Science Canada: 12/13/10

New U of A facility, first in Western Canada, will take ideas from lab to patient
Dec 10, 2010
Jodie Sinnema
Edmonton Journal
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/health/boosts+stem+cell+research/3956465/story.html

The trouble with university rankings

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 5:38 PM

It’s Maclean’s magazine time again
Dec 6, 2010
Paul Axelrod
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/the-trouble-with-university-rankings.aspx

Turning science into cash

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 5:38 PM

Dec 9, 2010
Sheila Pratt
Postmedia News
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/TURNING+SCIENCE+INTO+CASH/3951304/story.html

Announcement of New Centres of Excellence for Commercialization and Research

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 5:37 PM

Dec 6, 2010
The Honourable Tony Clement, PC, MP
Industry Canada
http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/ic1.nsf/eng/06136.html

Wavefront named Canada's centre of excellence for wireless R&D

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 5:37 PM

Dec 6, 2010
Scott Simpson
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Wavefront+named+Canada+centre+excellence+wireless/3934668/story.html

Minister of State Moore Highlights Government Support for Small Businesses at Innovation 2010

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 5:36 PM

Dec 7, 2010
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Minister-State-Moore-Highlights-Government-Support-Small-Businesses-Innovation-2010-1365306.htm

Minister Goodyear Outlines Plan for Jobs, Growth and Innovation in Southern Ontario

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 5:36 PM

Dec 7, 2010
Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Minister-Goodyear-Outlines-Plan-for-Jobs-Growth-and-Innovation-in-Southern-Ontario-1365190.htm

Petition: The CIHR Individual Grants Program

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 5:35 PM

Deep concern about the funding of biomedical research in Canada
Dec 2010
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/cihrfunding/

The Partnership Group for Science and Engineering (PAGSE) to launch short science and engineering briefing notes for parliamentarians

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 5:35 PM

Oct 26, 2010
The Partnership Group for Science and Engineering (PAGSE)
http://www.sciencepages.ca/PressReleaseSP_en.pdf

SciencePages Oct 2010 Issue: Biodiversity

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 5:34 PM

Oct 2010
Tomasz Kasprzycki, Barbara Kubica, and Edith Lamoureux
The Partnership Group for Science and Engineering (PAGSE)
http://www.sciencepages.ca/oct2010_en.pdf

UBC gets Gates Foundation grant to prevent maternal deaths

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 5:34 PM

Dec 4, 2010
Gerry Bellett
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/gets+Gates+Foundation+grant+prevent+maternal+deaths/3928223/story.html

Women scientists must speak out

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 5:34 PM

Female researchers still battle sexism. The media gives them an opportunity to be heard alongside male colleagues
Dec 8, 2010
Jennifer Rohn
Nature
http://www.nature.com/news/2010/101208/full/468733a.html

Nice Gals Finish Last: Sexist Reference Letters or Skewed Value Systems?

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 5:33 PM

Although an identical number of women get a PhD in the life sciences, only 15-20% of tenured positions are secured by women
Dec 9, 2010
The Black Hole: Science in Canada - Issues Affecting Trainees
http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2010/12/09/nice-gals-finish-last-sexist-reference-letters-or-skewed-value-systems/

Photocopied Education

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 5:33 PM

Dec 4, 2010
Kenyon Wallace
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/Photocopied+Education/3927482/story.html

Universities team up to relaunch aerospace research in Canada

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 5:32 PM

Dec 11, 2010
Sherri Gallant
LETHBRIDGE HERALD
http://www.lethbridgeherald.com/front-page-news/universities-team-up-to-relaunch-aerospace-research-in-canada-121110.html

Long road ahead before climate deal, Baird says

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 5:32 PM

Dec 13, 2010
Mike De Souza
Postmedia News
http://www.nationalpost.com/Long+road+ahead+before+climate+deal+Baird+says/3967199/story.html

