]> http://www.greenedia.com/tags/canada Blog Articles Tagged with 'canada' at http://www.greenedia.com en http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/150947?rsstype=tag&tag=canada Percentage of respondents ranking climate change higher than global economy. Click to enlarge.The results of a new global survey released by the HSBC Climate Partnership show that consumers want governments to stop haggling on carbon concessions and ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/150947?rsstype=tag&tag=canada Sun, 30 Nov 2008 11:55:59 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/151187?rsstype=tag&tag=canada Just after the Canadian election last month we imagined the Liberal leader going to the Governor General and saying: Climate change is too important for petty politics. The four parties with strong pro-environment, pro-Kyoto platforms got 61% of the ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/151187?rsstype=tag&tag=canada Sun, 30 Nov 2008 10:22:16 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/151191?rsstype=tag&tag=canada Photo from Indonesia: Greenpeace activists working with locals to halt drainage by constructing dams on peatlands. This will prevent the peatland from drying out and releasing carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.Peat-forming wetlands are an estimated ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/151191?rsstype=tag&tag=canada Sun, 30 Nov 2008 05:24:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/triple-pundit/151107?rsstype=tag&tag=canada Apologies for the delay in delivering this weekly wrap up! I am still recovering from my Tryptophan haze. This was a big week in sustainable business news! Read on for the biggest stories: Five Reasons You Should Consider Generating Your Own Green ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/triple-pundit/151107?rsstype=tag&tag=canada Sat, 29 Nov 2008 15:15:09 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/150950?rsstype=tag&tag=canada T3 Motion, the provider of a three-wheel electric vehicle to the public safety and private security markets, has contracted for 4,000 e-ZONE low-speed electric vehicles from Korea-based CT&T for sale to police departments in the US for use in applica... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/150950?rsstype=tag&tag=canada Sat, 29 Nov 2008 11:44:23 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/150857?rsstype=tag&tag=canada Wow, who would have guessed that Canadian politics could be this exciting? For the benefit of my American readers who are enjoying Thanksgiving holidays, here's a little update from Canada.It seems the opposition Liberals, the New Democrats and the s... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/150857?rsstype=tag&tag=canada Fri, 28 Nov 2008 13:31:14 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/150966?rsstype=tag&tag=canada The Province of British Columbia, Canada (BC) has filed a legal brief with the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in support of California's legal challenge to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which denied a waiver to ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/150966?rsstype=tag&tag=canada Thu, 27 Nov 2008 11:45:06 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/greenpeace-weblogs/151130?rsstype=tag&tag=canada Yesterday we saw how the nuclear reactor builders in the US can t or won t launch new projects without government loan guarantees. We also saw how the loan guarantee system actually financially penalises the government should important decisions ab... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/greenpeace-weblogs/151130?rsstype=tag&tag=canada Thu, 27 Nov 2008 08:06:37 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/greenpeace-weblogs/151131?rsstype=tag&tag=canada Some other stories from the nuclear industry you may have missed:The Japan Times: Rokkasho plant too dangerous, costly: expert Japan's plan to reprocess and recycle spent nuclear fuel in a reprocessing plant in the village of Rokkasho, Aomori Prefec... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/greenpeace-weblogs/151131?rsstype=tag&tag=canada Thu, 27 Nov 2008 07:39:54 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/150858?rsstype=tag&tag=canada Back in February 2007 General Electric announced that it had made key advancements in the development of a high-efficiency incandescent (HEI) light bulb that would be as efficient as a compact fluorescent bulb (CFLs) but without the mercury and with... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/150858?rsstype=tag&tag=canada Wed, 26 Nov 2008 18:28:29 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/ecogeek/151283?rsstype=tag&tag=canada A team of researchers from the University of Maryland posed the following question: what would happen if we were to literally blanket huge swaths of land in wind farms? Could we change the weather? The short answer is yes, if you build an absurdly ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/ecogeek/151283?rsstype=tag&tag=canada Wed, 26 Nov 2008 08:40:53 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/greenpeace-weblogs/151134?rsstype=tag&tag=canada Some other stories from the nuclear industry you may have missed:The Seattle Times: Wash. sues feds over Hanford cleanup Washington state is suing the federal government to seek a faster cleanup of the Hanford nuclear reservation, after nearly 18 mo... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/greenpeace-weblogs/151134?rsstype=tag&tag=canada Wed, 26 Nov 2008 08:12:53 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/world-is-changing/151355?rsstype=tag&tag=canada Photo credit: International Boreal Conservation Campaign Original and remaining intact forests of the world - the Boreal Forest in Canada contains 25% of the world's last intact forests This summer, after receiving an insistent letter from more than ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/world-is-changing/151355?rsstype=tag&tag=canada Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:14:43 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/sustainablog/151242?rsstype=tag&tag=canada By Jonathan G. DornWith the dramatic increase in oil prices earlier this year translating into higher prices at the gas pump in the United States, concerns over U.S. dependence on foreign oil are once again part of the national discussion on energy s... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/sustainablog/151242?rsstype=tag&tag=canada Tue, 25 Nov 2008 12:01:22 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/150819?rsstype=tag&tag=canada Over the past weekend I picked up one of the new HP Mini 1000 netbooks. As much as I love my HP DV6000 entertainment laptop with its massive 17 screen, it is heavy (12 cell battery), near impossible to work with on an airplane without paying for... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/alec-saunders-log/150819?rsstype=tag&tag=canada Tue, 25 Nov 2008 08:01:08 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/150298?rsstype=tag&tag=canada The Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE announced that 22 contenders have been elevated to Registered Team status in the $10-million competition designed to inspire a new generation of viable, super fuel-efficient vehicles.This first wave of Reg... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/150298?rsstype=tag&tag=canada Sat, 22 Nov 2008 07:21:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/terrablog/151103?rsstype=tag&tag=canada by Guest Post Last week, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger invited hundreds of the most influential leaders in climate issues from more than 50 states, provinces and countries to Los Angeles for the Governor's Global Climate Summit. Not only did he inv... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/terrablog/151103?rsstype=tag&tag=canada Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:55:22 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/150315?rsstype=tag&tag=canada Better Place introduced a second EV prototype to work with its infrastructure: the Better Place Rogue, based on the Nissan Rogue crossover SUV. Click to enlarge.San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed and Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/150315?rsstype=tag&tag=canada Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:53:32 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/nei-nuclear-notes/150328?rsstype=tag&tag=canada Romania has pulled together a pretty impressive group of energy suppiers - including ArcelorMittal, CEZ, GDF Suez, Enel, Iberdrola and RWE Power - in order to knock together two new nuclear units to join the units at the Canadian built Cernavoda. ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/nei-nuclear-notes/150328?rsstype=tag&tag=canada Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:36:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/greenpeace-weblogs/150521?rsstype=tag&tag=canada The nuclear industry has been in Port Hope Ontario for 70 years and its environmental impacts continue to divide the community. We may not hear about it often in national and international newspapers, but local groups are fighting their exposure to r... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/greenpeace-weblogs/150521?rsstype=tag&tag=canada Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:24:37 -0500