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McKinsey Report: $170 billion until 2020 to cool the planet
The McKinsey Institute has released a new report finding that a $170 billion annual investment from now to 2020 could cut projected global energy demand in half and also get us halfway to solving the climate crisis. Here's the kicker, on top going a long ways to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, the overall savings would from reduced energy use would be $900 billion by 2020 and none of the energy efficiency measures would require compromising the consumer's comfort or convenience. And all this could be done with existing energy efficiency technology. The McKinsey Report suggests three main...
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Where's the best place for wind power?
Generating electricity from the power of the wind is one of the many ways we can begin to wean North America off its reliance on dirty fuels like coal that produce massive amounts of heat-trapping greenhouse gas. So where are the windiest places in t...
35 views | aggregated: 16 weeks 6 days ago topics: climate-change, greenhouse-gas, investment
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Transport Canada rules finish off electric car
Vancouver SunAfter years of dithering, Transport Canada has now reversed its earlier decisions and has refused to certify electric low speed vehicles as safe for the road.The timing is appalling. Canada now has an international reputation second only...
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Gassy Jack

"Gassy Jack" by The Evaporators (SOCAN). Video directed by Jason Margolis from the CD/LP &...
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When Jesse Was Born

Explores the turbulent, sometimes painful, and often humorous lives of one blue-collar family as the...
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A Piece of Glass

With the 2010 Olympics rapidly approaching, many people are concerned about the issue of homelessnes...
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