]> http://www.greenedia.com/popular/articles/green-canada Green Canada - Today's Popular Articles at http://www.greenedia.com en http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/nei-nuclear-notes/78457?rsstype=populararticles&cid=68 Details from the Canadian Press.... Mon, 21 Jan 2008 11:04:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/nei-nuclear-notes/78457?rsstype=populararticles&cid=68 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/77890?rsstype=populararticles&cid=68 By David RobertsKevin Grandia has the skinny on Alberta (it's in Canada) Premier Ed Stelmach's visit to D.C. to shill for tar sands and to fight the myth that the environmental cost of the oilsands is too high. Below is Stelmach with a very persp... Thu, 17 Jan 2008 13:55:08 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/77890?rsstype=populararticles&cid=68 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/77854?rsstype=populararticles&cid=68 On several occasions we have posted about the coming Texification of the US Upper Midwest, a process set into motion by piping Alberta Tar Sands crude oil southward, through Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Illinois. Plans now include piping the ... Thu, 17 Jan 2008 07:39:30 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/77854?rsstype=populararticles&cid=68 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/77519?rsstype=populararticles&cid=68 The real estate crisis in most of America has not hit New York yet, so they can still make fun of all-glass buildings and overpriced condos. But how does a New York agent sell a reno of a brownfield project? Andy Borowitz writes:BRING YOUR ARCHITECT ... Tue, 15 Jan 2008 17:10:46 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/77519?rsstype=populararticles&cid=68 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/77417?rsstype=populararticles&cid=68 OK, yurts are no longer a bad hippie joke; they are light and efficient and a viable alternative to traditional construction. We have shown traditional Mongolian yurts, learned from David Masters that living in a yurt is quite comfortable, and seen ... Tue, 15 Jan 2008 11:43:51 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/77417?rsstype=populararticles&cid=68 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/77251?rsstype=populararticles&cid=68 By Sarah van Schagen As our resident foodie Tom Philpott noted a few weeks ago, the bitches behind Skinny Bitch -- a no-nonsense, tough-love guide for savvy girls who want to stop eating crap and start looking fabulous -- are back. Tomorrow ... Mon, 14 Jan 2008 18:32:48 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/77251?rsstype=populararticles&cid=68 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/great-green-goods/77274?rsstype=populararticles&cid=68 Recycled CircuitboardsMade from recycled circuit boards available in lots of cool colors. 18.95 at Boys Stuff [via Jolly Green Blogger] Recycled CircuitboardsFrom artist, Debby Arem, snazzy circular shaped cufflinks made from recycled circuit b... Mon, 14 Jan 2008 18:24:02 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/great-green-goods/77274?rsstype=populararticles&cid=68 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/biopact-blog/76791?rsstype=populararticles&cid=68 A new report released today by the British Columbia Pulp and Paper Task Force warns that the Canadian province's pulp and paper industry is falling behind its competitors in Europe and requires strategic reinvestments and sound public policy if it is... Fri, 11 Jan 2008 09:00:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/biopact-blog/76791?rsstype=populararticles&cid=68 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/climate-progress/76797?rsstype=populararticles&cid=68 From Hell and High Water (paperback now available on Amazon):Obviously, if you get drought indices like these, there's no adaptation that's possible. David Rind, NASA climate scientist, 2005 We're showing warming and earlier springs tying in with... Fri, 11 Jan 2008 08:35:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/climate-progress/76797?rsstype=populararticles&cid=68 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/76555?rsstype=populararticles&cid=68 SunEthanol Inc., a biofuels company founded to commercialize consolidated bio-processing (CBP) technology based on the Q Microbe (Clostridium phytofermentans) (earlier post), announced that Dr. Sarad Parekh has joined as the company's Vice Pres... Thu, 10 Jan 2008 03:05:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/76555?rsstype=populararticles&cid=68 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/76245?rsstype=populararticles&cid=68 Hamilton, Ontario should be a great city; it has geography (a great location close to the border, a great big harbour that is now quite beautiful) topography (a nice mountain that keeps it from being boring) a major university and great transportat... Tue, 08 Jan 2008 14:56:25 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/76245?rsstype=populararticles&cid=68 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory//?rsstype=populararticles&cid=68 ... Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory//?rsstype=populararticles&cid=68 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/76090?rsstype=populararticles&cid=68 A price on carbon should be accompanied by other policies such as transportation regulations for maximum reductions, according to the report. DCT = downstream cap-and-trade; UCT = upstream cap-and-trade; DCT with carbon tax (CTax) includes complement... Mon, 07 Jan 2008 20:50:17 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/76090?rsstype=populararticles&cid=68 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/dateline-earth/76094?rsstype=populararticles&cid=68 The U.S. Supreme Court refused today to hear a case in which Canadian mining giant Teck Cominco claimed it could not be sued in U.S. courts by members of the Colville Confederated Tribes to enforce an order issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection... Mon, 07 Jan 2008 20:10:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/dateline-earth/76094?rsstype=populararticles&cid=68 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/76019?rsstype=populararticles&cid=68 Getting better efficiency out of a car through good aerodynamics is certainly not a new idea; Bucky Fuller did it in the Dymaxion car and Chrysler did it with the Airflow. However before either of them, Harry Stevinson of Bashaw, Alberta took a junk... Mon, 07 Jan 2008 13:06:40 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/76019?rsstype=populararticles&cid=68 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/76021?rsstype=populararticles&cid=68 Photo Credit Edward MasseryThere are so many missing teeth, so many vacant lots in so much of rust belt North America. We showed how Superk l took back a sketchy main street store in Toronto for their live/work space; Now Azure Magazine shows us ho... Mon, 07 Jan 2008 11:46:55 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/76021?rsstype=populararticles&cid=68 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/climate-progress/75927?rsstype=populararticles&cid=68 The book that gave birth to ClimateProgress, Hell and High Water: The Global Warming Solution, will be out in paperback tomorrow, Tuesday. [I'll use the Amazon link when it comes online.]Yes, you may notice a new subtitle from the hardcover I l... Mon, 07 Jan 2008 08:11:35 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/climate-progress/75927?rsstype=populararticles&cid=68 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/75778?rsstype=populararticles&cid=68 This Grist interview is half a year old, but given Barack Obama's recent win in Iowa, it's worth revisiting his position on the environment and energy. The interview reveals someone who doesn't just pay lip service to these issues, but who understand... Sat, 05 Jan 2008 13:12:07 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/75778?rsstype=populararticles&cid=68 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/75678?rsstype=populararticles&cid=68 By Anna FaheyForests have gained a lot of attention in the climate change conversation because of their ability to suck carbon out of the atmosphere. Individuals can buy reforestation offsets on the internet. There's talk of including credits for c... Fri, 04 Jan 2008 18:22:47 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/75678?rsstype=populararticles&cid=68 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/75634?rsstype=populararticles&cid=68 Construction of China's first third-generation nuclear plant, the Sanmen power plant, will begin in March, according to the State Nuclear Power Technology Company (SNPTC).The plant is expected to generate power by August 2013, and will become the wor... Fri, 04 Jan 2008 14:19:04 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/75634?rsstype=populararticles&cid=68 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/75719?rsstype=populararticles&cid=68 The Vancouver Sun reports on the state of the pulp and paper sector in British Columbia, Canada. The Report by the big guys at PriceWaterhouse Coopers says that greenhouse gas emissions from manufacturing have been reduced by 62 per cent since 1990.... Fri, 04 Jan 2008 11:36:09 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/75719?rsstype=populararticles&cid=68 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/environmental-economics/75584?rsstype=populararticles&cid=68 More dire predicitions as a result of bad energy policies. From the Financial Post: A new crisis is emerging, a global food catastrophe that will reach further and be more crippling than anything the world has ever seen. The credit crunch and the r... Fri, 04 Jan 2008 11:13:52 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/environmental-economics/75584?rsstype=populararticles&cid=68 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory//?rsstype=populararticles&cid=68 ... Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory//?rsstype=populararticles&cid=68 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/biopact-blog/75416?rsstype=populararticles&cid=68 An international study investigating the carbon sink capacity of northern terrestrial ecosystems discovered that the duration of the net carbon uptake period (CUP) has on average decreased due to warmer autumn temperatures.This seems counter-intuitiv... Thu, 03 Jan 2008 08:50:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/biopact-blog/75416?rsstype=populararticles&cid=68 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/desmogblog/74997?rsstype=populararticles&cid=68 The energy lobbyist and Canada's climate change Denier-in-Chief, Tom Harris, has stopped presenting himself as Executive Director of the Natural Resources Stewardship Project , suggesting that the organization we like to refer to as Not Really Sc... Mon, 31 Dec 2007 15:08:54 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/desmogblog/74997?rsstype=populararticles&cid=68 