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Rising Seas and Powerful Storms Threaten Global Security
Janet LarsenStanding before the United Nations General Assembly in October 1987, Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, President of the Maldives, made an appeal repre...
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Stephen Harper: the only leader in North America advocating inaction on climate change
After years in which North America was the leading international holdout against action on climate change, the continental tide appears to have turned...
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Richard Florida at the Board of Trade
At the recent Metro Vancouver Sustainability Summit I won a ticket to a Board of Trade breakfast. I am glad I did, because there is no way I would spe...
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“Tunnel needs replacement: expert”
Richmond NewsIt almost beggars belief, but when Canwest is the organisation that is delivering the news, do not expect anything like objectivity. Once...
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“As far as transit issues are concerned, it's been a ‘zero campaign'”
I haven't heard a thing from anyone except (NDP leader Jack) Layton, said Jean L veill of the transit users lobby group Transport 2000 Qu be...
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Wake Up, Freak Out - then Get a Grip
http://vimeo.com/1709110?pg=embed&sec=1709110Sadly WordPress cannot handle embedding vimeo but I got the link above from Architecture Week courtesy of...
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First Thing You Will Do If Elected
We cannot ever pacify Afghanistan on our own... says Harper. Layton adds that Dion supported a troop withdrawal of 2009 and then changed that to sup...
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Sarah Palin puts polar bears on thin ice
The United States is drawing closer and closer to one of the most important presidential elections in many years.In particular, the scientific communi...
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Do we need two Missions?
The CBC tonight had an investigative report on a development in Mission. Once again it features a well qualified professional civil servant being push...
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Can we change in time?
I have found that the BCEN Landwatch list serve is an endless source of leads, discussions and debate about a wide variety of issues, some of which fi...
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Sunday round up
I seemed to spend a lot of time this weekend with a microphone in my hand. I have already written about Saturday's rally so this post just looks at Su...
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Tories plan £20bn 180mph rail link instead of Heathrow third runway
GuardianThis is really a stunning turn of events. They are, of course, talking about the Biritish Tories. And that party was almost completely wiped o...
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Obama vs. McCain: Where Do the Candidates Stand on Science Issues?
Prying answers out of the candidates about science-related issues this electoral season has proven almost as challenging as prying interviews out of S...
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Economists Denounce Harper "Climate Plan"
Conservative policy highly likely to failThree top economists, led by Dr. Mark Jaccard of Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, have released an an...
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It's Not Just Wall Street that Needs a Bail-Out!
The rapid rise in emissions means the world could warm faster than previously predicted, said professor Barry Brook, director of the Research Institut...
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Another reason I won't be voting Liberal on Oct 14
Stephane Dion launched his Green Gateway plan today. The previous link is to the pdf file, this one is to the press release.Public Transit is an...
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Global warming deniers aim to hold New Hamsphire back
New Hampshire Governor John Lynch has struck a climate change task force to craft an action plan with the goal of finding ways to reduce greenhouse g...
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Harper's Climate Carbon Tax Snowjob
Mr. Harper's credibility on the climate file hit a new low recently when he claimed with a straight face that the Liberal's proposed carbon tax would ...
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‘Total gridlock' without more bridges
The ProvinceThe BC Liberal's puppet pressure group makes some incredibly silly and easy to refute claims.For what it is worth I sent the following - b...
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Harper vs. The Warming World
Prime Minister Stephen Harper showed off his strong leadership this week by refusing to follow other party leaders in offsetting the carbon emissions ...
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Diesel Cuts Bad for Economy (and Planet)
What do you do to win an election? Roll out the pork of course. And so Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper announces a proposed cut taxes on diese...
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Langley Township Council Report--Monday Afternoon, Sept. 8, 2008
Notes from Langley Township Council's meeting, Monday afternoon, September 8, 2008. Coun. Mel Kositsky was away.We heard from Brookswood resident D. S...
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Notice of Motion Coming Tomorrow
I plan to introduce this as a notice of motion tomorrow (meaning it will come back for debate next week). I'll post more on the possibilities around i...
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Save our Rivers
The follwoing is a letter written by Damien Gillis which responds t a recent article in the Globe and Mail. Sdaly I cannot find the article in the Glo...
