Canada puts brakes on electric vehicles June 23, 2008 Despite increasing local demand for zero-emissions cars and trucks and robust exports of electric vehicles, Canada will not allow them on its roads, lament…
Toddler finds way to really green solar with green plants May 30, 2008 Biosolar’s a toddler chronologically, just turned two years old in April. But they’re already publicly traded and they could stand tall in the expanding…
Tar sand investments now a dead duck? May 1, 2008 As one Canadian newspaper put it. Ducks in Alberta died a crude death. One of the species of ducks that died on a pond…
Can baking soda curb global warming? November 27, 2007 A start-up in Texas says it can turn the carbon dioxide emitted by power plants into baking soda. Some scientists have proposed compressing carbon…
More oil from old wells and more electricity from the wind October 23, 2007 Crude prices have fallen from their record levels. Apparently the wise folk on Wall Street now think Turkey will not attack ther Kurdish area…
Toronto and the surrounding regions are not immune to ecological change October 20, 2007 The environment is important to all of us in the Greater Toronto Area. This is not merely a governmental and environmental group issue. With…
Gas-fuelled power plant on agenda for Toronto and Mississauga October 12, 2007 Buried in the release of Ontario Power Generation’s 2006 financial results last Friday was an intriguing paragraph: “OPG is exploring the potential development of…
5 reasons why Canada is not a leader in reducing greenhouse gas emissions October 10, 2007 According to the latest national inventory on greenhouse gas, Canada’s emissions are now 32.7% above its Kyoto Protocol targets. According to the latest national…