The Ontario government recently announced that a patch Canada’s boreal forest twice the size of England will be protected. The De-Smog Blog describes the greatness of the boreal forest and what the recent announcement means.
Canada’s Boreal Forest is important when it comes to global warming and greenhouse gas emissions. Canada’s Boreal forest is [...]
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Preserving Canada’s Boreal Forest
July 31, 2008 – 11:14 am
Ontario Electronic Waste Program
July 10, 2008 – 9:27 am
Starting in April 2009 people living in the Canadian province of Ontario will start paying a levy on electronic products that are costly to recycle. These added fees will go to fund the expensive recycling procedures for electronics, while also expanding the program.
The fees will go to an arm’s-length organization established by Waste Diversion Ontario [...]
B.C. Carbon Tax Begins
July 2, 2008 – 9:51 am
Burning gas is a sure way to destroy the environement, and the province of British Columbia is joining other parts of the world by taxing this bad practice. B.C. has started to tax gasoline purchases at the pump - the first Canadian province to do so.
The carbon tax, introduced in the Feb. 19 budget, taxes [...]
Spinning Energy from a Tornado
June 26, 2008 – 10:08 am
We’ve looked at tornadoes as possible energy sources before, and now Live Science has an article on the Canadian engineer with the swirling energy idea.
Tornadoes and hurricanes form when sun-heated air near the surface rises and displaces cooler air above. As outside air rushes in to replace the rising air, the whole mass begins to [...]
U.S. War Deserters Welcome in Canada
June 5, 2008 – 9:37 am
American troops who don’t want to fight in an illegal war can now live in Canada without fear of being deported!
U.S. soldiers who fled to Canada to escape the war in Iraq won a symbolic victory in the House of Commons Tuesday when a majority of MPs voted that the deserters should be allowed to [...]
Ontario and Quebec Don’t Like Carbon
June 3, 2008 – 8:51 am
I’m not a big fan of carbon trading but there is good news insofar that two Canadian provinces, Ontario and Quebec have decided to tackle environmental concerns. The Canadian federal government has followed the lead of Bush’s administration and have tried to stop any environmental progress, indeed they even say Ontario and Quebec are wrong [...]