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They say radical; we say rational

David Suzuki | February 16, 2012

We’re not about to quit oil cold turkey. Does that mean we should continue with business as usual? In Canada, "business as usual" means rapidly increasing oil sands exploitation and…

BC businesses take action on global warming

Rex Turgano | December 24, 2009 | 0 Comments

BC businesses take action on global warming as Province shows leadership in Copenhagen. VANCOUVER, BC (Dec. 17th) — Climate Smart announced today that about 52,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions have been tracked by over 160 BC small businesses as part of its program to help them reduce costs by cutting greenhouse gas emissions. That’s [...]

B.C. Budget misses opportunity to invest in green economy

Rex Turgano | February 22, 2009 | 0 Comments

Media release from the David Suzuki Foundation: February 20, 2009 – While the B.C. government reaffirmed its commitment to tackling climate change, the David Suzuki Foundation is calling the 2009 B.C. budget a “missed opportunity to strongly position the province in the emerging green economy.” “The 2009 B.C. budget sustains the core of province’s climate [...]

David Suzuki Foundation assesses Ontario’s Green Energy Act

Rex Turgano | February 22, 2009 | 0 Comments

Media release from the David Suzuki Foundation: February 22, 2009 – The Ontario Government is expected to introduce a Green Energy Act to the provincial legislature on February 23rd. The David Suzuki Foundation is one of many organizations that have called on the government to pass a Green Energy Act that would make Ontario a [...]

Saskatchewan’s Environmental Technology Sector Continues to Grow

mhubbard | November 7, 2008 | 0 Comments

Saskatoon – An alternative energy technology has been approved for Go Green funding through the Ministry of Environment. Titan Clean Energy Projects Corporation of Saskatoon will use $160,250 of Green Technology Commercialization Grant funding to help in bringing its biomass briquetting technology to market.

Biofuel bill won’t solve climate crisis but may make food crisis worse, say Greens

Rex Turgano | May 22, 2008 | 0 Comments

OTTAWA – Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s biofuel bill is not designed to address the climate crisis and it should be rejected by Parliament, says the Green Party. The government has introduced Bill C-33, which would make mandatory a minimum five percent biofuel content in all fuels by 2010. The government is claiming that Bill C-33 [...]

B.C. to make climate-change targets part of law

Rex Turgano | November 20, 2007 | 0 Comments

The B.C. government is expected to unveil legislation today formally outlining its ambitious climate-change agenda, setting into law the targets for reducing greenhouse-gas emissions in the years 2020 and 2050. Meanwhile, one of the first concrete measures in Premier Gordon Campbell’s war on global warming was unveiled yesterday, a plan to shrink the government’s own [...]

Cutting car emissions saves lives: T.O. report

Rex Turgano | November 3, 2007 | 0 Comments

A new study on the health effects of air pollution from traffic in Toronto says a 30 per cent reduction in vehicle emissions could save nearly 200 lives a year and $1 billion in health costs. The Toronto Public Health report, to be released Monday, also estimates that “mortality-related” costs associated with traffic pollution in [...]

How Cap-and-Trade Could Replace Foreign Aid

Rex Turgano | February 11, 2007 | 0 Comments

Developing countries could earn tens of billions of dollars from pollution credits thanks to climate change?and make foreign aid a thing of the past in the process. Read on…

B.C. premier to present agenda to reduce green house emissions

Rex Turgano | February 11, 2007 | 0 Comments

British Columbia’s premier will present a green agenda as part of Tuesday’s throne speech, which will include a plan to reduce greenhouse emissions with set targets. Read on…

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Fundraising Ideas, Summer Camp, Organic Waste, Fake Anti-Wind Protesters – GCNews #813

813: 8 April 2013 – Published by Green Communities Canada RAIN! See Water Canada Magazine article about how user fees and credit system helps Kitchener pay for its municipal stormwater system. Rain barrels, rain gardens, prmeable pavers (as well as cisterns and infiltration galleries) qualify for stormwater credits … RAIN! featured in insert … REEP Green Solutions is coordinating aregion-wide rain barrel [...]

Rex Turgano | April 17, 2013 | 0 Comments

Rapid transit key to unlocking potential of UBC/Broadway corridor: study

A new report from the City of Vancouver and UBC recommends “unlocking economic potential” with a rail-based rapid transit system to serve the rapidly growing region.

Fraser Los | March 5, 2013

Recognizing local environmental heroes

Earth Day Canada, in partnership with Mill Street Brewery and the RBC Foundation, is looking for Canada’s 2013 Hometown Heroes.

Fraser Los | February 16, 2013 | 0 Comments

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They say radical; we say rational

BC businesses take action on global warming

B.C. Budget misses opportunity to invest in green economy

David Suzuki Foundation assesses Ontario’s Green Energy Act

Saskatchewan’s Environmental Technology Sector Continues to Grow

Biofuel bill won’t solve climate crisis but may make food crisis worse, say Greens

B.C. to make climate-change targets part of law

Cutting car emissions saves lives: T.O. report

How Cap-and-Trade Could Replace Foreign Aid

B.C. premier to present agenda to reduce green house emissions

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