatterjee discusses our new age of robber barons – and how the wealthiest CEOs get out of paying any tax at all…
Enbridge Inc Rebuked: “This is not an Enbridge animation” (VIDEO)
*This is not an Enbridge animation from Shortt and Epic Productions on Vimeo. Last week, Enbridge Inc. insulted Canadians again with an animated propaganda video that omitted the natural resources…
informed citizens vs. enbridge: misleading pipeline ads must go
What’s wrong with this picture? Lori Waters knew what was wrong. Waters, who lives in BC and designs scientific graphics, recognized that 1,000 kilometres of island coastline was missing from…
The Rideau River…
… truly one of the great perqs of living in this City. (8) Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
some stuff i saw on facebook
A collection of stuff I saved from Facebook, courtesy of Snipping Tool. If only this were true! Then it might be a little more difficult for governments to sell people…