Water in bottles has Canadians turning away from the tap
More Canadians are turning to bottles and away from the tap as their
source for water at home, says a new study from Statistics Canada.
Archive for June 24th, 2008
Small Steps
A Statistics Canada study released this week shows that from
2004 to 2006, B.C.’s disposal of waste increased more than five per
cent. Waste is largely a product of bad design and the problem…
Green Days
This alert from New York: Socialites are ashamed of their own
excesses. The obvious consumerism of everything from luxury handbags
to couture dresses is becoming socially unacceptable. Like…
Rising fuel costs hit TransLink
VANCOUVER – The rising cost of fuel is driving TransLink’s
ridership numbers higher, but it’s also propelling the cost of
running Metro Vancouver’s transit system to new levels.
Oxfam cites biofuels for food price increases
BRUSSELS — Biofuels are responsible for 30 per cent of the
increase in global food prices, pushing 30 million people worldwide
into poverty, aid agency Oxfam said in a report to issued today….
Scientists urge haste on warming
OTTAWA — More than 100 leading climate scientists have
launched a new offensive challenging the federal government’s
climate change plan and urging Prime Minister Stephen Harper along
with other…
Obama has oilsands in his sights
WASHINGTON — Barack Obama on Tuesday vowed he would break
America’s addiction to “dirty, dwindling and dangerously expensive”
oil if he is elected U.S. president — and one of his first…
Russian general talks tough on Arctic
A tough-talking Russian general is reheating the rhetoric of
Arctic politics ahead of a large-scale military training exercise in
Siberia.
The hard sell is coming in Liberal bid to defuse anger over carbon tax
VICTORIA – Anger over the carbon tax won’t be countered by
the terse note from the premier accompanying this week’s mailout of
the climate action dividend.
New guidelines force companies to prove ‘green’ claims
The Competition Bureau announced a crackdown on environmental claims in advertising and labelling Wednesday as it launched a new set of guidelines to prevent businesses from misleading consumers…