Pratt & Whitney starts $1B R&D project

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 5:31 PM

Ottawa contributes $300M as 'repayable investment'
Dec 13, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/12/13/clement-pratt-whitney.html

Pratt & Whitney to get $300M in federal funds

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 5:31 PM

Dec 13, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/12/12/canada-prattwhitney.html

Harper Government Announces Major Aerospace Investment to Create Jobs and Keep Canada Cutting-Edge

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 5:31 PM

Dec 13, 2010
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Harper-Government-Announces-Major-Aerospace-Investment-Create-Jobs-Keep-Canada-Cutting-1367864.htm

Guelph-based food research network loses funding

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 5:30 PM

Dec 13, 2010
Thana Dharmarajah
Guelph Mercury
http://news.guelphmercury.com/News/Local/article/735344

Oil companies finalize pact to share tailings research

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 5:30 PM

Dec 13, 2010
NATHAN VANDERKLIPPE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/oil-companies-finalize-pact-to-share-tailings-research/article1835655/

Pacific salmon not affected by lice: study

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 5:29 PM

Dec 13, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/12/13/science-salmon-study.html

Sea lice not to blame for B.C. salmon collapse: report

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 5:29 PM

Dec 13, 2010
MARK HUME
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/sea-lice-not-to-blame-for-bc-salmon-collapse-report/article1835717/

Sea lice science raises question of advocacy

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 5:29 PM

Dec 13, 2010
Robert Wager
The Daily News
http://www.canada.com/lice+science+raises+question+advocacy/3968274/story.html

Canada's caribou crisis calls for collaboration

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 5:28 PM

Dec 13, 2010
David Suzuki
Times & Transcript
http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/opinion/article/1349269

Water report details morass of problems

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 5:28 PM

Dec 13, 2010
Bill Donahue
Edmonton Journal
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/business/Water+report+details+morass+problems/3967722/story.html

Many Canadians' folate levels high: study

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 5:28 PM

Dec 13, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/12/13/folic-acid-folate-canadians-fortify.html

One Billion Bottles Recycled

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 5:27 PM

McGuinty Government's Bag It Back Program Reducing Waste
Dec 13, 2010
Ontario Ministry of the Environment
http://news.ontario.ca/ene/en/2010/12/one-billion-bottles-recycled.html

Canada accused of ignoring TB rates on remote First Nations

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 5:27 PM

Dec 12, 2010
Jen Skerritt
Winnipeg Free Press
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Canada+accused+ignoring+rates/3966051/story.html

‘The Arctic is a book of untold stories’

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 5:26 PM

U of A scientist’s decades of research point to a North soon to be ‘seasonally ice free’
Dec 12, 2010
Ed Struzik
Edmonton Journal
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/life/Arctic+book+untold+stories/3964489/story.html

Global accord on climate change hailed as breakthrough

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 5:26 PM

Dec 11, 2010
Shawn McCarthy
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/global-accord-on-climate-change-hailed-as-breakthrough/article1834216/

Climate pacts hailed as ‘first step’ by Canada

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 5:26 PM

Dec 11, 2010
Mike De Souza
Postmedia News
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/World+leaders+approve+global+climate+package+fund/3963211/story.html

Climate-change reputation in tatters? Try blustering

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 5:25 PM

John Baird’s aggressive message – a classic instance of throwing stones at glass houses – was designed for Canadian consumption
Dec 11, 2010
JEFFREY SIMPSON
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/jeffrey-simpson/climate-change-reputation-in-tatters-try-blustering/article1833682/

Digging out from Cancun

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 5:25 PM

Dec 11, 2010
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/905625--digging-out-from-cancun

New branch of science may build a better tree

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 5:24 PM

Dec 11, 2010
Derek Abma
Postmedia News
http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/branch+science+build+better+tree/3964214/story.html