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/74977?rsstype=populararticles&cid=68 By Tom PhilpottThe greening of the U.S. of A. still has a ways to go. We're plundering Canada's tar sands and mining the Midwest's topsoil to keep our cars on the road. We lay waste to ton after ton of Chinese coal to fuel our cheap-stuff habit. And ... Mon, 31 Dec 2007 12:54:49 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/74977?rsstype=populararticles&cid=68 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/biopact-blog/74961?rsstype=populararticles&cid=68 China's Ministry of Finance announced on Sunday that it would levy export taxes on wheat, corn, rice, soybeans and various processed grains in 2008. The move is aimed at limiting grain exports and to reign in surging domestic prices, which have drive... Mon, 31 Dec 2007 08:06:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/biopact-blog/74961?rsstype=populararticles&cid=68 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/74939?rsstype=populararticles&cid=68 SunPine's tall oil process produces either crude tall diesel for hydroprocessing at a refinery or standard biodiesel. Click to enlarge.SunPine AB is planning to build a production plant in Pite , Sweden to convert crude tall oil (CTO) either to ... Mon, 31 Dec 2007 07:00:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/74939?rsstype=populararticles&cid=68 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/terrablog/74907?rsstype=populararticles&cid=68 A reader once criticized us for not writing enough about bicycles. It's true: we don't write enough about bicycles. Not sure why this is. Not topical enough? ( Breaking: bicycles still the most efficient mode of transportation known to man. ) But it'... Sun, 30 Dec 2007 14:26:54 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/terrablog/74907?rsstype=populararticles&cid=68 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/74896?rsstype=populararticles&cid=68 The City of Yellowknife, Canada is considering using heat extracted from a recently-closed gold mine to warm its buildings. Early in 2008, Yellowknife will formally study what could eventually become Canada's first large-scale geothermal heat plant.T... Sun, 30 Dec 2007 08:38:56 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/74896?rsstype=populararticles&cid=68 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory//?rsstype=populararticles&cid=68 ... Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory//?rsstype=populararticles&cid=68 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/74761?rsstype=populararticles&cid=68 It's like shooting fish in an overcrowded BC fish farm, picking out our favourite greenwashers of the year, all part of our series about the Best of 2007.1)The ultimate in greenwashing chutzpah for the year goes to the Fur Council of Canada for their... Fri, 28 Dec 2007 14:53:27 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/74761?rsstype=populararticles&cid=68 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/74751?rsstype=populararticles&cid=68 By biodiversivistI've been experimenting with audio books, not only because they may one day replace the tree-eating variety, but also because I like the idea of listening to a book while performing other less entertaining tasks. Meetings fit that de... Fri, 28 Dec 2007 14:41:57 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/74751?rsstype=populararticles&cid=68 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/74768?rsstype=populararticles&cid=68 What does BP stand for these days? Beyond Propaganda? ByeBye Planet? Bad Pollution? We just aren't certain anymore, now that it is spending $3 billion to buy into the stupid fuel, oil from the Alberta Tar Sands, global warming's new Ground Zero. Eac... Fri, 28 Dec 2007 11:50:22 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/74768?rsstype=populararticles&cid=68 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/greenpeace-weblogs/74643?rsstype=populararticles&cid=68 Greenpeace/Jiri Rezac Clive - medicCanadaMy name is Clive and I am from Victoria on Vancouver Island in Canada. I am the ships' doctor and my main responsibility is the health of the expedition crew. However on the ship I spend most of my time wo... Thu, 27 Dec 2007 22:32:57 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/greenpeace-weblogs/74643?rsstype=populararticles&cid=68 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/74621?rsstype=populararticles&cid=68 How did we miss this? Evidently when Canada's environment minister was being a complete obstructionist jerk in Bali, Al Gore called the country out with a pointed hockey analogy that is not quite Bob Dylan's You don't have to be a weatherman to kno... Thu, 27 Dec 2007 18:00:14 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/74621?rsstype=populararticles&cid=68 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory//?rsstype=populararticles&cid=68 ... Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory//?rsstype=populararticles&cid=68 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/74589?rsstype=populararticles&cid=68 By John McGrathMartin Wolf makes what I think is a really bad argument in the Financial Times:We live in a positive-sum world economy and have done so for about two centuries. This, I believe, is why democracy has become a political norm, empires... Thu, 27 Dec 2007 12:23:29 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/74589?rsstype=populararticles&cid=68 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/74548?rsstype=populararticles&cid=68 Linda Nusdorfer, centre, stands by the bedside of Michelle Babineau at Toronto General Hospital; Lucas Oleniuk Toronto StarOn Christmas eve, Megan Ogilvie wrote in the Star about Michelle Babineau, who has been in Toronto General for seven months, re... Wed, 26 Dec 2007 18:29:09 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/74548?rsstype=populararticles&cid=68 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/74446?rsstype=populararticles&cid=68 Some of our readers may recall the Rifle Colorado-area oil shale extraction projects of the 1970's (map of area pictured). Reduced oil prices following the OPEC boycott, impacts of saline water discharges, and high operating costs resulted in a virt... Wed, 26 Dec 2007 10:24:43 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/74446?rsstype=populararticles&cid=68 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/74448?rsstype=populararticles&cid=68 In the UK, Canada, Australia and much of the old British Commonwealth, it is a statutory holiday today, Boxing Day, where servants who had to work serving Christmas got to take home boxes of leftovers to eat with their family. In some parts of the Co... Wed, 26 Dec 2007 08:27:40 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/74448?rsstype=populararticles&cid=68 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/biopact-blog/74411?rsstype=populararticles&cid=68 The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) reacts to the new renewable fuel standard (RFS) contained in the U.S. Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, which calls for the production of a massive 36 billion gallons of biofuels by 2022 (prev... Wed, 26 Dec 2007 05:17:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/biopact-blog/74411?rsstype=populararticles&cid=68 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/74363?rsstype=populararticles&cid=68 CN (Canadian National Railway Company) is acquiring the Athabasca Northern Railway Ltd. (ANY), which has the rail link to the oil sands region of northern Alberta. CN's purchase and rail-line rehabilitation plan are premised on long-term traffic volu... Tue, 25 Dec 2007 09:30:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/74363?rsstype=populararticles&cid=68 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/biopact-blog/74366?rsstype=populararticles&cid=68 The IEA Bioenergy Task 40 has released a comprehensive study titled Global Wood Pellets Markets and Industry: Policy Drivers, Market Status and Raw Material [*.pdf], which covers the recent market and industry developments over the last decade fo... Tue, 25 Dec 2007 07:39:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/biopact-blog/74366?rsstype=populararticles&cid=68 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/inhabitat/74321?rsstype=populararticles&cid=68 The good green folks at the University of British Columbia have an ingenious sustainable gingerbread house design project going on right now. Terry, a sustainability project at UBC (Vancouver, Canada) is sponsoring Bake For A Change, a gingerbread ho... Mon, 24 Dec 2007 14:51:27 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/inhabitat/74321?rsstype=populararticles&cid=68 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/74311?rsstype=populararticles&cid=68 Ken Ferguson runs a film studio but is trying to change the transient and short-term nature of the industry. I've been going around for years saying: Guys, close the doors. Guys, turn off your engines. Guys, why are you throwing all this food away?'... Mon, 24 Dec 2007 11:05:41 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/74311?rsstype=populararticles&cid=68 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/74313?rsstype=populararticles&cid=68 photo credit AndyscameraIt has been over a week since Toronto got hit with two feet of snow, but the bike lanes are still impassable. That's because the city decided to plough the roads (pushing it into the bike lanes) but not remove the snow to save... Mon, 24 Dec 2007 10:33:46 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/74313?rsstype=populararticles&cid=68 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/74270?rsstype=populararticles&cid=68 Bollor and Pininfarina are teaming up to create a 50/50 joint venture to produce a full electric vehicle to be marketed under the Pininfarina brand. The vehicle will be a four-seater, powered by a lithium-metal polymer (LMP) battery developed by Bo... Mon, 24 Dec 2007 09:39:35 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/74270?rsstype=populararticles&cid=68 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-edge-news/74296?rsstype=populararticles&cid=68 The Ripley Wind Power Project, a $176 million joint venture project between Acciona Energy and Suncor Energy Products Inc. began generating power on November 24, sending electricity to Ontario's Independent Electricity System Operator.... Mon, 24 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-edge-news/74296?rsstype=populararticles&cid=68 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/solar-intelligence/74228?rsstype=populararticles&cid=68 Music soars in the land of sadness article from: TheStar.comPalestinian violist unites musicians of all faiths for Christmas concert in tiny Christian outpostDecember 23, 2007Oakland Ross; Middle East BureauTAYBEH, West Bank The concert commenced ... 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