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Our election is about which party can manage the economy
Jayson Myers, Special to the SunJayson Myers is president of Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters.onlinePoll question: Should Canadians vote for the...
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Palin denies climate change realities on first day as McCain's running mate
What are the ramifications of a US Vice President that is willing to shrug off the scientific realities of global warming? Guess we'll find out if Jo...
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Clean Coal propaganda at the Democratic Convention
People attending the Democratic National Convention in Denver this week are the target of a $2 million advertising and PR blitz by a coal industry-fu...
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Small steps
Vancouver SunDid you know that some Canadian banks will reduce your interest rate on a mortgage by as much as one per cent if you invest in certified ...
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Wednesday Morning News Notes
I was shocked and sad to hear that Walnut Grove vice-principal Bob Panasiuk passed away (Times). My sympathy to his family and many friends. A service...
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It's time we paid more attention to the troubling side of two-wheeling
An opinion piece in the Province from Derek Moscato - a bike commuter himself, he says.The piece is troubling in that he really does not come up with ...
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Low carb living?
Urban Development Institute executive director Maureen Enser says, There's some very real questions that need to be answered if the government wants...
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I have been trying to persuade Meredith Botta that
I have been trying to persuade Meredith Botta that he should start his own blog, but he says he is too busy right now. This is an example of what you ...
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On transportation woes: The planning void
An editorial in the San Francisco Chronicle coudl eaily be rewritten and addressed to Gordon Campbell and his greenhouse gas advisers rather than the ...
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Costly fuel brings dozens of airlines to their knees
International Herald TribuneThis article is directed in particular at the good folk out at Abbotsford, who are enjoying ther air show this weekend. Ev...
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A Global Warming Call to Action in Virginia
Want to do something about global warming? Check out the Southeast Convergence for Climate Action that will be kicking off on August 5th in Louisa Co...
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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 dema...
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Transforming the Gateway Project: More Important Now Than Ever
20/20 Vision BCThe following is the text from the August 2008 edition of the 20/20 Vision postcard Background: The BC Government's Gateway Projec...
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The problem with subisidies
Two articles in today's Globe and Mail look at why our governments are going wrong, in an entirely predictable way, in tackling global warming.Neil Re...
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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 ...
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The greenhouse effect
Earlier, we exclusively reported the Pacific Carbon Trust expects to be annually purchasing between 600,000 to 900,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissi...
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Who is Rocket Scientist David Evans?
This title grabbed our attention: Top Rocket Scientist: No evidence C02 causes global warming. And it should. It is a pretty bold statement and the i...
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Who is 'Rocket Scientist' David Evans?
This title grabbed our attention: Top Rocket Scientist: No evidence C02 causes global warming. And it should. It is a pretty bold statement and the i...
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Fuel cell cars still 15 years away at best: study
Reuters via Environmental News NetworkThe study concluded that the best way to reduce oil consumption and greenhouse gas emissions over th...
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Climate Crisis: Roosevelt Revisited
Truthout - Andrew Simms BBC NewsNew and cautious calculations by the New Economics Foundation's (NEF) climate change programme suggest that we may hav...
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Former Royal Society Spokesperson weighs in on Ofcom's global warming swindle decision
A press release has been issued by the original complainants to Ofcom, the UK's communications regulatory office, over the Channel 4 documentary, The...
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JunkScience Lies: APS Offers Respectful Correction
Using methodology that Junkman Steve Milloy has refined over more than a decade, the pro-pollution website Junk Science today announced that the Amer...
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Kentucky coal to liquid plan means more dirty fuel is on the way
There's only one energy source dirtier than coal-fired power plants and the oilsands: coal to liquid fuel. And today in Kentucky plans were announced ...
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Boreal Forest twice the size of England to be protected
The Ontario government announced today that it would permanently protect 225,000 square kilometers of Canada's Far North Boreal region. That works ou...
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Bush to Nature: "Shove It!"
The Bush administration rejected its own experts' conclusion that global warming poses a threat to the public welfare, launching a comment period tha...
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UK Guardian Video: Canada Oilsands the 'bottom of the barrel'
...the country famed for its wilderness and clean living finds itself caught between fuelling the world's oil-hungry economy and the ecological devast...
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