SIAT grad designs solar-powered home

Environmental issues leave Canada no time to waste

Canadian food prices set to spike

The urban poor in developing countries are bearing the brunt of soaring
global food prices, and will continue to do so as food prices remain
elevated over the coming decade, a major international…

High fuel prices affect commuting habits: Survey

Rising fuel prices are increasingly becoming a factor in how people get to their place of employment and arrange other aspects of their work life, according to a report released Thursday.

Carbon tax would hurt West: premiers

Premiers from Alberta and Saskatchewan warned their provincial colleagues and Ottawa on Thursday to refrain from pushing aggressive environmental policies – including a carbon tax – that could…

Biofuel key reason for high food prices: study

Rising investment in grain-consuming biofuels is a key reason food prices will stay high for at least a decade, an influential study released Thursday says.

StatoilHydro delays oilsands project

OSLO (Reuters) – Norway's StatoilHydro has
postponed building a planned full-scale refinery for its
Canadian oil sands venture by two years to 2016, citing a tight
supplier market, cost…

Food prices to stay high on ‘grain drain’ fuel

PARIS (Reuters) – Food prices will remain high over the
next decade even if they fall from current records, meaning
millions more risk further hardship or hunger, the OECD and the
UN’s FAO food…

Carbon tax would hurt West: premiers

PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. – Premiers from Alberta and Saskatchewan warned their provincial colleagues and Ottawa on Thursday to refrain from pushing aggressive environmental policies – including a carbon…

Celebrity contractor ready to go green

OKOTOKS — Celebrity contractor Mike Holmes is ready to build
a sustainable community of energy-efficient, environmentally
friendly homes in the foothills just outside Okotoks, and moving
vans could…