New insecticide kills cockroaches dead

CHICAGO — A single dose of a new insecticide killed
cockroaches that ate it and other roaches that fed off their bodies,
U.S. researchers said Monday in findings sure to cheer urban
dwellers…

Carbon Tax: Good policy, bad timing

Ipsos Reid reported that the majority of Britsh Columbians
are unhappy about the carbon tax. (Generally, people don’t claim to
love taxes.) But according to earlier Ipsos Reid polls, 77 per cent
of…

We shouldn’t ‘axe’ B.C.’s carbon tax

Last fall, 70 economists sent a letter to British Columbia’s
finance minister, Carole Taylor, calling for a revenue-neutral
carbon tax. The list of signatories included some of Canada’s…

Transit ridership up 4.2 per cent

Transit use in Metro Vancouver jumped  4.2 per cent in 2007,  over
ridership in 2006, according to the transit board’s  annual general
report released Tuesday.

Aquarium’s baby beluga responding well to treatment

Vancouver Aquarium’s baby Beluga is responding well to treatment after
an abscess was found at the base of her tail, the aquarium’s
veterinarian Dr. Marty Haulena said today.

Who is greenest on the planet?

If you aren’t generating electricity with your family’s bodily
waste, you are treading too heavily on the Earth.

Green Days

My son came home from a field trip recently and let me know
he’d had a problem because I’d sent him without a bottle of water in
his backpack. They’d had to find a drinking fountain — a…

Urban Farmer episode 5

Nicholas Read’s Urban Farmer, Part 5

Coral Trout Recover Amid Fishing Ban in Australia, Stud

Coral trout on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef have thrived under a fishing ban, showing that no-take reserves can spur dramatic comebacks in overfished ocean habitats, a new study finds.

U.S. mayors join call for ban on oilsands-based gasoline

U.S. mayors are adding their voices to those raising concerns about energy produced from Alberta’s vast oilsands.