Past news articles

These are news articles that we have featured on our home page from the past two weeks:

This week

British Columbia OKs 19 projects in clean power push

Mar 12, 2010 - Reuters

OTTAWA - British Columbia has given the green light to 19 private-sector clean energy projects that will generate enough power to supply nearly 218,000 homes in Canada's Pacific Coast province.

Tropicana: Trying to make a greener orange juice

Mar 11, 2010 - Time.com

BRADENTON, FL - PepsiCo has determined the carbon footprint of Tropican orange juice. The single biggest contributor isn't the transport of the juice to stores or the energy required to operate a modern citrus farm. Rather, it is the fertilizer used to grow the orange trees.

More Americans say global warming exaggerated: poll

Mar 11, 2010 - Reuters

WASHINGTON - A growing number of Americans, nearly half the country, think global warming worries are exaggerated, as more people also doubt that scientific warnings of severe environmental fallout will ever occur, according to a new Gallup poll.

EU to exceed 2020 green energy target: forecasts

Mar 11, 2010 - Reuters

BRUSSELS - New forecasts suggest the European Union will exceed its target of getting 20 percent of its energy from renewable sources in 2020, the European Commission said Thursday.

China says Climate change is a fact

Mar 11, 2010 - Radio Austrailia News

BEIJING - A deputy director of China's most powerful economic ministry has come out swinging against climate change denial. Senior Chinese government figures have described the view that climate change is not man-made as an "extreme" stance which is out of step with mainstream thought.

Developers lament loss of federal wind subsidies in Canada

Mar 10, 2010 - The New York Times

OTTAWA - The Canadian Wind Energy Association is expressing disappointment with the federal government’s recent decision not to expand or extend the so-called ecoEnergy program — which delivered subsidies to renewable energy developers — in its new budget.

Obama pushes climate change in White House meeting

Mar 10, 2010 - Reuters

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama, weighing in on the Senate's efforts to pass a climate change bill, gathered Republican and Democratic lawmakers on Tuesday to try to jumpstart an overhaul of U.S. energy policy.

Ontario bolsters green support as Europe backs off

Mar 9, 2010 - Reuters

VANCOUVER - Ontario is becoming a magnet for global heavy hitters in the green energy sector, drawn by alluring subsidies at a time when incentives are being scaled back elsewhere.

China and India join Copenhagen accord

Mar 9, 2010 - Guardian

UN - China and India wrote to the UN's climate secretariat today agreeing to be "listed" as a parties to the Copenhagen accord, the last-minute agreement that emerged from the chaos of the UN's summit in Copenhagen.

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Last week

Will South Dakota schools teach kids climate change isn't real?

Mar 3, 2010 - The New York Times

PIERRE, SD - In a stunning move, South Dakota is on the verge of passing legislation to teach climate change denialism in its public schools.

Ontario to launch energy efficiency program for industry

Mar 3, 2010 - The Toronto Star

TORONTO - Later this month, Ontario will launch an ambitious provincial program that will help that province's biggest industrial players become more efficient users of electricity and stronger competitors on the world stage.

Ducks struggled in oilsands goo after landing on waste pond: court

Mar 2, 2010 - The Canadian Press

ST. ALBERT, Alta. - Videos of dead and dying waterfowl covered with oil are being shown at the trial of Syncrude Canada on federal and provincial environmental charges. On April 28, 2008 1,600 ducks landed on the massive Syncrude tailings pond.

In India, a clear victor on the climate action front

Mar 1, 2010 - Yale Environment 360

DELHI - India has previously hung back on climate change action, adamant that its prime responsibility was to give its citizens a better life, climate impacts notwithstanding. Today Delhi accepts that it is in India’s best interests to be constructively engaged in low-carbon policies both at home and internationally. And in the public battles that have been fought over India’s future responsibilities in climate change diplomacy, it is Jairam Ramesh who has triumphed.

Alberta works quietly to improve image of oilsands

Mar 1, 2010 - The New York Times

WASHINGTON - Canadian officials are campaigning to ensure that local leaders around the U.S.A. know that tampering with the economic umbilical cord between places like Milwaukee and the Alberta oil sands could make a difference when local lawmakers consider restricting refined Canadian crude from being hosed into Dairyland gas tanks.

Climate scientist admits sending 'awful emails' but denies perverting peer review

Mar 1, 2010 - Guardian

LONDON - The scientist at the centre of a media storm over global warming research admitted today he had sent "awful emails" but said he expected to be cleared of accusations that he tried to pervert the scientific process.

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