Wild relatives of common crops may hold key to future of food

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 5:24 PM

Armed with $50-million in seed money, Global Crop Diversity Trust launches hunt for wild relatives of common crops, with goal of developing hardier varieties through crossbreeding
Dec 10, 2010
JESSICA LEEDER
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/wild-relatives-of-common-crops-may-hold-key-to-future-of-food/article1832219/

Climate change, wildfires in vicious cycle

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 5:23 PM

Dec 10, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/12/10/climate-change-wildfires.html

Canada would honour climate deal: Harper

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 5:23 PM

Dec 10, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/12/10/canada-climate-cancun.html

Climate draft text signals breakthroughs

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 5:23 PM

Dec 10, 2010
SHAWN McCARTHY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/climate-draft-text-signals-breakthroughs/article1832783/

Sask. delays 'clean coal' power

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 5:22 PM

Full-scale carbon-capture and storage facility waiting on regulatory details
Dec 10, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/12/10/sk-sask-power-clean-coal-101210.html

Great Lakes researchers set to expand study

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 5:22 PM

Dec 10, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/windsor/story/2010/12/10/wdr-international-joint-commission-scientists.html

Coltan: a new blood mineral

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 5:21 PM

Dec 10, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/12/10/coltan-faq.html

MS treatment in Costa Rica: Medical miracle or just common sense?

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 5:21 PM

Dec 10, 2010
Les Perreaux
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/ms-treatment-in-costa-rica-medical-miracle-or-just-common-sense/article1833801/

Government of Canada and Province of British Columbia Sign Agreement on Aquaculture Management

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 5:21 PM

Dec 10, 2010
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-Canada-Province-British-Columbia-Sign-Agreement-on-Aquaculture-Management-1367360.htm

Canada pressured to soften Kyoto stand

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 5:20 PM

Dec 9, 2010
Shawn McCarthy
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/canada-pressured-to-soften-kyoto-stand/article1831219/

Canada hopes for climate progress in Cancun

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 5:20 PM

Dec 9, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/12/09/cancun-canada-climate.html

Canada's climate of contradiction

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 5:19 PM

Dec 9, 2010
Alec Bruce
Times & Transcript
http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/opinion/article/1344213

Radioactive shipment across Great Lakes delayed

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 5:19 PM

Dec 9, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/12/09/nuclear-shipment-great-lake.html

Nunavut rips U.S. move on ringed seals

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 5:19 PM

Dec 9, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/12/09/nunavut-us-ringed-seals.html

Anti-asbestos activists meet Que. minister

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 5:18 PM

Group travelled from Asia to protest mineral's export
Dec 9, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/12/09/anti-asbestos-activists-meet-with-minister.html

Summerside wants to test plug-in cars

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 5:18 PM

Dec 9, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/12/09/pei-summerside-plug-in-cars.html

Ottawa accused of bowing to Big Tobacco on cigarette labels

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 5:17 PM

Dec 9, 2010
CAROLINE ALPHONSO
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-accused-of-bowing-to-big-tobacco-on-cigarette-labels/article1831673/

‘No need’ to agree on Kyoto extension yet, Canadian envoy says

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 5:17 PM

Dec 9, 2010
Shawn McCarthy
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/no-need-to-agree-on-kyoto-extension-yet-canadian-envoy-says/article1831219/

Carbon-rich planet may have diamond core

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 5:17 PM

Dec 9, 2010
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/12/09/carbon-planet-diamond.html

Prairie farmers show how tech is done

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 5:16 PM

Some of the most creative applications of technology are taking place in what are usually considered unsophisticated industries: Western Canada’s resource sectors
Dec 9, 2010
TODD HIRSCH
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/prairie-farmers-show-how-tech-is-done/article1830670/

Baby mice produced from 2 males

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 5:16 PM

Dec 9, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/12/09/2-mice-fathers-babies.html

The Shanghai surprise

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 5:15 PM

Canada still does well by global standards. But those standards have just shot up
Dec 9, 2010
MARGARET WENTE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/the-shanghai-surprise/article1830667/

