Saturday, September 11, 2010

U.S. study says people are hesitant to believe good news from scientists

Sep 5, 2010
Tom Spears
Postmedia News
http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/study+says+people+hesitant+believe+good+news+from+scientists/3483984/story.html
Posting ‘a great honour and extraordinarily humbling’ for Marc Tessier-Lavigne, a leader in the study of the brain and nervous system
Sep 10, 2010
Anne McIlroy
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/noted-canadian-scientist-to-take-helm-of-rockefeller-university/article1703550/
Is the chief thing protecting our universities merely that they’re Too Big to Fail?
Sep 11, 2010
Clifford Orwin
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/youre-getting-the-universities-you-want---and-deserve/article1703527/
Sep 4, 2010
The Economist
http://www.thestar.com/news/insight/article/856767--will-u-s-universities-go-the-way-of-gm
Sep 6, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/09/06/stem-cell-balzan-prize.html
Sep 8, 2010
Harvey Enchin
The Vancouver Sun
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/business/University+worth+price+admission/3487980/story.html
Sep 8, 2010
Leo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/margin-notes/canada-slips-slightly-in-world-university-rankings/
Ethics and budgets demand that rigorous research precede clinical trials of Dr. Zamboni’s liberation treatment
Sep 8, 2010
Timothy Caulfield
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/the-cure-for-ms-includes-healthy-skepticism-and-a-dose-of-hope/article1698967/

Weekly Roundup

Sep 9, 2010
Rob Annan
Researcher Forum
http://dontleavecanadabehind.wordpress.com/2010/09/09/weekly-roundup/
Web pioneer Gerri Sinclair guides Ryerson University’s experiment in nurturing innovation and keeping entrepreneurial talent in Canada
Sep 7, 2010
Elizabeth Church
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/growing-ideas-in-a-high-tech-hothouse/article1698992/
Sep 10, 2010
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/858956--editorial-pelosi-prompts-a-needed-debate-on-oilsands
Nancy Pelosi educates herself about Canada’s oil sands, but makes clear her distaste for fossil fuel
Sep 10, 2010
Shawn McCarthy and Jane Taber
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/us-speaker-calls-for-cut-in-oil-imports/article1701317/
Exaggerated fear is no basis for making smart decisions about something as complicated as global warming
Sep 10, 2010
Bjørn Lomborg
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/sure-worry-about-climate-change-but-not-too-much/article1701553/
Sep 10, 2010
Health Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Canada-Continues-Strengthening-Collaboration-With-China-Protect-Health-Safety-Canadians-1316891.htm
Aboriginals and pro-development groups are on a collision course as they await decision on $800-million B.C. mining project
Sep 10, 2010
Wendy Stueck
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/the-political-storm-watch-on-fish-lake/article1703514/
Letter to PM warns that top-down decision to scrap long-form census is eroding faith in the nation’s statistical agency
Sep 10, 2010
Steven Chase
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/let-top-statistician-resolve-census-issue-former-civil-servants-urge-pm/article1703274/
But it's important to stop building new devices now
Sep 10, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/09/09/global-warming-climate-change-carbon-emitters.html
Simulation done before Ottawa scrapped long-form census found data was skewed
Sep 9, 2010
Steven Chase
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/government-study-reveals-significant-errors-in-voluntary-census/article1700566/

Suncor charged over water runoff

Company accused of leaking dirty water into river, providing misleading information about incident at stalled oil sands upgrader
Sep 9, 2010
Nathan VanderKlippe
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/suncor-charged-over-water-runoff/article1701581/
Provincial fisheries minister says it’s not clear yet if 500,000 salmon fry died because of nearby spill on Aug. 18
Sep 9, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/atlantic/thousands-of-salmon-found-dead-after-nova-scotia-oil-spill/article1701265/
Sep 9, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.thestar.com/news/sciencetech/environment/article/858637--flex-u-s-muscle-on-oilsands-groups-tell-pelosi

Pelosi hears oilsands concerns

Sep 9, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/09/09/pelosi-ottawa-oilsands.html
Sep 9, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/09/09/asian-carp-front-man-john-goss.html
All sides are holding their breath, waiting for a decision from the federal government on a proposed mine
Sep 9, 2010
John Ibbitson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/prosperitys-propensity-for-problems/article1701948/
A group of oceanic micro-organisms just might prove a surprising ally in the fight against climate change
Sep 9, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/16990766
The Economist reviews Stephen Hawking's first major book in a decade
Sep 9, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/16990802
Environmental concerns about oil sands pitted against need for jobs and energy security
Sep 8, 2010
Shawn McCarthy
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/jobs-versus-clean-air-oil-debate-divides-obamas-backers/article1700418/
Sep 8, 2010
Josh Wingrove and Nathan VanderKlippe
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/oil-sands-to-dominate-agenda-on-nancy-pelosis-visit-to-canada/article1699241/
Author François Cardinal says the province’s children suffer from a ‘nature-deficit disorder’
Sep 8, 2010
Jeffrey Simpson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/in-search-of-a-lean-green-quebec/article1698971/
Sep 8, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/09/08/edmonton-legal-challenge-caribou.html
Sep 8, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/09/08/ns-largest-turbine-fundy.html
Sep 8, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/09/08/pei-knotweed-park-584.html
Sep 8, 2010
Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Earth-Rangers-Showcases-Energy-Efficient-Centre-1315464.htm
Sep 8, 2010
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Day-Government-Boosting-Forestry-Sector-Through-Environmental-Improvements-Howe-Sound-1315652.htm
Sep 7, 2010
Lorne Trottier
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/Relax+Cellphones+WiFi+safe/3487803/story.html

Electric cars: In the zone

An electric car that really works
Sep 7, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/16980314

Take Athabasca science seriously

Dr. David Schindler found elevated levels of mercury, lead and other toxic elements in the Athabasca River, concluding that the “oil sands industry substantially increases loadings” of toxins into the river.
Sep 7, 2010
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/take-athabasca-science-seriously/article1697936/
Study estimates oil sands tailing ponds kill 2,000 birds a year, while industry reports 65
Sep 7, 2010
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/birds-dying-from-oil-sands-byproduct-30-times-more-than-estimated-study/article1698176/
Ontario, Quebec and New Brunswick are all no-go zones for cosmetic spraying. But in Saskatchewan, the whole province is Round-Up ready
Sep 7, 2010
Patricia Dawn Robertson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/hazards-of-the-mighty-pesticide-wand/article1694282/
Annual death rate related to tailings ponds at least 30 times higher, ecologist says
Sep 7, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/09/07/oilsands-tailing-ponds-bird-deaths.html
Sep 7, 2010
Emily Chung
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/09/07/bee-pollination-climate-change.html
'Canada so far easily the worst performing country on climate change in the rich world,' says expert.
Sep 6, 2010
KRISTEN SHANE
The Hill Times
http://www.thehilltimes.ca/page/view/climatestrategy-09-06-2010

An ill wind on Lake Erie

The McGuinty government’s response to wind turbine opposition at Point Pelee reveals a green-energy policy in disarray
Sep 6, 2010
Adam Radwanski
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/adam-radwanski/an-ill-wind-on-lake-erie/article1697544/
Sep 6, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/09/06/bc-sockeye-coho.html
Sep 4, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/09/03/bc-williams-whales-underwater-noise.html