Oil, Tar and the Irony of Life
The question oil haunts us like a cancer cell. We try to avoid it but it keeps coming back. It seeps throughout the bowels of […]
Oil
No Pipeline to the West Coast?
A slim majority of British Columbians support a proposed $5.5-billion oilsands pipeline to the B.C. coast, but opposition to the megaproject is growing, according to […]
The worst environmental disaster in a century? Gulf Coast oil spill…
As we watch the effects of the inevitable oil spill transpire in the Gulf Coast we have to ask ourselves yet again, is it worth […]
Revolutionary plastic e-paper set to hit the high street
By Chris Laker Last updated at 4:43 PM on 15th October 2008 The era of the traditional newspaper could soon be over as scientists launch […]
Local Canadian Terrorist – B.C. pipeline bombings raise fears from public at community meeting
DAWSON CREEK, B.C. — As members of the RCMP’s national terrorism unit continued to gather evidence at the sites of two gas pipeline bombings in […]
Alberta oilsands refineries could cause irreversible damage
The development of a pipeline network and refineries around the Great Lakes to process Alberta bitumen “could cause irreversible” environmental damage to the region, […]
Wikipedia’s definition of a Carbon Tax
A carbon tax is an environmental tax on emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. It is an example of a pollution tax. Carbon atoms are present in every fossil fuel (coal, […]
Gas prices jump by up to 13 cents a litre in some markets
Motorists in many cities in Canada received a sharp surprise early Friday when they discovered the price of gasoline had risen by as much as […]