TD Greening from Inside Out
While some ‘green’ businesses do little more than changing light bulbs and focus on greening their reputations, TD Bank take a long term view and green themselves slowly and steadily…
While some ‘green’ businesses do little more than changing light bulbs and focus on greening their reputations, TD Bank take a long term view and green themselves slowly and steadily…
“Cooperatives are a reminder to the international community that it is possible to pursue both economic viability and social responsibility.” — United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon I heartily agree with…
The first thing that has to be said is that the Syrian people are bravely resisting and suffering under – first and foremost – the brutal Syrian regime. But the…
Sometimes a graph is worth a thousand words. A good example is a graph depicting Canada’s contribution to U.N. peacekeeping that appeared in the December 2011 edition of Mondial, the…
In chapter 1 of what now may be considered the beginnings of a World-War III we discussed what was then the active military action against Libya. We covered economic hitmen…
TarSandsLeaf.jpg Canada is pulling out of the Kyoto Protocol, the cornerstone of international climate negotiations, in the wake of the failed COP17 climate talks in Durban. Canadian Environment Minister Peter…
Perhaps the most powerful speech made in all of COP17 at Durban came at the very end, a statement by Anjali Appadurai, a student at the College of the Atlantic…
shutterstock_89794186.jpg When it comes to TransCanada Corporation's Keystone XL pipeline approval process, corruption has been rampant, as well covered by DeSmogBlog as it unfolded. The Keystone XL pipeline, currently in…
Total Energy Logo.jpg It is a well-known fact that the unconventional gas industry is involved in an inherently toxic business, particularly through hydraulic fracturing ("fracking"), which the EPA just confirmed…
marc-morano.jpg If the jury was still out on President Barack Obama's climate policy accolades (a huge "if"), consider the verdict now in, and from a surprising character at that: Marc…
At the root of the Conservative movement on both sides of the border, is the fear of Communism. In the U.S. they rallied around Joseph McCarthy, and Ronald Reagan became…
I just finished watching this video of United States Secretary Hilary Clinton's speech. Clinton is addressing the United Nations, regarding gay rights. I praise her for a doing such a…
I just finished watching this video of United States Secretary Hilary Clinton’s speech. Clinton is addressing the United Nations, regarding gay rights. I praise her for a doing such a…
I just finished watching this video of United States Secretary Hilary Clinton's speech. Clinton is addressing the United Nations, regarding gay rights. I praise her for a doing such a…
I just finished watching this video of United States Secretary Hilary Clinton’s speech. Clinton is addressing the United Nations, regarding gay rights. I praise her for a doing such a…
I just finished watching this video of United States Secretary Hilary Clinton's speech. Clinton is addressing the United Nations, regarding gay rights. I praise her for a doing such a…
Acknowledging America’s own imperfect record on equality, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called on nations around the world to recognize that: “Like being a woman, like being a racial…
The International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, a United Nations sponsored event, has been observed every year on November 29th since 1977, 30 years to the day after…
Just Friday another flotilla to Gaza was stopped. The protesters don't like the idea of a blockade and the so called "human right violations" of Israel being done in Gaza.…
When Palestine overwhelmingly got approved to be a member state in UNESCO, a long standing congressional trigger was activated which entirely defunds the US contribution to UNESCO (about a fifth…