Something is Happening in Wuhan China?
A Happy New Year to everyone! At least I hope it continues to remain happy. Have you ever seen the...
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Category: Environmental Issues
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 the earth. We know its just dead things. A reflection or the past, or maybe our future? We know...
Read MoreMad cow disease found in one Central Valley bovine
Mad cow disease found in one Central Valley bovine
Health officials say the diseased cow never entered the human food chain and U.S. dairy and beef products are safe. It is the first confirmed case in the U.S. since 2006.
The first confirmed case of mad cow disease in the U.S. since 2006 surfaced in California’s Central Valley on Tuesday, triggering concerns about food safety. But health officials stressed that the diseased animal never entered the human food chain and that U.S. beef and dairy products are safe.
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Heaven and Earth may pass away but will we care?
No I am not trying to be overbearing on the environmental front, but more and more I see a trend...
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You burb I burb we all scream for the suburbs
It’s a cookie cut life of mediocrity, welcome to the burb. It’s all the same, we love it and it’s...
Read MoreNo 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 a new poll. The poll also found that an overwhelming majority...
Read MoreElection Day in Canada – May 2, 2011
Well a historic election has just taken place in Canada. The Bloc was decimated in Quebec, and almost wiped off the map. Newfoundland told Conservatives what to do with themselves. The Greater Toronto Area is painted blue and...
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The Worst Environmental Disaster in a Century?
As we watch the effects of the inevitable oil spill transpire in the Gulf Coast we have to ask...
Read MoreWhat is the plan for Transit City now? GTA has worst commutes in 19-city survey
Commuters in the Greater Toronto Area suffer through longer round trips than their counterparts in 18 other major centres, including notoriously congested Los Angeles, according to a new report commissioned by the Toronto Board...
Read MoreWhy transit is important in Toronto
I thought I would finish the night by giving you a link to a site that details the positives of light-rail. It is unfortunate that the government has decided to put an end to a visionary plan to get transit rolling in the city...
Read MoreToronto Mayoral candidate Rossi plans on stopping all TTC Light-Rail (Transit City) Expansion
Have we learned nothing from history and the reasons why there is a lack of good public transit options in the city of Toronto? What about jobs for the people of Thunder Bay? Again, with another knee-jerk reaction we may loose...
Read MoreThe deadly asbestos trade
Asbestos is a mineral with long, thin fibrous crystals. The word asbestos (῾ἀσβεστος) is derived from a Greek adjective meaning inextinguishable. The Greeks termed asbestos the miracle mineral because of its soft and pliant...
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