Tag: Canada - Page 5
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BC's First Energy Star Qualified Home is a Round Beauty
A round home is British Columbia's first home to be Energy Star qualified, a topic of contention on TreeHugger.
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Hundreds of Canadian Websites Go Dark To Protest Government's Treatment of Environmental Charities
The new budget weakens environmental laws and attempts to silence the voices of those who would defend them.
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Windsor to Purchase 10 Electric Buses from China's BYD
Eddie Francis, the mayor of Windsor, Ontario, announced that his city had made a deal to purchase 10 electric buses made by BYD.
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Novice Carpenter Builds a Secret, Illegal Tree House on Crown Land in Canada
The HemLoft is a self-funded secret creation built by Joel Allen on crown land in Whistler.
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Ridiculously Photogenic Cat Struts Over a Highway
Camera-traps installed along a wooded overpass spanning the Trans-Canada Highway captured this remarkably clear shot of the elusive lynx, safe from the traffic speeding below its paws.
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Gas Prices In Canada Hitting Record Highs, US$ 5.68 per Gallon, And They Can't Blame Obama
High gas prices are a result of high demand, period. You don't want a repeat of what happened the last time they were low.
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Canada Kills The Penny
It is about time. Getting rid of it will save the government and small business millions, and creating work for interior designers across the country
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Chinese Businessmen Paying $80,000 to Hunt Polar Bears in Canada
While conservationists work to preserve imperiled polar bears, others are paying a hefty price for the chance to kill them.
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Build a DIY Cook Stove From an Empty Deodorant Can
A repurposed, empty Axe can becomes an alcohol stove for camping and backpacking.
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Canadian Government On Attack: Tar Sands Pipeline Debate Heats Up
The Canadian government is pushing Northern Gateway, the "plan B" to Keystone XL, and attacking the country's environmental groups in the process.
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Is Canada Turning Into An Anti-Green Police State?
The Mounties and the Intelligence Service are eyeing Greenpeace and PETA, and everyone who uses the internet.
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Canada's Tar Sands: So Destructive It Makes Its Well-Paid Workers Want to Quit (Video)
A Reddit user who quit his job at the Alberta tar sands project shares a video that demonstrates the devastation he was no longer willing to be complicit in causing.
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How to Turn Old T-Shirts into Effective Fire Lighters
Charcloth is a traditional material for lighting fires from a single spark. Here's how to make it.
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How to Build a Light Weight (9 gram) Alcohol Stove from Old Drinks Cans
An outdoor enthusiast shows us how to convert drinks cans into an ultra-lightweight cookstove.
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French Company Pushes for Uranium Mine in the Canadian Arctic Wilderness
The Canadian government "has made it clear that Arctic mining will be one of the cornerstones of the country’s economic future."
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On Keystone XL, Mainstream Media Displays Major Bias Towards Oil Industry
A new study shows that a majority of mainstream news coverage of the Keystone XL pipeline is positive, routinely giving more time to pro-industry 'experts'.
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ForestEthics Declared "Enemy of the People of Canada" for Criticism of Oil Sands Projects
The claim is made by a young activist, who was fired from ForestEthics after going public with it.
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GOP and Canadian Oil Execs Plot to Revive Keystone XL Pipeline
The Republican Congress is scheming with the oil giant TransCanada to bring back the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline.
