Canada loses out as U.S. ups green ante

Aug 17, 2009
Nicole Mordant
Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE57G2HH20090817?sp=true

Climate engineering: It's cheap and effective

Solar radiation management and marine cloud whitening are two promising approaches
Aug 17, 2009
Bjorn Lomborg
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/climate-engineering-its-cheap-and-effective/article1252644/

Utilities warming to ice-storage air-cooling systems

Aug 17, 2009
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/sciencetech/article/682007

Moral obligation on isotope mess

Aug 17, 2009
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/681993

Dutch bracing for the worst when top two isotope reactors are shut down next year

Aug 16, 2009
Steve Rennie
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5gmYWkIQRhEXeNvJV-n1yft9Kw0LA

Lake Winnipeg shows nitrogen, phosphorus spike

Aug 17, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/08/17/manitoba-lake-winnipeg.html

NASA assembles new moon rocket

Aug 17, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/08/17/ares-assemble-nasa-rocket-moon.html

State of Canada's food-safety system still hotly debated

Aug 15, 2009
Sarah Schmidt
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/State+Canada+food+safety+system+still+hotly+debated/1897401/story.html

Carbon disaster

Don’t worry about the risks of earthquakes or suffocation or water contamination. Carbon capture is good, really
Aug 15, 2009
Lawrence Solomon
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/08/15/lawrence-solomon-carbon-disaster.aspx

Harper urges quicker action on Chalk River reactor

Aug 14, 2009
Steve Rennie
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5impNUsHgcqqFtrXVBUMdAq9mXS4g

Raitt regrets miscues in isotope crisis

Seeks firm repair date after latest reactor delay
Aug 14, 2009
Joanna Smith
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/681150

How Canada let the world down

AECL says isotope-producing reactor will be out of service until spring; medical officials call delay ‘a disaster,' fear even longer wait
Aug 14, 2009
Anna Mehler Paperny
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/how-canada-let-the-world-down/article1250565/

Memo to Ottawa: Rethink isotope plans

Ottawa must review decision to mothball MAPLE program for sake of our reputation – and health of the world
Aug 14, 2009
Tom Campbel
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/681031

Where have all the Fraser River sockeye salmon gone?

Natives point to over-fishing at sea, want total ban on all salmon on river
Aug 14, 2009
Brian Lewis
The Province
http://www.canada.com/technology/Column+Where+have+Fraser+River+sockeye+salmon+gone/1893791/story.html

Parasite infects Atlantic finches

Aug 14, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/08/14/pei-finch-parasite.html

Arctic ice experiencing severe summer retreat: Experts

Aug 14, 2009
Randy Boswell
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/technology/Arctic+experiencing+severe+summer+retreat+Experts/1894560/story.html

Antarctic glacier melting at faster rate: scientists

Aug 14, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/08/14/antarctica-ice-melt-pine-island.html

Swine-flu vaccine now being tested on humans

Aug 14, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/08/14/swine-flu-vaccine.html

Polio surges in Nigeria after vaccine virus mutates

Aug 14, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/08/14/polio-vaccine-oral-nigeria.html

Low estrogen birth control pills reduce clot risk

Aug 14, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/08/14/birth-control-pills-clots.html

Ontario-wide swine flu study begins

Aug 14, 2009
Theresa Boyle
Toronto Star
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/newsfeatures/article/681115

Wind, solar energy producer runs out of steam

SkyPower has filed for protection from creditors after collapse of major shareholder Lehman Bros.
Aug 14, 2009
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/business/article/681062

Greenpeace plays on atheist campaign

Catchy billboards meant to bring awareness to dwindling fish stocks
Aug 13, 2009
PATRICIA BROOKS ARENBURG
Chronicle-Herald
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Metro/1137231.html

Lawsuit seeks to halt U.S. seismic blasting in Canadian waters

Aug 13, 2009
Larry Pynn
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Lawsuit+seeks+halt+seismic+blasting+Canadian+waters/1889327/story.html

Health minister's hasty departure

It is not too much to ask that Leona Aglukkaq provide explanations and respond to pertinent questions about a potentially life-and-death issue in a public forum
Aug 13, 2009
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/health-ministers-hasty-departure/article1251372/

H1N1: Aglukkaq exits before taking main questions

MPs furious after Tory leaves early
Aug 13, 2009
Christina Spencer
Sun Media
http://lfpress.ca/perl-bin/publish.cgi?x=articles&p=272364&s=politics

Right hook, wrong angle

The Great Lakes fishery is safe – it's recreational fishermen who have to watch what they catch
Aug 13, 2009
Peter Meisenheimer and Rick Smith
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/right-hook-wrong-angle/article1250863/

B.C. Interior breast cancer tests questioned

Aug 13, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/08/13/bc-kelowna-breast-exams-.html

Millions fewer salmon

Aug 13, 2009
Paul J. Henderson
The Times
http://www.vancouversun.com/Millions+fewer+salmon/1890953/story.html

Sask. oilsands need 3-year 'pause': environment group

Aug 13, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/08/13/oilsands.html

Diversion proposal doesn’t hold water

Ontario, Quebec and the Great Lakes states are unlikely to support the Gingras plan
Aug 12, 2009
Frank Quinn
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/08/12/diversion-proposal-doesn-t-hold-water.aspx