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DEBATE: To bury or not to bury CO2Dec 4, 2008 - Discovery DEBATE - Two experts argue that the best solution is to bury CO2 underground. A third counters with a completely different opinion. |
Shell tests CO2 injection at oil sandsNov 30, 2008 - UPI FORT MCMURRAY - Shell says it is launching a pilot program that could eliminate nearly half of the carbon dioxide output of a key plant in its Canadian oil sands operations. |
1st commercial ship sails through Northwest PassageNov 28, 2008 - CBC News OTTAWA - The Canadian Coast Guard has confirmed that in a major first, a commercial ship travelled through the Northwest Passage this fall to deliver supplies to communities in western Nunavut. |
Going green losing its shine among world's citizens: pollNov 28, 2008 - Canwest News Service PARIS - There is both growing public reluctance to make personal sacrifices and a distinct lack of enthusiasm for major international efforts now underway to battle climate change, according to findings of a poll of 12,000 citizens in 11 countries, including Canada. |
Rich shelving CO2 cut ambitions as economies slowNov 27, 2008 - Reuters OSLO - Many industrialized nations are shelving ambitions for the deepest cuts in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 as economic slowdown overshadows the fight against climate change. |
More Americans are getting on the busNov 26, 2008 - Planet Ark WASHINGTON - Inter-city bus service jumped 9.8 percent between the fourth quarters of 2007 and 2008, the highest growth rate in more than 40 years. No longer available |
2008 saw record-breaking hurricane season: US agencyNov 26, 2008 - CBC News WASHINGTON - The record-breaking 2008 hurricane season, which officially ends on Sunday, has been one of the most active since comprehensive reports began 64 years ago, a US government agency said Wednesday. |
Tundra's pilot project puts greenhouse gas to good useNov 25, 2008 - Brandon Sun (Winnipeg Free Press) SINCLAIR - A state-of-the-art pilot project that recycles carbon dioxide byproduct from Koch Fertilizers Canada could mean big gains for Manitoba's oil industry, the province announced Monday. |
Proposed wind farm to generate electricity exportsNov 25, 2008 - CBC News WINNIPEG - Hydro-electric power from Canada's largest wind farm will be used by Manitoba Hydro for export to the United States, officials say. |
Himalaya glaciers melting much fasterNov 24, 2008 - Discovery COLUMBUS, OH - Glaciers high in the Himalayas are dwindling faster than anyone thought, putting nearly a billion people living in South Asia in peril of losing their water supply. |
Secret advice to politicians: oilsands emissions hard to scrubNov 24, 2008 - CBC News OTTAWA - CBC News has obtained a government document that says reducing greenhouse gases from Western Canada's oilsands will be much more difficult than some politicians and the industry suggest. |
California unveils plan to turn San Francisco into electric car capitalNov 21, 2008 - The Guardian SAN FRANCISCO - Officials in California have unveiled ambitious plans to turn the San Francisco Bay Area into one of the leading centres of electric vehicles in the world. |
Politicians persuaded to save Canada boreal forestNov 19, 2008 - Reuters WASHINGTON - Politicians actually listened when experts told them to protect Canada's boreal forest, a potent weapon against global warming, and the plan for this vast green area could work on some of the world's other vital places, scientists told Reuters. |
Making the case for a carbon tax in CanadaNov 17, 2008 - Times Colonist OPINION - The federal election was not the death knell for the carbon tax. When Canadians finally get the facts, they'll see how carbon taxes benefit them -- both environmentally and financially. |
Giant Asian smog cloud masks warming impact: U.N.Nov 13, 2008 - Reuters BEIJING - A three-kilometer thick cloud of brown soot and other pollutants hanging over Asia is darkening cities, killing thousands and damaging crops but may be holding off the worst effects of global warming, the U.N. said on Thursday. |
Winnipeg group studying car-share programNov 12, 2008 - Winnipeg Free Press WINNIPEG - It can be faster than taking a bus, and cheaper than owning a car. But while numerous cities have car shares -- programs that give people access to vehicles without owning them -- the idea has yet to gain serious traction in Winnipeg. |
Montreal Climate Exchange ready for Canada CO2 marketNov 12, 2008 - Planet Ark LONDON - The Montreal Climate Exchange aims to become the central Canadian marketplace for carbon emissions trading, even before the government finalises the climate change legislation required to kick-start the market. No longer available |
IEA stokes doubts over world's climate fightNov 12, 2008 - Reuters LONDON - The world will have to bet on extreme measures to avoid serious global warming, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Wednesday, adding to growing worries that governments have under-estimated the problem. |
Canada's dirty oil offers climate-change test for ObamaNov 11, 2008 - New Zealand Herald OPINION - Gwynne Dyer: President-elect Barack Obama has inherited the inbox from hell, but you could practically smell the fear in some quarters as he listed his top priorities in his victory speech in Chicago: "Two wars, a planet in peril, the worst financial crisis in a century." |
Two Winnipeg schools get power by harnessing the windNov 7, 2008 - Winnipeg Free Press WINNIPEG - Funding might be in high demand and classroom space at a premium, but two Winnipeg high schools are banking on a commodity of which the city will never be short - wind. No longer available |
Al Gore group urges Obama to create U.S. power gridNov 7, 2008 - Reuters WASHINGTON - Al Gore's Alliance for Climate Protection has some environmental advice for the incoming Obama administration: focus on energy efficiency and renewable resources, and create a unified U.S. power grid. |
China set to take the initiative in climate talksNov 6, 2008 - Reuters BEIJING - China is seeking to seize the initiative in talks on cutting the world's greenhouse gas pollution, pressing rich nations even as global financial turmoil and Barack Obama's victory recast climate change diplomacy. |
Canada moves to protect U.S. market for dirty oilNov 6, 2008 - DeSmog Blog.com OPINION - The world enjoyed the first environmental dividend of an Obama presidency yesterday when a worried Canadian government proposed a joint North American action plan to address climate change. |
Canada to seek climate deal with ObamaNov 5, 2008 - Canadian Press OTTAWA - Canada hopes to achieve a North American climate-change deal with U.S. president-elect Barack Obama and will begin working on the file within weeks, Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon said Wednesday. |
Canadian corporations say climate change creates opportunitiesNov 4, 2008 - CanWest News OTTAWA - Canada's largest companies are starting to report more business opportunities than risks as a result of emerging regulations to address the greenhouse gas emissions linked to global warming, a new international study has revealed. |
Canada an environmental slouch, study saysNov 3, 2008 - Reuters TORONTO - Canada's environmental record is among the worst in the industrialized world, due in part to its poor performance fighting global warming, according to a report from the Conference Board of Canada on Monday. |
Quebec emissions levels stabilize despite trucks, cars, report saysNov 3, 2008 - CBC News QUEBEC -
Quebec continues to lead the country in lowering greenhouse gas emissions, despite a rise in carbon production from transport trucks and cars, according to a new report. |
Will cheaper gas nix energy reforms?Nov 3, 2008 - Christian Science Monitor NORTH HAMPTON, N.H. - The factors behind the 50% price drop are myriad and complex, ranging from basic supply and demand to a renewed effort by oil-producing countries. Does the low cost of flying, transporting goods, and getting to the store mean that the biggest incentive for energy reform is evaporating? |
Getting There: Bus riding trend likely to stickNov 3, 2008 - Spokesman Review SPOKANE - Using mass transit is the single biggest thing the average person can do to slow global warming, a national leader in public transportation said in Spokane last week. |
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