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Regulating an inherently dangerous business
Blog | Wednesday, 09 Jan 2008Nuclear power is in a class by itself as a technology. Fred Knelman once referred to nuclear as “a future technology whose time has passed.” That fits. It is an unforgiving technology. A...
Google: How to Save 40 B kWhr at no Cost!
Blog | Monday, 07 Jan 2008Google has pointed out how the PC industry could save 40 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity over three years – or more than $5 billion in power at current California electricity rates – at “...
Holiday Madness
Blog | Friday, 04 Jan 2008Holiday time gave me a chance to catch up on things that needed doing, but that I never have time to do -- passport renewal application, re-connecting a phone that Bell disconnected in error, a...
Layton Urged to Support May's TV debates Inclusion by NOW Magazine
Blog | Monday, 24 Dec 2007The Editor and CEO of NOW Magazine is urging Jack Layton to argue for Elizabeth May's inclusion in the televised leaders debates. Now Magazine is the largest circulation weekly free newspaper in...
How the Grinch stole Christmas
Blog | Saturday, 22 Dec 2007I am still in shock that the Nova Scotia Minister of Environment has refused to provide an extension for public comments on the Focus Report for a proposed open pit gold mine in Moose River, Nova...
UPS saves 3M gallons by Avoiding Lefts
Blog | Wednesday, 19 Dec 2007UPS saves 3 million gallons by not turning Left The company employs a hyperefficient “package flow” software program, which maps out routes for every one of its drivers, drastically reducing the...
What happened in Bali??
Blog | Sunday, 16 Dec 2007The dust is settling, the weary heroes of Bali are mostly asleep in airplanes heading home after what was the most dramatic cliff-hanger in the history of U.N. climate negotiations. (And that is...
US & Canada almost halted Int'l Agreement in Bali
Blog | Saturday, 15 Dec 2007The US finally made some concessions at Bali and Canada very grudgingly followed suit. Here are a few key clippings in case you missed them. The BBC videoclips are quite good, particularly the one...
One of the most frequently asked questions...
Blog | Thursday, 06 Dec 2007I am often asked how the Green Party differs from the other parties. For a quick spot check, I put this little list of “ONLY’s” together. We are the ONLY party...
Unforgivable: Undermining Int'l Agreement. Harper & Cons Exposed
Blog | Monday, 26 Nov 2007Mr Harper has now exposed the depths at which he and the Conservative Party will go to in undermining the thousands of scientists and world leaders around the planet who valiantly, tirelessly,...