The E-Update – June 2, 2008

*The E-UPDATE – June 2, 2008*

The Newfoundland and Labrador Environment Network
A Network of more than 30 Member Groups: Many Voices for the Environment

Happy Bike Month!

In this E-update you will find:

EVE…

World Environment Day calls for end to CO2 addiction

The United Nations urged the world on Thursday to kick the habit of producing carbon dioxide, saying everyone must act to fight climate change.

New Quebec bill to protect water

The province is moving ahead with plans to enshrine in law the fact that the province’s water belongs collectively to the people of Quebec but is holding off until 2009 on plans to collect royalties…

World Environment Day calls for end to CO2 addiction

The United Nations urged the world on Thursday to kick the habit of producing carbon dioxide, saying everyone must act to fight climate change.

Green Days

On Day 3 of the green challenge, I decided to gather my
courage and try the “navy shower” in the morning. It’s a
water-conserving method of showering that originated on naval ships
and only takes a…

St. Albert launches campaign to help enforce anti-idling bylaw

St. ALBERT — This city just outside Edmonton used its Clean
Air Day celebrations Wednesday to launch an education and awareness
campaign, the next step in enforcing an anti-idling bylaw…

City promotes car-sharing

City council will consider signing a deal with a car-sharing
co-op to promote on-the-job car sharing among its staffers and
reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Leaders look to technology based on plant waste to combat global warming

ROME — With biofuels under fire for stoking food prices,
many leaders at a U.N. summit in Rome are pinning hopes on emerging
technologies based on plant waste rather than crops to fight…

Israel’s Ethiopians Forced to Give Up Traditional Bread

Andes Mountains Jumped in Height Like Released Cork

A controversial new study suggests that the mountains rapidly gained height after dense, anchoring rock shifted locations.