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Category Archives: Alternative Energy
Danger overhead
(April 17, 2009) Toronto’s plan to mandate green roofs on new buildings could seriously threaten the city’s building stock. Continue reading
Posted in Benefits, Electricity, Energy Probe News, Oil, Perversions, Renewables
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No Peak Gas
(April 15, 2009) Is the United States running out of natural gas? Continue reading
Posted in Energy Probe News, Liquified Natural Gas, Natural Gas
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Two Types of Greens
(April 7, 2009) My wife and I (like many other residents) chose a retirement home in Grey Highlands because it is one of the scenic treasures of southwestern Ontario, dominated by the Niagara Escarpment, Beaver Valley, Lake Eugenia, the Saugeen River, and rolling rural countryside, woodlands and wetlands. Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Energy, Renewables
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Green Investment Opportunities Abound in Toronto
(April 3, 2009) Thanks to record government deficit spending, there is one economic sector that appears to be flush with money that needs to be spent: green projects. Continue reading
Posted in Energy Probe News, Renewables
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Green economics: It just doesn’t add up
(March 31, 2009) A Spanish study found that every green job kills 2.2 jobs elsewhere. Continue reading
Posted in Energy Probe News, Renewables
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Gangreen energy act
(March 7, 2009) Ontario’s new energy plan heavily subsidizes green energy projects at the expense of conservation. Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Energy, Energy Probe News, Renewables
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The Dirty Truth
(February 20, 2009) Barack Obama and Stephen Harper are all for carbon capture technology. Too bad it`s not as green as it seems. Continue reading
Posted in Clean Coal, Climate Change, Energy Probe News
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Blowing in the wind
(December 1, 2008) There are few places on Earth where the forces of nature are on such violent, chaotic display as Hecate Strait, the narrow stretch of shallow ocean that seperates the Queen Charlotte Islands from the B.C. coast. Continue reading
Posted in Energy Probe News, Renewables
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The dark side of biofuels
(October 22, 2008) As the world seeks alternatives to fossil fuels (petrol, oil, diesel) that have caused climate change, the focus is gradually shifting to biofuels that are believed to be efficient and friendly to the environment. Continue reading
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Despite their benefits, wind farms aren’t without environmental baggage, say some experts
(June 28, 2008) Studies are being done to monitor the impacts of wind turbines on landscape ecology and wildlife, such as birds and bats. Continue reading
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