I’ve never been shy about my dislike of Canada’s current Prime Minister and today won’t be any different. Regular readers of Things Are Good may have noticed that other countries get mentioned often here because their national government take positive action. Three nations, though, get mentioned not because of federal efforts but because of local [...]
Tag Archives: climate-change
Harper Shuns Democracy, Activists Decide to Cover Costs
November 23, 2007 – 11:17 am
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper hates the environment while he continues to stifle democracy in Canada. Clearly, Harper is not good, which begs the question as to why he’s mentioned on a site about good news.
In the context that is Harper’s Canada, activists have to be more creative than usual. The conservatives are stifling debate [...]
Countries Agree that Ozone Layer is Good
September 24, 2007 – 11:14 am
In what is deemed an historic agreement all the nations of the UN have agreed to speed up the pace of phasing out of a dangerous chemical compound known as HCFC. HCFCs replaced the more dangerous CFCs (they both cause damage to the ozone layer) many years ago and now are now ready to be [...]
Climate Change Brings Political Change in the UK
July 26, 2007 – 3:26 pm
Unfortunately there’s too much water in the UK right now and it has caused lot’s of flooding. Instead of standing (or wading) around the Brits have decided to take upon themselves to champion the fight against climate change. The World Development Movement has called on the government to act on fighting greenhouse gases more than [...]
Planting Trees to Fight Climate Change
June 20, 2007 – 10:31 am
Tree-Nation will plant 8 million trees in Africa in the shape of a huge heart to fight Climate Change and Poverty. We will create the park in Niger which is one of the poorest countries in the world, and one that suffers the most from climate change and desertification. Furthermore, we are affiliated with [...]
Climate Savers Computing Initiative
June 14, 2007 – 10:01 am
Computers are not the most efficient when it comes to energy use. It is great to see that a lot of computer manufactures have teamed up to create the Climate Savers Computing Initiative to improve the energy efficiency of electronics. Even if this is greenwashing, its better than having the companies ignore the environment.
Improving the [...]