Science Canada: 04/20/09

Monday, April 20, 2009

How recession changed the green marketplace

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 4:40 PM

Apr 20, 2009
JENNIFER WELLS
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090420.RCONSUMERGREEN20ART1939/TPStory/Business

Food-safety agency planning cutbacks, union says

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 4:40 PM

CFIA accused of moving to cut spending by as much as 15 per cent to cover cost of emergency fund
Apr 20, 2009
BILL CURRY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090420.wlisteria20art2036/BNStory/National/home

Food watchdog plans to cut operations to build contingency fund: union

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 4:40 PM

Apr 20, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5hF3YqSk-tMX_zwgAhC4minw9Wdnw

Meat safety 'impossible' job

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 4:39 PM

Maple Leaf plant wasn't audited properly before listeria outbreak, angry inspectors say
Apr 20, 2009
Robert Cribb
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/Unassigned/article/621085

Count on a grizzly feud

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 4:39 PM

Results of five-year DNA inventory awaited
Apr 20, 2009
Kelly Cryderman
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Anticipated+grizzly+study+release/1514416/story.html

Folic acid may raise cancer risk in offspring

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 4:38 PM

Apr 20, 2009
CARLY WEEKS
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090420.wlfolic20art1830/BNStory/specialScienceandHealth/home

Looking for a net gain in the energy sector

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 4:38 PM

Canadian firm hopes to plug into nuclear fusion's potential at a mere fraction of the cost Americans have invested
Apr 20, 2009
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/Business/SmallBusiness/article/621041

Living down to Earth

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 4:37 PM

We need to heal the planet to heal ourselves
Apr 20, 2009
MARILYN LINTON
London Free Press
http://lfpress.ca/newsstand/Today/2009/04/20/9170481-sun.html

Is there a problem with the Avaluator?

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 4:37 PM

Apr 19, 2009
Trent Edwards
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/there+problem+with+Avaluator/1503758/story.html

A doomsayer, and a father, with a heart of faint hope

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 4:36 PM

Our expert on future catastrophe trusts we'll find ways to save Earth
Apr 19, 2009
Cathal Kelly
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/News/Insight/article/620762

If the bees disappear, we'll all be stung

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 4:36 PM

Apr 19, 2009
David Suzuki with Faisal Moola
Special to LondonTopic.ca
http://www.londontopic.ca/article.php?artid=14021

Better helmets needed to stop brain injuries, conference told

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 4:36 PM

Apr 18, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/edmonton/story/2009/04/18/edm-helmet-safety.html

Green dies hard

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 4:35 PM

Apr 17, 2009
David Dias
National Post
http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/fp/Green+dies+hard/1419566/story.html

Report Says Cap-and-Trade Is a Must for Canada’s Economic Survival

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 4:35 PM

Apr 17, 2009
Ian Austen
New York Times
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/17/report-says-cap-and-trade-is-a-must-for-canadas-economic-survival/

Brace for U.S. protectionism: federal adviser

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 4:34 PM

Apr 16, 2009
BILL CURRY
The Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090416.wenvironment0417/BNStory/politics/home

Climate panel presses for cap-and-trade system

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 4:34 PM

Ottawa urged to target entire economy, not just heavy industry, and do away with patchwork approach to emissions adopted by provinces
Apr 16, 2009
BILL CURRY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090416.wPOLclimate0416/BNStory/politics

Canada Govt To Invest C$145M In Auto-Sector R&D

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 4:33 PM

Apr 16, 2009
Carolyn King
Wall Street Journal
http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20090416-709234.html

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Science Canada

How recession changed the green marketplace

Food-safety agency planning cutbacks, union says

Food watchdog plans to cut operations to build contingency fund: union

Meat safety 'impossible' job

Count on a grizzly feud

Folic acid may raise cancer risk in offspring

Looking for a net gain in the energy sector

Living down to Earth

Is there a problem with the Avaluator?

A doomsayer, and a father, with a heart of faint hope

If the bees disappear, we'll all be stung

Better helmets needed to stop brain injuries, conference told

Green dies hard

Report Says Cap-and-Trade Is a Must for Canada’s Economic Survival

Brace for U.S. protectionism: federal adviser

Climate panel presses for cap-and-trade system

Canada Govt To Invest C$145M In Auto-Sector R&D

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