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Junk science?
When Lawrence Solomon invited me to join his blogging I thought it might be amusing and interesting. However, the appearance of Ian Plimer’s book “Heaven and Earth” opens a really useful subject of discussion.
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Press Release: Energy Probe hails McGuinty's Toronto taxi reform, urges full speed ahead outside Toronto, too
The Toronto-based Energy Probe Research Foundation is applauding the provincial government for its recent decision to amend the City of Toronto Act and allow airport-licensed taxis and limousines to pick up fares in the city. Continue reading
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Another lightbulb moment for One Change
Backers of Project Porchlight turn attention to saving gas by keeping tires properly inflated
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Carbon disaster: Sources
(August 15, 2009) Carbon Capture and Storage — The Environmental and Economic Case and Challenges Continue reading
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Carbon disaster
(August 15, 2009) Don’t worry about the risks of earthquakes or suffocation or water contamination. Carbon capture is good, really. Continue reading
National president of CUPE responds to Lawrence Solomon's article on privatization
In these pages and in other media, the issue of contracting out city services — most recently garbage collection — has been bandied about as a way to punish unionized public sector workers for everything from striking to costing too much to "monopolizing" the public sector. Continue reading
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The patter of little feet leaves few footprints
(August 11, 2009) You may have heard about the recent study at Oregon State University that examined the effects of reproduction on a parent’s carbon footprint. The researchers reached the obvious conclusion that children, who eat, breathe and otherwise have the effrontery to consume resources, deepen that footprint considerably. Continue reading
Privatize city hall
Toronto’s municipal strike is over. Some 30,000 garbage and other workers are back on the job. That’s at least 15,000 too many.
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Himalyan glaciers melting due to global warming is "hype," state Indian geologists
Global warming is not causing Himalaya’s famous Siachen glacier to melt, state geologists R K Ganjoo and M N Koul of Jammu University’s Regional Centre for Field Operations and Research of Himalayan Glaciology. The geologists, who call claims that global warming is rapidly melting Siachen "hype," reported their finding in "Current Science" after visiting the Siachen glacier to record changes in its snout last summer.
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Sources: James Hansen’s 1988 hearing on global warming before the committee on energy and natural resources
(August 7, 2009) James Hansen’s 1988 hearing on global warming before the committee on energy and natural resources Continue reading
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