The Top 5 Environmental Newsmakers of 2008

2008 was a year when more environmental newsmakers stressed how important it is now to take note of environmental issues and work hard to save our planet from the effect of human habitation. There have been some...

Convienent Excuse: Will Refugees Now Use Climate Change Excuse?

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorA "Convenient Excuse" as a side dish to Al Gore's "Inconvenient Truth"?   granted immigration is  beneficial to the "Buffet of  Cultures" served...

Canada climate hypocrite, UN envoy says

Was there ever a time when Canada was hailed for its progressive politics and world-leading stance on the environment? Wasn't the maple leaf nation once offered, at least, a token level of rhetorical respect...

Minister forced to sell £30,000 of shares over 'conflict of interest'

"A GOVERNMENT minister announced last night that he was to sell his major shareholding in an energy company after facing allegations of a conflict of interest. Stewart Stevenson, the minister responsible for drawing up Scotland's targets on renewable energy, owns £30,000 of...

APEC Friday. Stephen Harper Announcement

Today at APEC Canadian PM Stephen Harper stole at least part of the show by announcing that Canada is now setting mandatory emission reduction targets. The other highlight was the arrival of Vladamir Putin. The...

Don't Mess With Alberta, Says Stelmach

EDMONTON -- Premier Ed Stelmach warned his fellow Canadian premiers that Alberta will not toughen its climate-change approach, no matter what new national strategies other provincial leaders may propose at next...

Let's Save Our Selves (SOS) on July 7th

Update 15/2/2007 1:15pm PST It's official. Al Gore announced the list of performers that would headline his Live Earth concerts this summer. Sheryl Crowe, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Black Eyed Peas, Bon Jovi,...

It's An Ecological Crisis, Stupid

"Climate Change and Global Warming are only symptoms of the ecological crisis created by the fordist production models of capitalism. Climate change is just one of the many symptoms exhibited by a planet under pressure from human activities. "Global environmental...

BT Climate Change Denial

"Well this proves that in order to be a true card carrying conservative in Canada you must, despite all evidence to the contrary, continue to deny the scientific evidence of Global Warming. Not because you don't believe it but because it's the rigorous (as in rigor...

Capitalism Creates Global Warming

"I don't often agree with the right wing flat earth society of climate change and global warming deniers, but in this case I will. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), report issued today in Paris is a prime example of deliberate obfustication of the...

Arctic Melts Before Tories Clean Air Act

"Study: Most Arctic sea ice could disappear as early as 2040 Why that's ten years before the Conservatives Hot Air Act deals with green house gases!"

Green Capitalists

"Is there a secret cell of environmentalists in the business community? You might think so, given that 7 per cent of executives (11 per cent in the resource sector) support the Green Party, or that Stéphane Dion gets his highest level of support from resource sector...

Americans Push For Clean Air Act

"The Supreme Court hears arguments this week in a case that could determine whether the Bush administration must change course in how it deals with the threat of global warming."

Uh Oh Maybe The Tories Were Right

"The rate of increase in carbon dioxide emissions has more than doubled since the 1990s, according to a new Australian study, raising fears that the rising levels of carbon dioxide may be unstoppable."

Green Capitalism

"Is Canada missing out on an business opportunity with Kyoto. Apparently. Canada could be hurt by Kyoto retreat, says head of UN Environment Program"

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