These energy policy initiatives created in collaboration with automakers have been moving along 'under the hood' for months. Today the EPA and DOT signed a joint final rule establishing greenhouse gas emission standards and corporate average fuel economy...
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Frank de Jong served as Leader of the Ontario Green Party from 1993 through to November 2009, when he resigned in order to direct his efforts toward serving the Green Party's national agenda. March 5/6 he presented...
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The United Nations estimates that the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference will leave a 40,584 tons carbon footprint. This is equivalent to Morocco's footprint in 2006. The conference will be attended by...
After a decade as the Premier of the Province of Manitoba, Gary Doer will assume his duties as the Canadian Ambassador to the United States today. Mr. Doer brings a lot of credentials to this job, as...
The internet is often villainized for all the carbon emissions produced to enable use of it. However I would strongly argue that the internet is the environment's best friend. Let us not overlook the huge...
Geoengineering could be the earth's saving grace, if combined with cuts in greenhouse gases according to scientists. Geoengineering plans manipulate the earth to maintain, reduce or promote certain characteristics...
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The production of concrete, a hardened mix of cement powder, aggregate, and water, has increased almost 400 per cent since 1970 and its manufacture is resource-intensive and polluting. The cement industry is...
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Prime Minister Kevin Rudd announced on Monday Australia's commitment to cutting carbon emissions by a minimum of 5 percent by 2020 based on levels measured in 2000. Compared to other nations including the EU...
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UK firms will now be measuring the size of their products' carbon footprints, in a new scheme launched today. This new audit will show customers how much carbon dioxide has been emitted during the making of the...
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by Barry Saxifrage for The Vancouver Observer"Keep your knees up so you don't whack 'em as you fly over the boulders." So I was ready for that…but not for the cold. As our two Cortes families swam out into...
Three individuals from Wales came up with a simple but brilliant idea to reduce the carbon emissions of today's motor vehicles - they've invented a device called the "green box" that could replace your cars...
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