Archive for June 2nd, 2008
‘Green’ garbage plant to grow?
A super-sized plant capable of processing 400 tonnes of garbage each
day should be built in Ottawa, based on “waste-to-energy” technology
being demonstrated at a test site here, city staff recommend.
Whale skeleton greeted with gags
The main exhibit at the under-construction University of B.C.
biodiversity museum arrived with a nose-numbing stench yesterday
morning.
Blue Whale Arrives
The carcass of a blue whale arrives in Vancouver, where its skeleton will be prepared to exhibit at U.B.C.
Obama opposes plan for mine on B.C. river
A wild British Columbia river has become part of the political landscape in the U.S. presidential campaign.With voters in South Dakota and Montana going to the polls today in the last two primaries…
Mr. Dion might want to look beyond B.C. for an eco-tax model
According to news reports, Opposition Leader Stephane Dion will soon come out in support of a federal carbon tax. His advisers, we’re told, have been impressed by the favourable response to B.C….
Green group calls for protection of B.C. forest land reserve
An alliance of workers and environmentalists has called for a forest land reserve in B.C. that will put private forest lands under the same kind of protection from development as farmland.
GM Finally Admits SUVs Are a Dead-End
General Motors finally gets wise to the fact it can’t keep cranking out SUVs and expect to remain in business. The world’s largest automaker is all but abandoning SUVs — which no one’s buying anyway…
Tory transit plan carries hefty price estimates for Canadians
The Harper government’s plan to boost public transit ridership with tax rebates will cost Canadian taxpayers an average of about $36,000 for every car removed from the road, estimates in a new…
Mr. Dion might want to look beyond B.C. for an eco-tax model
Will Dion favour a carbon tax?
Company seeks power from crater
LA PINE — For more than 30 years, geologists have boasted
about the fiery depths of central Oregon’s Newberry Crater, a
geothermal resource said to be one of the best in the world. Public
and…
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