]> http://www.greenedia.com/latest Green Canada Sector - Latest Blog Articles at http://www.greenedia.com en http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/190051?rsstype=latest&cid=68 Image: bikndFor all those times you wish you could have brought your bike with you on the train, bus or plane, now there is Biknd Helium. The Helium bike case is not quite lighter than air, but definitely lighter than a standard hard case, weighing i... Sun, 14 Mar 2010 13:00:05 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/190051?rsstype=latest&cid=68 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/desmogblog/190165?rsstype=latest&cid=68 A new Gallup poll shows that compared to three years ago, twice as many Americans believe that global warming's consequences are exaggerated.And in just the last year, there has been an increase in skepticism from 41% to 48%.The chart above shows a n... Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:06:01 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/desmogblog/190165?rsstype=latest&cid=68 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/atomic-insights/189728?rsstype=latest&cid=68 A good friend asked me the title question for this blog during the week. The question intrigued me enough to encourage some digging and computations. I would be interested in any questions that you have about the assumptions.Based on reading a number... Sat, 13 Mar 2010 14:15:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/atomic-insights/189728?rsstype=latest&cid=68 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/189849?rsstype=latest&cid=68 Ford's all-new, purpose-built Police Interceptor will offer two powertrain options. A 3.5-liter V-6 engine delivering at least 263 hp (196 kW) and E85 compatibility is 25% more efficient than the 4.6-liter Single Overhead Cam (SOHC) V-8 offered in th... Sat, 13 Mar 2010 08:00:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/189849?rsstype=latest&cid=68 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/atomic-insights/189729?rsstype=latest&cid=68 As a sworn defender of the Constitution of the United States, I believe in the importance of making decisions at the right level. Our Constitution does a wonderful job of assigning limited powers to the federal government while reserving the remainin... Sat, 13 Mar 2010 05:44:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/atomic-insights/189729?rsstype=latest&cid=68 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/190074?rsstype=latest&cid=68 Photos by Lloyd AlterWith the constant rewiring of the internet, deferred maintenance and the inevitable freeze-thaw cycle, you need good teeth to ride in Toronto bike lanes; otherwise they are shaken out of your skull. The Urban Repair Squad to the ... Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:09:50 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/190074?rsstype=latest&cid=68 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/climate-progress/190043?rsstype=latest&cid=68 China finds itself awash in wind turbine factoriesChina's massive investment in wind turbines, fueled by its government's renewable energy goals, has caused the value of the turbines to tumble more than 30 percent from 2004 levels, the vice president... Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:42:01 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/climate-progress/190043?rsstype=latest&cid=68 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/189860?rsstype=latest&cid=68 Devon Energy Corporation has entered into agreements to sell all of its assets in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico, Brazil and Azerbaijan to BP for $7.0 billion in cash. In addition, BP will assume Devon's leases of the Seadrill West Sirius and Transocea... Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:21:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/189860?rsstype=latest&cid=68 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/189753?rsstype=latest&cid=68 I received an e-mail today from a guy in Waterloo, Ontario, who is on a hunger strike until the opposition federal Liberals or Conservative government publicly commit to passing Bill C-311, the Climate Change Accountability Act, which would commit Ca... Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:48:36 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/189753?rsstype=latest&cid=68 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/189754?rsstype=latest&cid=68 Check out this story of mine in MIT Technology Review about Sundrop Fuels, a Colorado startup that's trying to commercialize a process that uses the sun to gasify biomass, instead of burning a portion of the biomass itself to drive the gasification p... Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:48:36 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/189754?rsstype=latest&cid=68 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/metaefficient/190102?rsstype=latest&cid=68 Now that the e-bike market is maturing in the U.S., I think we'll be seeing some sophisticated electric bikes released this year. Here are three intriguing e-bikes that have become available so far:The Eneloop E-Bike by Sanyo Eneloop E-BikeSanyo has... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:53:22 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/metaefficient/190102?rsstype=latest&cid=68 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/world-is-changing/190208?rsstype=latest&cid=68 A climate action lesson from Denmark There's been a lot of ambitious talk lately about carbon neutrality. It's exciting stuff, but it's worth pausing to consider just how huge that challenge is. And what, precisely, does it mean? Zero emissions, or... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:08:54 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/world-is-changing/190208?rsstype=latest&cid=68 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/desmogblog/190168?rsstype=latest&cid=68 car-off-cliff.jpg In a wonderfully silly update of the (Canadian newspaper the) National Post's campaign of climate change denial, columnist Lorne Gunther (picked up here in the Edmonton Journal) arg... Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:49:41 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/desmogblog/190168?rsstype=latest&cid=68 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/world-is-changing/190216?rsstype=latest&cid=68 (February 2010)Top stories from our Canadian blog:On-street rumble strips for bike paths removing barriers to active transportation in the Winter City Rod Edwards The best idea I heard was to use rumble strips make the strip as wide as the ... Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:28:31 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/world-is-changing/190216?rsstype=latest&cid=68 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/metaefficient/189533?rsstype=latest&cid=68 Ovopur Blanc Water FilterI've been testing an Ovopur water filter from Aquaovo, a company based in Montreal. This filter is certainly the most attractive I've come across. My eye is often drawn to its porcelain ovoid shape sitting in my ktichen. I'... Sat, 06 Mar 2010 23:51:14 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/metaefficient/189533?rsstype=latest&cid=68 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/desmogblog/189598?rsstype=latest&cid=68 berman campbell.jpg There's nothing mainstream media loves more than the spectacle of environmentalists ripping one another limb from limb. Witness, for example, the CBC Vancouver Early Edition inter... Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:14:59 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/desmogblog/189598?rsstype=latest&cid=68 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/189516?rsstype=latest&cid=68 Image: YoutubeCool Statistic of the DayWho knew a hockey game could be so energy-intensive? According to the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) that oversee's the power grid in Ontario and balances supply and demand, the final hockey game... Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:51:35 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/189516?rsstype=latest&cid=68 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/climate-progress/189480?rsstype=latest&cid=68 Researchers hope to harness energy from office windowsA project from the Center for Architecture Science and Ecology would use office windows as solar power generators by focusing the sun's rays.The integrated concentrating dynamic solar facade ... Fri, 05 Mar 2010 10:45:13 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/climate-progress/189480?rsstype=latest&cid=68 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/environmental-graffiti/189642?rsstype=latest&cid=68 Tall spires rise with the first rays of the sun over a blanket of white, carefully poking through a dense cloud cover. Surreal? Yes. Photoshopped? Never. Just the incredible interplay of fog, skyscrapers and sunlight that seems to play tricks with ou... Thu, 04 Mar 2010 11:19:26 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/environmental-graffiti/189642?rsstype=latest&cid=68 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/worldwatch-institute/189613?rsstype=latest&cid=68 For the past five years, Worldwatch has explored the history, production method, and environmental and social impacts of everyday products - from chopsticks to pencils - in the Life-Cycle Studies section of its bi-monthly magazine, World Watch. This... 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