I had no idea that global government subsidies for fossil fuels were at least $409 billion (USD) in 2010 compared to $66 billion for renewable energy!
You can test your knowledge of how subsidized the fossil fuel industry is at National Geographic’s fuel subsidy quiz.
I guarantee you’ll learn something new and informative about energy consumption.
The Royal Bank of Canada has launched a series of grants for charities to promote all good things about water. There project is called Blue Water and they want you to promote good water stewardship. It looks like a great project that they have created, it would be really great to see RBC promote good water usage in their wretched tar sands investments.
You can also take a short quiz about your water knowledge.
Here’s a video about the work they did with National Geographic: