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Density makes cities richerNov 29, 2010 - Winnipeg Free Press BACKGROUNDER - In December of 2002, the Frontier Centre for Public Policy released a document entitled Let's Worry about Stagnation, not Sprawl. It concluded that because Winnipeg had maintained its density in comparison to other cities, urban sprawl should not be a public concern. How times have changed. |
Canadian envoys asked Big Oil for help to defend oilsandsNov 29, 2010 - Postmedia News OTTAWA - Canadian diplomats in Washington have quietly asked oil-industry players such as Exxon Mobil and BP to help "kill" U.S. global-warming policies in order to ensure that "the oil keeps a-flowing" from Alberta into the U.S. market, Postmedia News has learned. |
Red River College's savvy fuels green busesNov 27, 2010 - Winnipeg Free Press WINNIPEG - Red River College students and staff designed and built the prototype of the 2010 Motor Coach Industries J4500 coach which allows MCI to accommodate the latest U.S. Environmental Protection Agency standards for the new reduced-emission engines. |
They'll tear down a parking lot to put up a really big parking lotNov 27, 2010 - Winnipeg Free Press WINNIPEG - One of downtown Winnipeg's 140 surface parking lots is about to be transformed into a five-storey parkade. The owners of the former Sheraton Hotel are replacing the surface lot at the northwest corner of York Avenue and Donald Street with a 176-stall parkade. |
Harper government ends funding to climate research organizationNov 26, 2010 - Vancouver Sun OTTAWA - The Canadian Foundation for Climate and Atmospheric Sciences will not get new funding from the Harper government. Also, the government will be leasing out the Amundsen, a coast guard icebreaker equipped to monitor climate change in the North, to a pair of fossil-fuel companies for oil exploration in the region. |
London's comprehensive electric vehicle plan takes shapeNov 25, 2010 - TreeHugger LONDON - When London's Mayor Boris Johnson announced that every Londoner would be within a mile of an Electric Vehicle charging station by 2015, advocates for electrified transportation were excited. Now that plan is beginning to take shape, and it really does look like a single, unified EV charging infrastructure will become a reality across the city. |
In California, carports that can generate electricityNov 25, 2010 - New York Times SAN JOSE, CA - Ersatz roofs made of solar panels have sprouted above dozens of school parking lots in California, altering vistas and promoting a philosophy of green thinking among the young. Yet the primary driver of the solar roofs is economic. |
Most wanted list of climate change culprits rewrittenNov 25, 2010 - New Scientist UTRECHT, NL - China is the new number one cause of global warming, yes? It just got ahead of the US, right? Maybe not. It all depends how you look at the numbers, says a new analysis that finds new heroes and villains in the story of global warming. |
Fort Rouge housing development gets all-clearNov 23, 2010 - Winnipeg Free Press WINNIPEG - Councillors gave Winnipeg’s biggest infill housing project the go-ahead Tuesday night, despite opposition from some Lord Roberts community residents. |
City tab for bike, pedestrian upgrades climbs by $3MNov 23, 2010 - Winnipeg Free Press WINNIPEG - City council was asked to spend another $3 million on Winnipeg's ambitious bike-and-pedestrian program - over and above the $20.4-million tab shared by all three levels of government. |
City bike routes going on Google next weekNov 23, 2010 - Winnipeg Free Press WINNIPEG - The snow and ice suggest otherwise, but life for the Winnipeg cyclist just became a little easier. Internet search engine giant Google has added Winnipeg to its list of Canadian cities that will have bike routes available online for those looking for the best path to take on two wheels. |
Tired tires find new life at Ashern recyclerNov 22, 2010 - Winnipeg Free Press ASHERN -- Their first lives are as 14,300-kilogram rubber tires on quarry mine trucks you practically need an extension ladder to climb into. |
Bike paths left unfinishedNov 19, 2010 - Winnipeg Free Press WINNIPEG - Six out of 36 bike-and-pedestrian projects planned for Winnipeg this year will have to wait until 2011 to be completed, as the city's active-transportation upgrade has wrapped up for the winter. |
Sidewalk experiments drive new ideas about urban public spaceNov 17, 2010 - Globe and Mail NEW YORK-
A line has been drawn in the battle over city streets. On a busy Manhattan morning this spring, a comedy troupe drew a chalk divide down the edge of Fifth Avenue, creating one lane for “tourists” and another for “New Yorkers.” It was just a joke, but the news quickly spread around the world and inspired copycat initiatives. |
Climate bill, Commons crushed in one blowNov 17, 2010 - The Star OTTAWA - Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s defiant views on democracy and the environment have exploded together in one Parliament Hill uproar, as unelected Conservative senators killed a climate-change bill passed by a majority of elected MPs in the Commons. |
Manitoba climate change law up in airNov 17, 2010 - CBC News WINNIPEG -
Environmentalists worry Manitoba is backsliding on its commitment to implement a cap and trade system to combat climate change over fears the move will be unpopular with voters. |
Large investors urge progress at climate talksNov 16, 2010 - Reuters LONDON -
Stronger domestic and international policy is needed to help unlock investment in low-carbon technology in the absence of a global climate deal, investors with over $15 trillion of assets said on Tuesday. |
Arnold Schwarzenegger demands action at final climate summitNov 16, 2010 - The Guardian DAVIS, CA -
Arnold Schwarzenegger used one of his last big moments as California's governor to rally regional and business leaders on climate change today, saying that together they had the muscle to force national governments to act. |
Airship better than a roadNov 16, 2010 - Winnipeg Free Press OPINION -
Wake up, northerners! Where is the money to pay for the promised road to Nunavut? Wake up, southerners! The price tag of between $2 billion and $3 billion is money not spent on the crumbling streets and deteriorating roads of Manitoba. No amount of jiggery-pokery can produce a viable business case for this road. This is why we have seen zero interest in this scheme from the government of Canada. A bad idea by smart people is still a bad idea.
