Archive for June 17th, 2008
The GHG Spot: Fruit Folly
I count myself among the lucky to live not two blocks from a big outdoor fruit and vegetable market. Smell that? It’s the waft of fresh strawberries and pears drifting in my window….>
Dion to pair income tax cuts with carbon levy
Liberal Leader Stephane Dion’s proposal for a national carbon tax Thursday sets the stage for a fierce political debate, possibly the main issue in a federal election campaign, over how much…
Environmentalists take Ottawa to court over Kyoto
Ottawa has broken the law and defied the will of Parliament by failing to pursue measures that comply with the Kyoto Protocol, a Federal Court heard Wednesday.
From freeway to feeway: Road congestion and tolls
Our transportation policy-makers should take a course in
command-control economies. There it is to be hoped they would learn
that Soviet rejections of market mechanisms led to an ultimate
collapse.
Soaring fuel costs taking sticker shock out of hybrid cars
BRITISH COLUMBIA — Skyrocketing gasoline prices have made pricey hybrid
automobiles a money-saving proposition for many B.C. drivers, a new
analysis by the B.C. Automobile Association reveals.
Soaring fuel costs take sticker shock out of hybrid cars
Skyrocketing gasoline prices have made pricey hybrid
automobiles a money-saving proposition for many B.C. drivers, a new
analysis by the B.C. Automobile Association reveals.
Most oppose carbon tax
VICTORIA — A majority of British Columbians oppose the B.C.
Liberal government’s carbon tax, a new poll reveals.
Feds under fire over Kyoto Protocol
OTTAWA — The Harper government is fighting off challenges in
court and at the United Nations for allegedly not meeting its
obligations under the international Kyoto Protocol on climate
change. After…
Mississippi River levees break, more at risk
The swollen Mississippi River ran over the top of at least nine more levees on Wednesday as floodwaters swallowed up more U.S. farmland, feeding inflation fears as corn prices soared to a record…
Carbon tax won’t hurt a bit, or will it?
Kelly McParland: If you ask the Liberals whether their new carbon tax will hurt the average consumer you might not be able to get the same answer twice
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