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Drilling for shale gas unearths environmental risks, Ottawa warnedAug 31, 2010 - Calgary Herald MONTREAL - The Conservative government has been warned that drilling for shale gas could boost carbon-dioxide emissions, encroach on wildlife habitat and sap freshwater resources. |
Arctic ice: Less than meets the eyeAug 31 , 2010 - New Scientist WINNIPEG – The ice may not retreat as much as feared this year, but what remains may be more rotten than robust. David Barber, an environmental scientist at the University of Manitoba says the extent of sea ice is not all that matters. Look deeper and there are even more dramatic changes. This is something everyone should be concerned about because the transformation of the Arctic will affect us all. |
Banks grow wary of environmental risksAug 30 , 2010 - The New York Times NEW YORK - Blasting off mountaintops to reach coal in Appalachia or churning out millions of tons of carbon dioxide to extract oil from sand in Alberta are among environmentalists’ biggest industrial irritants. They may be legal and lucrative but a growing number of banks are taking a stand on industry practices that they regard as risky to their reputations and bottom lines. |
World's most high-profile climate change sceptic changes tuneAug 30, 2010 - The Guardian LONDON - Bjørn Lomborg, the world's most high-profile climate change sceptic is to declare that global warming is "undoubtedly one of the chief concerns facing the world today" and "a challenge humanity must confront", in an apparent U-turn that will give a huge boost to the embattled environmental lobby. |
Canada's 'majestic' ice shelves disintegrating, says scientistAug 29, 2010 - Calgary Herald CALGARY - Canada is home to plenty of ice, but the ancient, undulating ice shelves on the north coast of Ellesmere Island are something special. They are home to the oldest sea ice in the northern half of the planet - 3,000 to 5,500 years old. And they are disintegrating. No longer available |
Harper touts climate change research hub as climate ragesAug 24 , 2010 -The Toronto Star CHURCHILL, MAN. – Canada’s new Arctic research station will turn a spotlight on the environmental challenge that is transforming vast regions of the north – climate change. |
Ontario to test plug-in carsAug 24 , 2010 - The Toronto Star TORONTO - If all goes according to plan, 5 per cent of all cars in Ontario will be electric by 2020 — and this week, the province is one car closer to its goal. On Tuesday, Toyota Canada handed over the keys to new Prius Plug-In Hybrids to “testing” partners in Ontario. |
New oilsands proposal draws protestAug 24, 2010 - Postmedia News OTTAWA - A battle is brewing over a proposed oilsands project by a French-based company that has drawn more than two dozen opponents from Canada, the U.S. and France at today's deadline for submissions to a joint federal-provincial environmental review panel. No longer available |
Walk, cycle to fight obesity: studyAug 20 , 2010 - CBC News KNOXVILLE, TN -
A new study supports the hypothesis that active travel encourages more physical activity and leads to lower rates of obesity and diabetes, particularly when considered as part of the mounting body of evidence on the health benefits of active travel. |
Russian heat wave dents hopes of climate "winners"Aug 20 , 2010 - Reuters OSLO - Russia's summer heat wave has dimmed prospects that northern countries will "win" from climate change thanks to factors such as longer crop-growing seasons or fewer deaths from winter cold, experts say. |
Scottish protesters resist bank funding for tar sandsAug 20 , 2010 - Herald Scotland EDINBURGH - As many as 400 people are now camped at the Royal Bank of Scotland headquarters accusing the state-owned bank of funding “the most environmentally damaging project in the world” through its support of tar sands oil extraction in Canada and other fossil fuel businesses. |
B.C. wood pellets a green hit in Europe – but not AlbertaAug 19 , 2010 - Globe and Mail VICTORIA -
Using B.C.’s pine-beetle-killed wood to reduce the carbon output of coal-fired power plants on the other side of the planet sounds cool but economically implausible. Yet biomass is Prince George’s fastest-growing commodity. |
Australian election key to action on climateAug 19, 2010 - Washington Times CANBERRA -
Environmentalists around the world will be watching Saturday's national election results in Australia, which they say could have a global impact on efforts to combat climate change. |
Turning the electrical grid into an info highwayAug 18 , 2010 - Financial Post TORONTO -
The Ontario government has set an aggressive target to cut 6,300 megawatts of peak demand by 2025. To do that, it is promoting a smart electricity network and will be replacing 80% of its current generating systems over the next 20 years. |
