The Reformers Remain Out of Step With Canadians
Now that Stephen Harper has his majority, he has been pushing through the Reform Party agenda at lightening speed.If you want to know what that agenda looks like, read anything…
Now that Stephen Harper has his majority, he has been pushing through the Reform Party agenda at lightening speed.If you want to know what that agenda looks like, read anything…
smarter cities.jpg At a time when corporations’ misdeeds are under a bright spotlight (and rightfully so,) we needn’t overlook the few companies that are working to bring innovation a...
Anybody who’s ordered something online and got it shipped to them might notice how wasteful all that styrofoam packaging is, well a new company is offering a better solution. PaperNuts…
It might be because I just started paying attention, but it seems to me that terrariums are on the rise. These delicate glass globes filled with tiny gardens are like…
Hey, did you think that TransCanada, the company intending to extend the Keystone XL pipeline from Hardisty, Alberta to the Free Tariff Zone refineries in Texas, was a Canadian company? Me…
It has been 6 months since Plains Midstream Canada reported that there had been a Rainbow Pipeline leak, 100 km NE of Peace River, Alberta. Initially, the Alberta media were…
The Conservatives like giving out baseless targets when it comes to almost anything. They like to tell us things like the budget will be balanced by 2015 even though the…
Toronto has joined other cities around the world in banning the consumption and commercialization of shark fins. The vote was almost unanimous with only three people in council (including the…
At a recent United Nations environmental conference in Cartagena, Colombia, attended by over 170 represented countries, 50 nations have ratified an amendment to the 1989 Basel Convention which will restrict…
Canada World Youth intern, Justin Chisholm (writing for the Sierra Youth Coalition), analyzes the recent cuts to the Canadian Environmental Network. Minister of Environment Hon. Peter Kent and the federal…
The Energy Act 2011 was granted royal assent in the United Kingdom on October 18, a move that will pave the way for the Green Deal to come into effect…
"Scientist surfaces to praise ozone monitoring amidst federal review." But he doesn't speak without buddies on hand! This is a truly memorable picture painted in this report: A senior Environment…
On a personal note, October 6 saw the first question period that I'll be able to blog about after seeing in person - as well as the first time I've…
David Suzuki was interviewed at the Occupy Montreal event last Saturday: “We’ve got to take back our country, and take back our democracy..Stop serving the corporate agenda. It seems that…
Interesting things happening in drought stricken Texas these days: It was a very bad afternoon rush hour yesterday in the Texas Panhandle. A powerful cold front pushed through the state…
Interesting things happening in drought stricken Texas these days: It was a very bad afternoon rush hour yesterday in the Texas Panhandle. A powerful cold front pushed through the state…
The Occupy Wall Street movement, which has already become a global grassroots populist pro-democracy movement, if we have eyes to see, has clearly already won a broad and growing base…
While I wrote quite a few blog posts on the 2011 Ontario Election, both generally and specifically with regards to my riding of Parkdale-Highpark, I never actually indicated precisely who…
Tuesday, October 4 was an opposition day, featuring a motion from Bob Rae on a national suicide strategy that provoked somewhat more agreement than usual. But that doesn't mean there…
Canada’s Ministry of the Environment has announced that it will no longer renew the $574,000 in annual funding to the Canadian Environmental Network (RCEN), an umbrella organization that represents 640…