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Three Rs for surviving environmental change
January 18, 2008, Comments Off on Three Rs for surviving environmental change

January 18, 2008 Cleo Paskal No country is ready for natural disasters. In fact, some of the world’s richest nations a ...

New research raises concern on biofuel safety
January 17, 2008, Comments Off on New research raises concern on biofuel safety

January 17, 2008 (Christian Science Monitor) Even as some states are mandating ethanol as part of the fuel mix, new rese ...

Canada's role in the origins of the IPCC
December 9, 2007, Comments Off on Canada's role in the origins of the IPCC

December 9 2007 Canadians take leadership role on climate change Mike De Souza, CanWest News Service NUSA DUA, Indonesia ...

Biofuels – SciDev.Net Report
December 6, 2007, 1 Comment

6 December 2007 Biofuels are described by some as “absolutely catastrophic” because of their potential conse ...

Save the world: Dump Kyoto – Bjorn Lomborg
December 4, 2007, Comments Off on Save the world: Dump Kyoto – Bjorn Lomborg

December 4, 2007 A new book by Bjorn Lomborg counts the millions of lives that could be saved if Kyoto’s trillions ...

The Green Long March
December 3, 2007, Comments Off on The Green Long March

A wonderful example for Canadian students to follow as a lead-up to the 2010 Olympics. How about Green Voyageurs? The Gr ...

Clean energy technology – putting investors and inventors together
November 24, 2007, Comments Off on Clean energy technology – putting investors and inventors together

The rich, famous and influential prepare to hear the secret to climate-safe energy By Andy McSmith 24 November 2007 A di ...

Travelers’ Odds Decline on Airline Baggage
November 21, 2007, Comments Off on Travelers’ Odds Decline on Airline Baggage

November 21, 2007 CHICAGO — Why do so many passengers get off the plane only to discover that their baggage did not ma ...

UN: climate change will have 'abrupt and irreversible' consequences
November 18, 2007, 2 Comments

VALENCIA, Spain, Nov. 17 — Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, describing climate change as “the defining challenge of ou ...

Wednesday Night #1339 Update: One Laptop per Child (OLPC)
November 13, 2007, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1339 Update: One Laptop per Child (OLPC)

Give One Get One The OLPC project, which we have been following for some time, is dear to our hearts and has been discus ...

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