It’s rare that I turn to the business pages to find inspiration concerning our environmental crisis. But today’s Globe & Mail carried two stories that cheered me up a little concerning Canada’s tar sands oil. Yes, Canadians are blessed with… Read More »Canada’s Troubling Tar Sands – Maybe Now is the Time for a Rethink?
Almost as soon as I posted my previous blog entry, Peter Kent, Canada’s Minister of Environment, announced to the press on 8th August 2012 that “Canada is half-way towards meeting its 2020 greenhouse gas emission target”. This is the most… Read More »Fiddling with the meaning of words: Peter Kent’s announcement on progress towards meeting Canada’s GHG emissions target.
(This post was added on 5th August 2012, three days beforea n announcement by Canada’s Minister of Environment that the country was halfway towards its 2020 target of a 17% reduction from 2005 levels. I will be following up in… Read More »Reducing CO2 Emissions — How is the world doing?