German Chancellor Strong Against Bush

After initially sounding somewhat limp with respect to President Bush's proposed "US led" global warming strategy, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has since come out strong saying that it was "non-negotiable" that the United Nations should take the...

US & Canada: The World's Achilles Heal

Heading into this month's G8 climate change talks in Germany, North America is rapidly asserting itself as the world's biggest nemesis.Bush has made a new proposal that threatens to hijack the international process - by placing the US in a lead role in negotiations...

AP Still Gets Kyoto History Wrong

May 29, 2007 captainsquartersblog.com Earlier this year, I noted that the Associated Press either did a poor job of research or revealed their bias against the Bush administration by incorrectly recounting the...

Green group sues government over Kyoto gap

"The federal government may have to explain to the Federal Court why it is not sticking to the Kyoto Protocol thanks to a landmark lawsuit filed in Ottawa on Tuesday. In papers filed to the Federal Court on behalf...

Charities Issue Dire Warnings on Warming

A pair of dire warnings on climate change were issued today from two of the world's leading charities - Christian Aid and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF).The report from Christian Aid, titled Human Tide: The Real Migration Crisis, is predicting that forced migration due to...

Why Intensity Based Targets Are Useless

One of the biggest criticisms of the Conservatives' climate change plan is that it relies on "intensity based reductions" in greenhouse gases. In the real world, this means that industry has to use less energy for every unit (ex. one barrel of oil, one car, one...

Gore: Canada Climate Plan a 'Fraud'

"Al Gore condemned Canada's plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, saying it was a fraud ``designed to mislead the Canadian people.''"

Earth Day and Global Climate Change

A reduction in carbon emissions, and other pollutants, can be directly influenced by consumer buying habits. Small scale local agri-business leaves a smaller pollution foot print and is more...

Harperites keep the focus away from reasonable and promising approaches to gl...

"A government reveals a lot about itself by what it says it can't do. The Harper government, for instance, insists that Canada can't possibly meet its Kyoto targets on greenhouse gas emissions."

Mr. Kyoto Isn't So Green After All

Editor's Note: The story of the Suzuki bus first originated here with Tom Brodbeck in the Winnipeg Sun (posted by atomcat), but it wasn't until this week that it's really gained traction, probably because of Al...

Recording Technology History

"1877 - Edison made the first recording of a human voice ("Mary had a little lamb") on the first tinfoil cylinder phonograph Dec. 6 (the word "Halloo" may have been recorded in July on an early paper model derived...

Q & A- Chomsky on Iran, Iraq, Lebanon … the World

"Saturday, 17 February, 2007 @ 8:23 PM Noam Chomsky is a noted linguist, author, and foreign policy expert. On February 9, Michael Shank interviewed him on the latest developments in U.S. policy toward Iran, Iraq,...

Top 25 Censored Stories of 2007

"#1 Future of Internet Debate Ignored by Media Sources: Buzzflash.com, July 18, 2005 Title: “Web of Deceit: How Internet Freedom Got the Federal Ax, and Why Corporate News Censored the Story” Author: Elliot D....

Media pushing the environment story

Canadians have always been extremely aware of environmental problems and the world around them — except, of course, for those people who drive their big pick-up trucks or Hummers to navigate urban traffic due...

Groupthink

"We sometimes overlook the most obvious connection between deniers, those who deny global warming, those who deny evolution and those who deny the holocaust. They suffer from the same kind of groupthink and conspiracy theories. Its not denial they say, it's debate they...

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