July 2010

These are news articles that we have featured on our home page from the month of July 2010:

Fossil fuel subsidies 12 times support for renewables: Study

Jul 29 , 2010 - Bloomberg

NEW YORK - Global subsidies for fossil fuels dwarf support given to renewable energy sources such as wind and solar power and biofuels, Bloomberg New Energy Finance said.

The Earth is hotter than ever, global warming is real: researchers

Jul 29 , 2010 - Globe and Mail

WASHINGTON - More than 300 scientists from around the world, including several Canadians, hope to blunt some growing skepticism about climate change with a new report that says global warming is a fact and the Earth is hotter than ever.

Winnipeg housing project future of transit oriented, infill development

Jul 29, 2010 - Winnipeg Free Press

WINNIPEG - The preliminary plans for a new $200-million multi-family housing development being touted as a blueprint for future infill developments in Winnipeg will be unveiled to the public today.

B.C., Ontario, Quebec push plan to cap emissions

Jul 27 , 2010 - Globe and Mail

VANCOUVER - Canada's three largest provinces are forging ahead on a cap-and-trade system to stem global warming emissions, a move made just after a similar plan was abandoned by the U.S. Senate.

B.C.'s carbon tax is looking like a winner

Jul 27, 2010 - Ottawa Citizen

OPINION - Since July 1, 2008, the carbon tax shift has been an economic boon the average BC taxpayer. During 2008 and 2009, the tax raised $846 million. However, offsetting tax cuts were nearly $1.1 billion over those two years, meaning a net tax reduction for B.C. taxpayers of about $230 million.

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Fossil fuel subsidies undermine renewables

Jul 27, 2010 - Star Phoenix

OPINION - Canadian taxpayers are paying about $2 billion in subsidies to highly profitable oil, gas and coal companies every year. Worldwide, oil subsidies alone are estimated at $667 billion annually. This is equivalent to more than twice the global contribution to foreign aid and three times the amount invested in renewable energy.

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Toronto partners bring modernist California-style eco homes north

Jul 23, 2010 - Toronto Star

TORONTO - A little California sunshine is coming to Toronto - via Winnipeg. It’s in the form of four new unique and ultra-eco homes built by Conquest Mfg in Altona, Manitoba.

London to launch bike-hire scheme with Quebec-made cycles

Jul 21, 2010 - Globe and Mail

LONDON - It took a man born in New York, a few lessons from Montreal and 6,000 bicycles built in Quebec to help rescue London from its reputation as one of Europe’s nastiest cities for cycling.

Winnipeg council OK's Katz's plan to make flexible streetcars preferred means of rapid transit

Jul 22 , 2010 - Winnipeg Free Press

WINNIPEG - City council voted 10-4 on Wednsday in favour of a plan to consider developing up to five flexible-streetcar corridors in Winnipeg. It asks Ottawa for money to complete the Southwest Rapid Transit Corridor as an "LRT-lite" line.

China's spreading oil spill a 'severe threat'

Jul 22, 2010 - CBC News

Dalian, CHINA - China's largest reported oil spill emptied beaches along the Yellow Sea as its size doubled Wednesday, while cleanup efforts included straw mats and frazzled workers with little more than rubber gloves. One cleanup worker has drowned, his body coated in crude.

U.S. environmental agency questions need for cross-border oilsands pipeline

Jul 21, 2010 - Canadian Press

WASHINGTON - A major U.S. government agency has thrown up a new political roadblock for a $12-billion TransCanada Pipelines project by questioning the need for a new pipeline to carry bitumen from Alberta's oilsands to American refineries.

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Canada ranks among top 10 locations for renewable energy investment

Jul 21, 2010 - Globe-Net

TORONTO - Canada is the ninth most attractive location in which to invest in renewable energy projects, according to Ernst & Young's latest Renewable energy country attractiveness indices.

U.N. lists Kyoto plan B options if no climate deal

Jul 21, 2010 - Reuters

LONDON - The U.N.'s climate agency has for the first time detailed contingency options if the world cannot agree a successor to the Kyoto Protocol, whose present round expires in 2012 with no new deal in sight.

Higher water shortage risks in one third of US counties due to climate change: NRDC report

Jul 21, 2010 - TreeHugger

WASHINGTON - A new report from the National Resources Defense Council paints a really dry and thirsty picture in a world warmed by climate change: More than 1100 counties in the United States face higher risks of water shortages by 2050, with more than 400 of these placed at extremely high risk.

$6.6 million dedicated to Prairie provinces for climate change impact

Jul 20, 2010 - Leader Post

REGINA — A $6.6-million program to help the Prairie provinces deal with the impact of climate change on water resources, forests and grasslands was announced at the University of Regina Tuesday.

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Europe proposes to end coal mining subsidies by 2014

Jul 20, 2010 - New York Times

BRUSSELS - On Tuesday, the European Commission said that cash handouts for loss-making coal mines should end by Oct. 15, 2014 — rather than being allowed to continue for more than a decade as originally planned.

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