Government of Canada Announces Most Fuel-Efficient Vehicles

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 5:15 PM

Dec 9, 2010
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Announces-Most-Fuel-Efficient-Vehicles-1366647.htm

CFI News Brief: Novel Treatment for Diabetes, Burn Victims and Lung Disease Patients

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 5:14 PM

Dec 9, 2010
Canada Foundation for Innovation
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/CFI-News-Brief-Novel-Treatment-for-Diabetes-Burn-Victims-and-Lung-Disease-Patients-1366732.htm

Science only one factor in MS trials: critics

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 5:14 PM

Dec 8, 2010
Tom Blackwell
National Post
http://www.calgaryherald.com/health/Science+only+factor+trials+critics/3948873/story.html

Charest’s climate zeal honoured with an Australian forest

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 5:13 PM

Dec 8, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/quebec/charests-climate-zeal-honoured-with-an-australian-forest/article1829306/

China needs 'more action' on emissions: Baird

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 5:13 PM

Dec 8, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/12/08/baird-china-cancun.html

Baird comes out swinging at China at Cancun climate talks

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 5:12 PM

Dec 8, 2010
SHAWN McCARTHY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/baird-comes-out-swinging-at-china-at-cancun-climate-talks/article1829859/

Oil patch pricing carbon tariffs into new projects

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 5:11 PM

Dec 8, 2010
SHAWN McCARTHY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/oil-patch-pricing-carbon-tariffs-into-new-projects/article1830656/

Conservatives keep departmental climate work under the radar

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 5:11 PM

While individual departments are taking the issue seriously, lack of political leadership means they are working in silos
Dec 8, 2010
Carl Meyer
Embassy
http://www.embassymag.ca/page/view/climate-12-08-2010

Education rankings: The new schoolyard bully

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 5:10 PM

Dec 8, 2010
CARL MORTISHED
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/economy/economy-lab/carl-mortished/education-rankings-the-new-schoolyard-bully/article1829424/

How Canada is becoming outclassed in school

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 5:10 PM

Dec 8, 2010
KATE HAMMER
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/how-canada-is-becoming-outclassed-in-school/article1829259/

Canada is not becoming outclassed

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 5:09 PM

Dec 10, 2010
JEFFREY SIMPSON
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/canada-is-not-becoming-outclassed/article1831853/

Mutant worms defy aging theory

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 5:08 PM

Montreal university's research contradicts long-held 'free radicals' explanation
Dec 8, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/12/08/worms-lifespan-aging-free-radicals.html

Private spacecraft blasts into history, first to reach orbit, return to Earth

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 5:08 PM

Dec 8, 2010
Marcia Dunn
The Associated Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/private-spacecraft-blasts-into-history-first-to-reach-orbit-return-to-earth/article1830304/

New Forum Gives Consumer Associations a Clear Voice in Food Safety

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 5:07 PM

Dec 8, 2010
CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/New-Forum-Gives-Consumer-Associations-a-Clear-Voice-in-Food-Safety-1366180.htm

Ontario Attracting High Tech Jobs

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 5:07 PM

Tax Cuts And Credits Help Ontario Become Hub for Digital Media Jobs
Dec 8, 2010
Ontario Office of the Premier
http://news.ontario.ca/opo/en/2010/12/ontario-attracting-high-tech-jobs.html

Offshore Wind Energy Leads to Job Creation and Economic Benefits for Ontario

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 5:06 PM

Dec 8, 2010
Conference Board of Canada
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/December2010/08/c3380.html

Minister of State Goodyear Congratulates NRC Researcher on Discovery of New Planet in Another Solar System

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 5:06 PM

Dec 8, 2010
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Minister-State-Goodyear-Congratulates-NRC-Researcher-on-Discovery-New-Planet-Another-1366208.htm

Federal lab not testing for oilsands chemicals

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 5:05 PM

Dec 7, 2010
Greg Weston
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/12/07/f-weston-oilsands.html

