]> http://www.greenedia.com/tags/manitoba Blog Articles Tagged with 'manitoba' at http://www.greenedia.com en http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/152238?rsstype=tag&tag=manitoba The Premier of the Canadian province of Alberta has announced an Alberta Renewable Fuel Standard, which would require 5% ethanol and 2% biodiesel fuel blends in the province by 2010.Alberta's RFS has the potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions b... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/152238?rsstype=tag&tag=manitoba Fri, 12 Dec 2008 04:26:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/151842?rsstype=tag&tag=manitoba Image from NASAIt's hard sometimes to make heads or tail of all these gloomy predictions -- what with the projected year always changing (just scan through our previous posts on the subject to see what I mean) -- but, for what it's worth, some scient... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/151842?rsstype=tag&tag=manitoba Sun, 07 Dec 2008 11:00:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/nei-nuclear-notes/151601?rsstype=tag&tag=manitoba In The American magazine, Vaclav Smil (a Distinguished Professor at the University of Manitoba) wrote a big idea piece titled Moore's Curse and the Great Energy Delusion (nothing to do with Patrick Moore). Smil's piece rebuts Al Gore's claim that... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/nei-nuclear-notes/151601?rsstype=tag&tag=manitoba Thu, 04 Dec 2008 14:10:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/world-is-changing/143503?rsstype=tag&tag=manitoba By Peter ter WeemeWith all of the attention placed on the global financial crisis of recent weeks, I've been worrying about whether environmental issues, particularly actions to tackle climate change, are falling off the public agenda. A major announ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/world-is-changing/143503?rsstype=tag&tag=manitoba Wed, 22 Oct 2008 14:00:45 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/141072?rsstype=tag&tag=manitoba By Joseph RommA new study in Nature Geoscience ($ub. req'd, abstract below) projects that a warming of 4 degrees C causes a 40 percent loss of soil organic carbon from the shallow peat and 86 percent from the deep peat of Northern peatlands. And ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/141072?rsstype=tag&tag=manitoba Mon, 13 Oct 2008 20:14:58 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-tech-blog/138769?rsstype=tag&tag=manitoba The City of Fresno in California think's not very green' at all and is proposing to buy back' lawns from home owners in an effort to stop people pouring the States' precious water resources all over them. This is part of an Urban Water Managem... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-tech-blog/138769?rsstype=tag&tag=manitoba Sat, 04 Oct 2008 18:07:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/130308?rsstype=tag&tag=manitoba Image source: Manitoba HarvestWhile the US is still the only developed nation where growing hemp is illegal, you can buy products manufactured with hemp here and this week I tried out some products by Manitoba Harvest, based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Ca... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/130308?rsstype=tag&tag=manitoba Wed, 03 Sep 2008 15:17:00 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/world-is-changing/128834?rsstype=tag&tag=manitoba By WorldChanging Canada writer Rod Edwards. The Grizzly bear's Latin name captures its place in popular culture: fierce symbol of untamed wilderness, Ursus arctos horribilis. Among carnivorous North American land mammals, the grizzly is second in siz... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/world-is-changing/128834?rsstype=tag&tag=manitoba Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:39:01 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/128114?rsstype=tag&tag=manitoba By Guest author The following is a guest essay from Peter Montague, executive director of the Environmental Research Foundation. ----- Vaclav Smil is a historian of technical advances -- particularly in the field of energy -- and a Distinguished P... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/128114?rsstype=tag&tag=manitoba Mon, 25 Aug 2008 14:20:02 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/128044?rsstype=tag&tag=manitoba photo by Laura via flickrIt's been about two months since T. Boone Pickens unveiled The Pickens Plan to wean the United States off foreign oil imports and transition our energy infrastructure towards more wind power for electricity and more natural g... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/128044?rsstype=tag&tag=manitoba Mon, 25 Aug 2008 12:07:49 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/triple-pundit/127783?rsstype=tag&tag=manitoba Manitoba Hydro, the Canadian gas and electricity company, has started a large scale project to get its customers to use biomass to fuel both heat and power systems. The company targets 250 of its agricultural and industrial customers with the Bioener... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/triple-pundit/127783?rsstype=tag&tag=manitoba Sat, 23 Aug 2008 06:30:43 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/earth-911/127629?rsstype=tag&tag=manitoba A new survey out of Canada reports that 58 percent of Canadians recycle and manage their waste properly. Two different Canadian provinces, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, reported participation rates of 70 percent.The Angus Reid Strategies-conducted surve... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/earth-911/127629?rsstype=tag&tag=manitoba Fri, 22 Aug 2008 12:31:31 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/119918?rsstype=tag&tag=manitoba By Eric de PlaceOntario officially joins the Western Climate Initiative as a full partner. Sweet. Some Americans may not fully realize the significance of this. So for my fellow Yankees (and with apologies to readers north of the border) ... Ontar... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/119918?rsstype=tag&tag=manitoba Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:37:10 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/sierra-club/110075?rsstype=tag&tag=manitoba San Francisco -- No, I'm not referring to how the rest of the world views George Bush's United States. Nor even to how Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama fans feel about each other. Today's question is why the American right hates polar bears.Not all c... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/sierra-club/110075?rsstype=tag&tag=manitoba Fri, 06 Jun 2008 18:01:53 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/97452?rsstype=tag&tag=manitoba William Vanderson, Getty ImagesThe idea of edible packaging has been around for a while; TreeHugger has shown a few starch-based ideas. However, most break down in the presence of water so they have to be made fairly thick. At the University of Manit... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/treehugger/97452?rsstype=tag&tag=manitoba Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:23:30 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/95864?rsstype=tag&tag=manitoba Waterloo, Ontario-based Arise Technologies Corp. announced this week that it plans to build a high-purity silicon production plant by 2011 that will supply up to 10,000 tonnes a year to the solar industry, including its own PV cell production facilit... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/clean-break/95864?rsstype=tag&tag=manitoba Sat, 12 Apr 2008 10:01:09 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/desmogblog/93998?rsstype=tag&tag=manitoba This is Day 3 of my series In Search of Al Gore: A Climate Pilgrimage. Getting connected in Sioux Lookout6:30 p.m. CST: There was a story in the paper today about UK kids having panic attacks when they lose a signal for their cell phones. I feel the... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/desmogblog/93998?rsstype=tag&tag=manitoba Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:34:10 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/desmogblog/94037?rsstype=tag&tag=manitoba This is Day 3 of my series In Search of Al Gore: A Climate Pilgrimage. Getting connected in Sioux Lookout6:30 p.m. CST: There was a story in the paper today about UK kids having panic attacks when they lose a signal for their cell phones. I feel the... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/desmogblog/94037?rsstype=tag&tag=manitoba Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:34:10 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/desmogblog/93642?rsstype=tag&tag=manitoba This is Day 3 of my series In Search of Al Gore: A Climate Pilgrimage. Message to VIA: This is not especially practical Actually, the message is to other travellers who may think they can mix business with VIA. Not ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/desmogblog/93642?rsstype=tag&tag=manitoba Tue, 01 Apr 2008 23:49:35 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/desmogblog/94004?rsstype=tag&tag=manitoba This is Day 3 of my series In Search of Al Gore: A Climate Pilgrimage. Message to VIA: This is not especially practical Actually, the message is to other travellers who may think they can mix business with VIA. Not ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/desmogblog/94004?rsstype=tag&tag=manitoba Tue, 01 Apr 2008 23:49:35 -0400