Ontario cottagers oppose wind turbinesAug 18, 2010 - Toronto Sun LONDON, Ont. - Lake Huron cottagers from Goderich to Kincardine fear their famed sunsets and tourism-based economies will be overshadowed by energy companies looking to build wind turbines offshore. |
Pedestrian mall? Groovy, manAug 16 , 2010 - Winnipeg Free Press WINNIPEG - Creating pedestrian malls by closing streets to vehicles was an idea explored across North America 40 years ago as cities battled against the draw of suburban shopping centres. In the end, almost 80 per cent of these developments failed and were reopened to cars. Now urban planners are reconsidering the strategy of creating pedestrian streets to enhance the character and economy of a downtown. |
World feeling the heat as 17 countries set temperature recordsAug 12, 2010 - The Guardian LONDON - 2010 is becoming the year of the heatwave with record highs in Russia, Belarus and Ukraine – the three nations at the centre of the eastern European heatwave which has lasted for more than three weeks – but also African, Middle Eastern and Latin American countries. |
Where climate change is not theory but a life threatAug 12, 2010 - Irish Times SIKA, Burkina Faso - In Burkina Faso, one of the poorest countries in the world, they feel the impact of climate change. "Basically it’s getting hotter every year in the summer, particularly since around the year 2000. It’s just not the same as it used to be, it’s just too much,” says villager Garbo Waongo. |
Record droughts, floods and fires strain food markets' resilienceAug 12 , 2010 - New York Times UNITED NATIONS - A string of devastating natural disasters many are attributing to climate change has sent food prices on a roller coaster ride, leading to fears of a wave of climate-induced food price shocks of the sort that sparked rioting in the developing world two years ago. |
Connecting the dots between Russian heat wave and Asian floodsAug 12, 2010 - ClimateWire BACKGROUND - Depending on your news source, the weather around the world has either gone “berserk,” haywire, off its rocker, or plain old extreme. Despite the excessively alarming tone of some of the stories, it’s difficult to avoid being at least somewhat concerned by the facts: thus far 2010 ranks as the warmest year in recorded history. |
In crackdown on energy use, China to shut 2,000 factoriesAug 9 , 2010 - New York Times HONG KONG — Earlier this summer, Prime Minister Wen Jiabao of China promised to use an “iron hand” to improve his country’s energy efficiency, and a growing number of businesses are now discovering that it feels like a fist. |
Death rate doubles in Moscow's heat crisisAug 9, 2010 - Reuters MOSCOW - Scorching heat and acrid smoke have nearly doubled death rates in Moscow, a city official said on Monday, as smog from raging forest and peat fires shrouded Russia's capital for a third week. |
Arctic discovery confirms impact of global warmingAug 6 , 2010 - The Toronto Star NWT - HMS Investigator, a British ship that sank 155 years ago while searching for Sir John Franklin’s doomed Northwest Passage expedition, has been found in the cold western Arctic Ocean. Parks Canada staff had no trouble finding the well-preserved remains with the ocean ice-free this summer. |
Ottawa overestimating impact of its climate change policies: ReportAug 6, 2010 - Postmedia News OTTAWA — The Harper government is overestimating the impact of six out of seven major climate-change policies and programs, says a new report released by the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy. |
Greenpeace sends message to oilsandsAug 5, 2010 - Ft McMurray Today CALGARY - Eight Greenpeace activists were arrested after three of them unfurled a banner Tuesday at the Calgary Tower that said "Separate Oil and State" to highlight the need to sever what Greenpeace says is the "cozy relationship between the toxic tarsands oil industry and the federal and provincial governments." |
Biofuels’ impact hard to gauge, report warnsAug 4, 2010 - Canadian Press OTTAWA - The biofuels industry leaves behind a hazy ecological footprint because each facility measures its environmental performance differently, says a new report. This makes it difficult for the government to gauge how ethanol and biodiesel affect the environment. |
GM to boost Volt PHEV production capacity by 50% in 2012Aug 3, 2010 - TreeHugger OTTAWA - Thanks to strong interest by the public, GM has decided to boost production of the Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid by 50% in 2012. This means that instead of making 30,000, they'll make 45,000 at the Detroit-Hamtramck plant. The company no doubt feels Nissan breathing down its neck with its cheaper LEAF electric car. |
US Chamber of Commerce splits over climate change policyAug 2, 2010 - Mother Jones WASHINGTON - A new split over climate policy is brewing within the ranks of the US Chamber of Commerce as a breakaway group of local chambers is getting ready to publicly split with the business lobby's hardline stance against climate legislation. |
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