Ontario to spend $8 billion on renewable energy
Whitby, ON — The Green Energy Act Alliance, a diverse coalition of Ontario groups committed to furthering green power, celebrated … Continue reading Ontario to spend $8 billion on renewable energy
A Physicist’s Plea For The Environment
Terracide
Hubert Reeves, translated by Donald Winkler
Toronto, ON: Cormorant Books Inc. 2008, 200 pages
Hubert Reeves was born in Montreal, but is a household name in France, where he once directed a national research centre and appears regularly on television. He is one of many scientists (an astrophysicist, to be precise) who has switched gears recently in order to sound the alarm about climate change. His most recent publication, Terracide, was first written in French (Mal de Terre) in 2003, but has been updated for this newer translation in English.
Reeves’ overview of our ongoing environmental crises may seem a little over-generalized to some readers… [Click here to read more!] Continue reading A Physicist’s Plea For The Environment
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Budget time offers a glimpse into the future – but how far? – Science Matters
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Healthy Families, Healthy Planet Report
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Environmental Commissioner wants your energy stories
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Future of ecoEnergy, Infrared Audits, World Without People – GCNews #675
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Driving Down Carbon with better transportation policies
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“Climategate” Scientists Vindicated
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Climate Change Flash Mob
From the students at the University of Waterloo [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xhm7SEfWgEI[/youtube] Related articles 23-year-old donates US$1M to support Waterloo student entrepreneurs (velocity.uwaterloo.ca) Continue reading Climate Change Flash Mob
Locals Defeat Kamloops Incinerator – We Can Do the Same in Metro Vancouver
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Peer Leader positions with Catching the Spirit
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