'Advanced' Civilization: The Long Party is Over

"Our current way of life is unsustainable. We are the first species that will have to self-consciously impose limits on ourselves if we are to survive." -- Robert Jensen In 2010 we watched, aghast, as British...

The 10 Countries With The Most Dwindling Oil Production

Global oil production saw a 0.4% increase in 2008, according to the 2009 BP Statistical Review of World Energy. But while the overall industry saw a rise in production, several countries saw oil production sink considerably. "As the threat of Peak Oil continues to rise, the...

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New Gas finds New Hope via New Tech

Throughout history, man has shown an incredible ability to rise to a challenge. It is happening again, unbeknownst to most of the general public.It appears that we won't be running out of natural gas in the near future. Peak gas? Move the date forward a couple of generations....

Oil is not a Villain! Here’s what it’s done for us

Oil is the most versatile and energy dense resource we have yet to discover. Often foolishly bedeviled by green energy supporters as a polluting fossil fuel, we would all of us in fact

How to be a Rightwing Extremist-Why just buy ya a Turf Issue!

It seems that the frantic ranters on the far Right have enjoyed themselves this summer. Oh my gosh!! Socialized Health care?? Well let us just mount a Posse like we did with the tea tax revolt and head on out...

Global Warming: Fact or Fiction

The jury is still out on Global warming. The differences in opinion across the Scientific community are so vast. Who do you believe. Many Scientists on both sides of the argument disagree. For Every fact a proponent has there is another  on the opposite side to oppose...

A closer look at the Green Energy Act

Lake Ontario Waterkeeper’s comments on Bill 150, the proposed Green Energy and Green Economy Act, highlight several provisions that may have effects outside the scope of renewable energy development in...

Full steam ahead for Canadian power projects

The Ontario government is planning to bolster the province’s long-term energy stocks by refurbishing nuclear plants, and introducing additional gas-fired plants and wind turbines as part of...

US crude oil production hits a 63-year low

" According to data released today by the US Energy Information Agency, domestic production (including Alaska and off-shore) of crude oil in 2008 dropped to 1.81 billion barrels, the lowest level since 1946, and barely half the quantity produced in the peak year of...

The Green Energy Act: Take One

Lake Ontario Waterkeeper is happy to invite members and friends to attend our second Book Club meeting March 18, 2009 at the Cameron House in Toronto. LOW welcomes author Mark Osbaldeston, who will host an...

Carbon Foot Print, How big is yours?

In a world run by fossil fuels, The "fossil energy dependent” lifestyle is so immersed in our culture that is hard for most of us to identify which activities are carbon producing. A simple click of a button to...

When the golden eggs run out…

The golden egg i’m referring to here is oil, companies in the oil market will go out of business in about 50 years from now simply because planet earth will run out of oil sources. How will these companies...

The Future of Urban Transport. Less Petrol and Pollution...?

Air pollution in large cities represents a major health risk, and much of it is caused by cars. At the same time, and I don’t think I’m playing Cassandra here, we probably shall run out of usable oil in the...

List of companies that had a 'record breaking year' in 2008

By Bobbi Miller-Moro Read this if you want to feel better about the economy, or the recession as a whole for that manner. As I was buying into the recession news on all the major news outlets, my husband reminds...

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