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Jack Layton, Canadian Leader of the Opposition, Dead at 61
On May 2, 2011, Jack Layton led the New Democratic Party to an unprecedented 103 seats in Parliament and became the first NDP Leader of the Opposition. Readers of the posts I link to below may note that many of them are critical of Jack; that's because
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Bill McKibben Versus The Terrifying Tar Sands (Podcast)
When renowned NASA climatologist James Hansen came on the podcast recently, he said some chilling words: if we burn the oil in the Canadian tar sands "it's essentially game over for the climate." The murky oil sands of Canada are the largest known
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Why a Young, Respected Climate Scientist Will Risk Arrest Outside the White House Next Week
The Guardian has a nice profile on Colorado climate scientist Jason Box, who plans on heading to the White House to protest the construction of the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline -- despite the fact
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Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline Jobs Benefits Exaggerated
As the protests against the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline begin tomorrow in Washington DC, here's another stat
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Canadian Inventors Honoured in New Stamps
Canadian inventors are being honoured on a new series of stamps by Canada Post.
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Radiohead Vs. The Tar Sands Oil Pipeline
Word of the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline -- and of the massive protest that's gathering in D.C. a week from now to fight it -- is beginning to spread beyond environmental and activist circles and into the
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Canada's First and Only Eco Fashion Award Needs Your Help!
Do you want to be Canada's next top eco fashion designer? Canadian non-profit Fashion Takes Action's gave designer Nicole Bridger the Design Forward eco fashion award in 2010 but the 2011 title is up for
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Canada's Increasing Tar Sands Emissions Will Cancel Out Carbon Cuts Elsewhere
A new report from Canada's environment ministry shows that emissions from expanding tar sands production and use will double by 2020 and will overwhelm emission cuts in energy production elsewhere. This will entirely
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Extreme Recycling: The Bottle Houses of Prince Edward Island
Bottle buildings are what Bernard Rudolfsky called Architecture without Architects, where ordinary people build extraordinary things. At Cap-Egmont in Prince Edward Island, where he was a lighthouse-keeper, Edouard
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Massive Tar Sands Pipeline Protest to Hit White House This Month
If you have even a fleeting passion for the environment, you probably already know what a monstrosity Canada's tar sands are. It's been dubbed the "most environmentally destructive project on Earth". A 1,700 mile
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A Nuclear Engineer on Fukushima And The Future Of The Industry
I was sitting on the deck talking to a young nuclear engineer, J, who suggested that the Fukushima disaster may actually be good for the nuclear industry. He remembers reading
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Are Urban Chickens a Gateway Drug For Urban Cows and Pigs?
Campbellford is a lovely little town of 3500 people in bucolic Northumberland County, Ontario; I know quite a few people who have fled the city and are teleworking from there. But
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Atlantic Salmon Returns to Credit River After 100-Year Absence
Because we can't write only about bad news...While it seems like Pacific salmon off the West coast of Canada is in serious trouble (and scientists who study it are possibly getting muzzled), there are some good news coming from the
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Designer Turns Moving Day Discards Into Charming Furniture
Like America's Independence Day, Canada's day commemorating its inception as a nation falls on July 1st every year. But in the province of Quebec, July 1st is also known as La Fête du déménagement -- or "Moving Day." Chaos
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Canada's Ethical Oil Tar Sands Campaign Really Says 'Stay Addicted To Oil'
I'll be blunt: The pathetic attempt by the Canadian government to rebrand the highly polluting, highly environmental destructive, highly energy and carbon intensive tar sands industry as 'ethical oil' rears its ugly head again via
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Is the Canadian Government Muzzling a Scientist Over a West Coast Salmon Collapse Study?
Photo: Wikipedia, CC The Privy Council Office Doesn't Want This in the Media Kristi Miller is the head of a $6-million salmon-genetics project at the federal Pacific Biological Station on Vancouver Island. In January, the prestigious journal Science
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Canadian Government Denies Interfering With Franke James' Climate Show
We reported earlier how the Canadian Government Tried To Silence Artist Franke James, who was taking her art show on a 20 city tour through Europe, only to face the wrath of the Canadian Government, which apparently doesn't like her messages about
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Iowa Eclipses Canada in Grain Production, Challenges China in Soybean Production
The U.S. state of Iowa is an agricultural superpower, simultaneously eclipsing Canada in grain production and challenging China in soybean production. No, these are not mathematical errors. Last year Iowa's
