Government of Canada cancels the ecoEnergy Retrofit program April 1, 2010 The federal government is suspending a program which offered people financial incentives to have their homes evaluated for energy efficiency and then perform upgrades…
Alberta oilsands refineries could cause irreversible damage October 9, 2008 The development of a pipeline network and refineries around the Great Lakes to process Alberta bitumen “could cause irreversible” environmental damage to the…
Wikipedia’s definition of a Carbon Tax September 24, 2008 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…
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…
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…
Stupid to the last drop – Alberta oil thirst leading to disaster October 10, 2007 The author of a new book on the future of Canada’s oil industry says Alberta is destroying itself in its rush to extract every…
The Nuclear Power that Binds Us in Ontario October 5, 2007 In an effort to become a green city, little thought is given to the two major nuclear plants, just outside of the Toronto area….