Ottawa unprepared for major oil spill: audit

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 5:04 PM

Federal government not ready to respond to effects of climate change, commissioner says
Dec 7, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/12/07/environment-audit-oil-spill.html

Federal MS therapy panel flawed: MDs

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 5:04 PM

Dec 7, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/12/07/multiple-sclerosis-veins-ccsvi-cihr.html

Canadian education ranked among world's best

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 5:04 PM

Dec 7, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/12/07/tech-education-oecd-rank.html

Canada slipping in math, science and reading skills

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 5:03 PM

Dec 7, 2010
Shannon Proudfoot
Postmedia News
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/Canada+slipping+math+science+reading+skills/3937286/story.html

Is Canada falling behind in math, science and reading?

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 5:03 PM

Dec 7, 2010
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/is-canada-falling-behind-in-math-science-and-reading/article1828316/

Climate-change talks: Doing the Cancun

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 5:03 PM

The climate talks are all about not repeating Copenhagen's shortcomings. This may be their downfall
Dec 7, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/blogs/newsbook/2010/12/climate-change_talks

Kyoto impasse could torpedo climate talks, U.S. warns

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 5:02 PM

Dec 7, 2010
SHAWN MCCARTHY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/kyoto-impasse-could-torpedo-climate-talks-us-warns/article1829183/

Harper government lax on climate change issues, report says

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 5:02 PM

Dec 7, 2010
GLORIA GALLOWAY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/harper-government-lax-on-climate-change-issues-report-says/article1828178/

Bright lights and clean air for Ontario

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 5:02 PM

Dec 7, 2010
Dalton McGuinty
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/902499--bright-lights-and-clean-air-for-ontario

Kyoto is dead

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 5:01 PM

Dec 7, 2010
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/Kyoto+dead/3937311/story.html

Environment commissioner gives Tories thumbs down

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 5:01 PM

Dec 7, 2010
John Ivison
National Post
http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2010/12/07/john-ivison-environment-commissioner-gives-tories-thumbs-down/

B.C. orcas not adequately protected: court

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 5:01 PM

Government not meeting its obligation to protect habitat of endangered whales
Dec 7, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/12/07/bc-killer-whale-court-ruling.html

B.C. oil tanker ban motion passes in Commons

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 5:00 PM

Resolution non-binding, likely to be ignored
Dec 7, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/12/07/oil-tanker-motion.html

Cancun climate talks to hear Canada's message

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 5:00 PM

Dec 7, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/12/07/baird-cancun-climate-change-talks.html

Video fitness games get researchers' support

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 5:00 PM

Dec 7, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/12/07/calgary-university-video-games-exergaming.html

Rare birds face danger after N.B. windstorm

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 4:59 PM

Dec 7, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/12/07/nb-mary-majka-dovekies-139.html

Charest slams Canada's climate policy in Cancun

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 4:59 PM

Que. premier takes shot at federal environmental policy at global climate conference
Dec 7, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/12/07/charest-climate-change.html

Jean Charest again calls out Harper government on climate change

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 4:58 PM

Dec 6, 2010
SHAWN McCARTHY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/jean-charest-again-calls-out-harper-government-on-climate-change/article1826816/

Conservative MPs filibustering climate change bill at House Environment Committee, say opposition MPs

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 4:58 PM

‘It’s pretty clear what they’re doing, they’re trying to block my bill,’ says NDP MP Linda Duncan about her private member’s bill, C-469.
Dec 6, 2010
Tim Naumetz
The Hill Times
http://www.thehilltimes.ca/dailyupdate/view/41

B.C. scientists map out the ocean’s destiny

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 4:58 PM

Dec 6, 2010
MARK HUME
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/bc-scientists-map-out-the-oceans-destiny/article1827565/

China world’s best hope, worst fear regarding climate crisis

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 4:57 PM

Dec 6, 2010
SHAWN McCARTHY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/china-worlds-best-hope-worst-fear-regarding-climate-crisis/article1827521/

