Les Verts sont plein d’espoir en vue des élections complémentaires de lundi

MONTREAL – Scott McKay n’est peut-être plus le chef du Parti vert du Québec, il espère néanmoins devenir le tout premier député vert à l’Assemblée nationale.

Economy, carbon tax threaten stronghold

VICTORIA – If an election were held today, Premier Gordon
Campbell and his B.C. Liberal government would almost certainly win
a third term.

Glengarda goes green

Featuring an environmentally friendly “green roof” and a host
of other features making it the most energy-efficient building of
its kind in Ontario, the renovated Glengarda Child and Family
Services…

Great Lakes monitoring groups announce new rules to stop invasive species

It is the aquatic lifeblood of our continent, the world’s largest freshwater circulatory system, stretching 3,700 kilometres from the Atlantic Ocean into the Great Lakes and the heart of North…

Biologists to keep closer eye on northern eider ducks in face of die-offs

Federal government biologists say they will expand their monitoring of common eider ducks in Canada’s North, as concerns escalate over avian cholera in northern bird colonies.

Biologists to keep closer eye on northern eider ducks in face of die-offs

Federal government biologists say they will expand their monitoring of common eider ducks in Canada’s North, as concerns escalate over avian cholera in northern bird colonies.

Are Backyard Ethanol Brewers an Answer to High-Priced Gas? [News]

A company banking on drivers’ weariness of skyrocketing gasoline prices unveiled a home refinery device on Thursday offering another option: ethanol. E-Fuel Corporation says its EFuel100 MicroFueler can produce up to 35 gallons (132 liters) of ethanol a week that consumers can pump directly into their cars and trucks. There is no combustion inside the device, which runs on a standard household 110- to 220-volt AC power supply (consuming about 150 watts*) and uses a membrane system to distill the sugar, yeast and water solution required to make ethanol rather than combustion heating elements, as commercial ethanol producers do. [More]

News Bytes of the Week–Could Coastal Trees Have Saved Lives in Myanmar? [News]

Felled mangrove trees may have doomed the coast of Myanmar [More]

Recycling at Small Dog Electronics

In speaking of genius, Edison could have as easily been describing a future of electronics recycling as being “one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.” There was nothing particularly ingenious about processing 5 tons per hour in a parking lot.

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Global cooling theories put scientists on guard

Defenders of warming thesis willing to bet Nature prediction on cooler decade is wrong