Canada Earth Day is our participation in events all over the world. Using Google, search for the Earth Day Canada site, click on your province in the representation map of Canada, and your browser will bring up the many activities during the month that all relate to Earth Day. There are clean-ups, speakers, tree plantings, … Read more
Grounding of the Chinese vessel, the Shen Neng 1, a large bulk carrier, 38 kms East of Great Keppel Island, (The vessel was reportedly 9 kilmetres off course.) The Australian Marine Environment Protection Association (AUSMEPA) has released the following commentary on the grounding of the 65,000 tonne coal carrier Shen Neng 1in the pristine waters … Read more
Chris Hedges, a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for the New York Times, is the author of several books including the best sellers War is a Force That Gives Us Meaning and his latest, Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle. He is married to the Canadian actress Eunice Wong. They have … Read more
The Paris-based International Energy Agency (IEA) was established in 1974, with a mandate to promote “sustainable energy policies that spur economic growth and environmental protection in a global context – particularly in terms of reducing greenhouse-gas emissions that contribute to climate change.” One of the IEA’s proposals for reducing GHG emissions appears to have influenced … Read more
Other targets of greatest relevance and interest to Canada include those of China, (which has already surpassed the US as the world’s largest emitter), NAFTA partner Mexico, Australia (like Canada, a major resource exporter and carbon-intensive economy) and the EU, where Canada is engaged in comprehensive trade and investment negotiations. China, which considers itself as … Read more
Despite general disappointment with the overall results, the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference in December did make progress. Members of the United Nations “agreed” to submit their 2020 greenhouse gas reduction target by January 31, 2010. The action was to be the first step in a process to transform the Accord into a comprehensive and legally … Read more
As a bonus feature this month, below is a quote from American theologian Reinhold Niebuhr. Niebur is best known for relating Christian teachings to the realities of modern political issues, and is one of the favourite philosophers of U.S. President Barack Obama. Nothing worth doing is completed in our lifetime, Therefore, we are saved by hope. Nothing true … Read more
Andrew Bolt, an Australian commentator whose words appeared in the Herald Sun, headlined his commentary on the research of Qing-Bin Lu, a Waterloo University Professor of Physics and Astronomy with these words. Mr. Bolt has written even more scathing remarks about those who consider climate change a risk to the Earth. Another of his columns was … Read more
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