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Lagging stimulus cash flow draws fireNov 15, 2010 - Winnipeg Free Press OTTAWA - More than 75 per cent of money earmarked for the largest federal infrastructure program was left untouched last year, a lag the Liberals say undermines the Harper government's claim its stimulus spending is creating new jobs. |
Plastics industry battles negative imageNov 12, 2010 - CBC News WINNIPEG -
The Canadian plastics industry is aggressively fighting government and consumer efforts to curb the sale of its product, according to industry documents. |
GE to buy 25,000 electric cars by 2015Nov 11, 2010 - The Globe and Mail BOSTON - General Electric plans to buy 25,000 electric vehicles by 2015 for its corporate fleet and to lease to customers, in a move it said could help speed acceptance of the technology. |
Plastic waste polluting Manitoba lakesNov 11 , 2010 - CBC News WINNIPEG -
Scientists and environmentalists are sounding the alarm about the wildlife being killed by the rising tide of plastic pollution washing up on the shores of lakes in Manitoba and elsewhere. |
Cost-competitive renewable energy within reach: studyNov 10, 2010 - The Globe and Mail TORONTO - Conventional fossil fuels will keep their status as the main source of global energy for a while but some renewables – such as biofuels, solar power and onshore wind – should soon be able to compete effectively without subsidies, according to a new study. |
Winnipeg ships plastic waste to ChinaNov 10, 2010 - CBC News WINNIPEG -
Most of the plastics that Winnipeggers toss in their recycling bins are sent to China to be remade into fly swatters, dolls and other plastic objects that never get recycled again, a CBC News investigation has learned. |
Report: Global warming issue from 2 or 3 years ago may still be problemNov 10, 2010 - The Onion WASHINGTON - According to a report released this week by the Center for Global Development, climate change, the popular mid-2000s issue that raised awareness of the fact that the earth's continuous rise in temperature will have catastrophic ecological effects, has apparently not been resolved, and may still be a problem. |
Has the world already passed “Peak Oil”?Nov 9, 2010 - National Geographic VIENNA - The year 2006 may be remembered for civil strife in Iraq, the nuclear weapon testing threat by North Korea, and the genocide in Darfur, but now it appears that another world event was occurring at the same time - without headlines, but with far-reaching consequence for all nations. That’s the year that the world’s conventional oil production likely reached its peak, the International Energy Agency (IEA) in Vienna, Austria, said Tuesday. |
Energy agency fears oil price hike without global climate dealNov 4, 2010 - BusinessGreen WASHINGTON - Failing to implement ambitious global climate change policies and cut fossil fuel subsidies will see oil prices skyrocket over the next two decades. This is not the prediction of green groups or renewable energy firms, but the view of the International Energy Agency (IEA). |
Canada's oilpatch subsidies total $2.8B in 2008Nov 3, 2010 - The Canadian Press OTTAWA — An independent analysis says Canadian governments are subsidizing the oil patch to the tune of about $2.8 billion a year, despite a G20 agreement to pare back such support. |
California voters support emission-reduction lawNov 3, 2010 - Globe and Mail TORONTO - The one bright spot for Canadian environmentalists in Tuesday’s U.S. midterm elections was the defeat of Proposition 23, the California proposal that would have suspended that state’s emissions-reduction law until unemployment rates fell sharply. |
Study: Only 47% of Republicans think global warming Is happeningNov 2, 2010 - Solve Climate News WASHINGTON - Democrats are not only more prone to think that global warming is happening but they are also much more apt to worry about it than independents and Republicans. |
Cap-and-trade likely on hold: PrenticeNov 2, 2010 - CBC News OTTAWA - Federal Environment Minister Jim Prentice expects a North American cap-and-trade plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions will move to the back burner if Republicans make expected gains Tuesday in U.S. midterm elections. |
Big Oil spends $69.5m on ads to get the Congress it wantsNov 1, 2010 - The Guardian OPINION - The next Congress is expected to throw up a whole new set of roadblocks to Barack Obama's environmental agenda - from time-consuming investigations to budget cuts. |
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