The United Kingdom insurer Lloyd’s of London predicted huge risks of environmental disaster in the Arctic if economic development ramps up in the region.
Scientists at the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada, have discovered a way to clone American elm trees. Could cloning save endangered plants?
The Alberta government has placed a large importance on carbon capture and storage (CCS) as a greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction technology, committing $2 billion to advancing four large-scale demonstration CCS projects in the province.
According to the Fur Council of Canada (FCC) fur is GREEN. Not wanting to miss out on the fun that comes from a declaration that an organization is “sustainable,” “socially responsible,” or “green,” the Montreal-based group launched FurIsGreen.com. The US Humane Society is not impressed.
In a flap that has probably left the family wonder why they did not have their Christmas picture taken at the closest Sears Portrait Studio, a Canadian Member of Parliament has taken heat for sending photographs of his family with everyone in fur-trimmed parkas.
Veteran’s Day, which emanates from the end of World War I, was a coming of age and a traumatic experience for Canada. The sparsely populated country lost 66,000 soldiers; 150,000 were wounded.
We did not see much of the Vancouver Winter Olympics as we were in Brazil . . . though it was a delight to watch some events on Brazilian TV, which was uninterrupted by commercials! Whatever you may think of the Olympics, the athletic feats are impressive, the stories behind some of the Olympians are [...]
Wow. Two weeks ago I posted a short film I did with Patrick Benson on LA’s tenuous relationship with water. And as I often do weekly, I posted the link to most of the LinkedIn groups to which I belong. From a bird’s eye view, the results were interesting: I think few actually watched the [...]