Canada among top climate-change culprits: report

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 4:57 PM

Germanwatch rates Brazil among best environment-improving countries
Dec 6, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/12/06/tech-climate-change-ranking.html

Lancaster Sound to be Arctic park

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 4:56 PM

Dec 6, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/12/06/lancaster-sound-marine-conservation.html

Bears to blame for Nfld. caribou decline: minister

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 4:56 PM

Dec 6, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/12/06/nl-coyote-caribou-1206.html

Ad mocks Alta. oilsands at UN climate meeting

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 4:56 PM

Dec 6, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/12/06/edmonton-cancun-renner.html

Over-wintering fly threatens B.C. cherry crops

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 4:55 PM

Dec 6, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/12/06/bc-cherries-spotted-wing-drosophilia.html

B.C. spaceport campaign launched

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 4:55 PM

Dec 6, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/12/06/bc-spaceport-muslim.html

Tree-needle riddle solved by Quebec researchers

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 4:55 PM

Christmas trees could retain their needles for months with treatment
Dec 6, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/12/06/christmas-trees.html

Oil sands players join forces on tailings cleanup

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 4:54 PM

Dec 6, 2010
NATHAN VANDERKLIPPE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/oil-sands-players-join-forces-on-tailings-cleanup/article1827425/

Ottawa moves to protect Serengeti of the Arctic

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 4:54 PM

Dec 6, 2010
GLORIA GALLOWAY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-moves-to-protect-serengeti-of-the-arctic/article1827418/

NASA's arsenic microbe science slammed

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 4:54 PM

Dec 6, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/12/06/arsenic-microbe-dna-nasa-wolfe-simon.html

Expert says New Brunswick’s MS ‘liberation’ fund has political motives

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 4:53 PM

Dec 5, 2010
Kevin Bisset
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/atlantic/expert-says-new-brunswicks-ms-liberation-fund-has-political-motives/article1825738/

Canada gets ready to walk away from Kyoto Protocol

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 4:53 PM

Dec 5, 2010
SHAWN McCARTHY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/canada-gets-ready-to-walk-away-from-kyoto-protocol/article1825976/

Ted Turner urges global one-child policy to save planet

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 4:53 PM

Dec 5, 2010
SHAWN McCARTHY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/ted-turner-urges-global-one-child-policy-to-save-planet/article1825977/

Without government push, companies losing interest in carbon investment

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 4:52 PM

Dec 5, 2010
SHAWN McCARTHY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/without-government-push-companies-losing-interest-in-carbon-investment/article1825831/

On climate change, Canada (finally) comes clean

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 4:52 PM

Dec 4, 2010
Norman Spector
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/second-reading/spector-vision/on-climate-change-canada-finally-comes-clean/article1825385/

With emission cuts stalling, scientists look to geoengineering

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 4:52 PM

Dec 4, 2010
Charles J. Hanley
The Associated Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/with-emission-cuts-stalling-scientists-look-to-geoengineering/article1825426/

Rejecting Kyoto extension threatens climate talks: developing nations

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 4:51 PM

Dec 4, 2010
Shawn McCarthy
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/rejecting-kyoto-extension-threatens-climate-talks-developing-nations/article1825499/

Who will pay for the environmental mess we’re in?

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 4:51 PM

Dec 3, 2010
Shawn McCarthy
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/who-will-pay-for-the-environmental-mess-were-in/article1825157/

Making forests pay in a warming world

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 4:51 PM

Dec 3, 2010
David Fogarty
Reuters
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/making-forests-pay-in-a-warming-world/article1823945/

A simple way to stave off infirmity

Posted by Jeff Sharom at 4:50 PM

It is a terrible irony that humankind’s efforts to engineer a delay to the aging process may consume vast quantities of time, money and hope, while an answer – exercise – is already before us
Dec 3, 2010
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/a-simple-way-to-stave-off-infirmity/article1824780/