]> http://www.greenedia.com/latest Green Canada Sector - Latest Blog Articles at http://www.greenedia.com en http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/sustainablog/140899?rsstype=latest&cid=68 By Janet Larsenhttp://www.earth-policy.org/Updates/2008/Update76.htmStanding before the United Nations General Assembly in October 1987, Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, President of the Maldives, made an appeal representing an endangered nation. That yea... Mon, 13 Oct 2008 12:31:40 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/sustainablog/140899?rsstype=latest&cid=68 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/the-green-skeptic/140913?rsstype=latest&cid=68 Image by Getty Images via DaylifeFor Canadian Thanksgiving (and because I'm busy with consulting work today and it's a holiday here in the States), I'm going to reblog one of my favorites Canadians Tyler Hamilton's assessment of the Canadian politica... Mon, 13 Oct 2008 09:33:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/the-green-skeptic/140913?rsstype=latest&cid=68 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/140804?rsstype=latest&cid=68 Happy Thanksgiving, Canada! The world can be a crazy place, but we do in the big picture have much to be thankful for. Enjoy the time with family and friends, and a week of turkey dinner leftovers.Today I'll just post a link to my Clean Break... Mon, 13 Oct 2008 08:10:17 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/140804?rsstype=latest&cid=68 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/140708?rsstype=latest&cid=68 By Joseph RommA: It certainly looks that way. When I first posed this question in August, I began my answer: A: Who knows? and It doesn't really matter. Much higher gasoline prices that are sustained for a long, long time are now inevitable... Sat, 11 Oct 2008 15:31:49 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/140708?rsstype=latest&cid=68 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/world-is-changing/140489?rsstype=latest&cid=68 Leaders from the environmental and business communities have released the most comprehensive recommendations yet on the role that forests should play in the next climate change agreement. The Forest Dialogue's Initiative on Forests and Climate Change... Fri, 10 Oct 2008 19:15:11 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/world-is-changing/140489?rsstype=latest&cid=68 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/140446?rsstype=latest&cid=68 Working in the business section of Canada's largest daily newspaper, I have to say it's been tough watching the markets. If you think the U.S. has been getting battered, Canada's commodity-heavy exchanges are getting crushed. So on yet another day th... Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:28:44 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/140446?rsstype=latest&cid=68 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/climate-progress/140469?rsstype=latest&cid=68 If you want to know what the U.S. southwest faces in the coming decades if we don't reverse greenhouse gas emissions trends quickly, just look to Australia:David Jones, the head of climate analysis at the Bureau of Meteorology, said the drought affec... Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:02:35 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/climate-progress/140469?rsstype=latest&cid=68 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/140386?rsstype=latest&cid=68 By Tom PhilpottA few months ago, the smart money was pouring into all things agricultural. Corn was flirting with $8/bushel (up from less than $2 as recently as 2005), hedge funds were snapping up farmland everywhere from the Midwest to Africa, and... Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:05:58 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/140386?rsstype=latest&cid=68 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/140405?rsstype=latest&cid=68 And now, something completely different...Okay, so it's Friday. We're getting ready for the weekend (our Canadian readers are getting ready for Thanksgiving). I think we can take a moment to smile a bit. The photo is from an unknown photographer (let... Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:10:23 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/140405?rsstype=latest&cid=68 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/140673?rsstype=latest&cid=68 And now, something completely different...Okay, so it's Friday. We're getting ready for the weekend (our Canadian readers are getting ready for Thanksgiving). I think we can take a moment to smile a bit. The photo is from an unknown photographer (let... Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:10:23 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/140673?rsstype=latest&cid=68 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/140390?rsstype=latest&cid=68 By David RobertsSpeaking of studies on oil sands, there's another one out of the University of Toronto showing that oil sands will pollute the Great Lakes, reversing decades of cleanup efforts in the region. This expansion promises to bring with ... Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:04:44 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/140390?rsstype=latest&cid=68 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/worldwatch-institute/140344?rsstype=latest&cid=68 Leaders from the environmental and business communities have released the most comprehensive recommendations yet on the role that forests should play in the next climate change agreement. The Forest Dialogue's Initiative on Forests and Climate Change... Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:15:21 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/worldwatch-institute/140344?rsstype=latest&cid=68 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/140325?rsstype=latest&cid=68 I am constantly agog at the shenanigans that go on in Hamilton, Ontario with respect to its historic buildings. Hamilton has everything it needs to be a great small city except leadership and vision. It also has one of the few intact examples of Int... Fri, 10 Oct 2008 10:46:14 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/140325?rsstype=latest&cid=68 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/140685?rsstype=latest&cid=68 I am constantly agog at the shenanigans that go on in Hamilton, Ontario with respect to its historic buildings. Hamilton has everything it needs to be a great small city except leadership and vision. It also has one of the few intact examples of Int... Fri, 10 Oct 2008 10:46:14 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/140685?rsstype=latest&cid=68 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/140266?rsstype=latest&cid=68 The US Department of Transportation (DOT) will establish a new national network of short sea transportation routes to help move cargo across the country in order to cut congestion on some of the nation's busiest roads.The Department's Marine Highw... Fri, 10 Oct 2008 07:47:03 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/140266?rsstype=latest&cid=68 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/world-is-changing/140197?rsstype=latest&cid=68 Is there value in knowledge for the sake of knowledge? My gut says of course, but when the question comes down to dollars and cents and it does, in the case of funding for arts, science, and other often intangible cultural resources -- it's he... Thu, 09 Oct 2008 20:35:41 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/world-is-changing/140197?rsstype=latest&cid=68 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/desmogblog/140190?rsstype=latest&cid=68 If Conservative Party leader Stephen Harper is re-elected next week as Canadian prime minister, he will owe the biggest vote of gratitude to the New Democratic Party and its leader Jack Layton.There has been comment enough about the lack-luster perfo... Thu, 09 Oct 2008 18:11:57 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/desmogblog/140190?rsstype=latest&cid=68 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/desmogblog/140191?rsstype=latest&cid=68 After years in which North America was the leading international holdout against action on climate change, the continental tide appears to have turned -- mostly. Only one leader still stands against the international consensus, Canadian Prime Ministe... Thu, 09 Oct 2008 18:11:11 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/desmogblog/140191?rsstype=latest&cid=68 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/140170?rsstype=latest&cid=68 By David RobertsThe interwebs are abuzz over a new study from RAND Corp., which finds that unconventional liquid fuels like oils sands and liquid coal would dramatically increase greenhouse gas emissions relative to regular oil. In other news, the ea... Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:33:27 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/140170?rsstype=latest&cid=68 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/environmental-graffiti/140123?rsstype=latest&cid=68 Image: Herman ErberrWe're used to seeing stunning images of cascading waterfalls in all their fluid glory, but have you ever wondered how they would look if Jack Frost was let loose on them? Well, you need wait no longer as we have compiled a range o... 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