Science Canada: 11/28/09

Saturday, November 28, 2009

Advocates need to show how research helps solve problems, says AUCC’s Herb O’Heron
Nov 23, 2009
Tara Fraser
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/grad-studies-an-investment-in-the-lives-of-canadians.aspx

Scientists were angry, but they didn't lie

Nov 28, 2009
Peter Gorrie
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/insight/article/731420--scientists-were-angry-but-they-didn-t-lie

Nuclear fleet shows its age

A three-decade life extension might make economic sense, but is it too risky for residents?
Nov 28, 2009
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/business/article/731959--nuclear-fleet-shows-its-age

'Rotten' Arctic sea ice duping satellites, multi-year ice virtually gone: expert

Nov 27, 2009
Chinta Puxley
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jl1QzaVJ2SYdNYTWNvZVNK0_tw4A

Arctic ice meltdown remains severe, scientist reports

Nov 27, 2009
Randy Boswell
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Arctic+meltdown+remains+severe+scientist+reports/2277164/story.html

Climate change two-step

Nov 27, 2009
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/731546--climate-change-two-step

All policy is now climate policy

Copenhagen and the art of looking committed
Nov 27, 2009
Terence Corcoran
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/11/27/terence-corcoran-all-policy-is-now-climate-policy.aspx

Google’s climate ‘scholars’

Methods used to tabulate the number of experts who are skeptical of climate change leave something to be desired
Nov 27, 2009
Lawrence Solomon
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/11/27/lawrence-solomon-google-s-climate-scholars.aspx

The oil sands have been Gored

Apparently they jeopardize the very survival of our species
Nov 27, 2009
Rex Murphy
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/the-oil-sands-have-been-gored/article1380872/

Hacked e-mails heat up climate-change debate

Nov 27, 2009
Richard Foot
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/news/national/GLOBAL+WARMING+TRUTH/2277493/story.html

WHO says clusters of drug resistant H1N1 unlikely to signal change in virus

Nov 26, 2009
Helen Branswell
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5ijs5eLLigeH9T1z4oBWJLResbjXQ

Tamiflu still fights H1N1 despite resistant cases: WHO

Nov 26, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/11/26/h1n1-tamiflu-resistance-who.html

Battling climate change offers health benefits

Nov 26, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/11/26/climate-change-health.html

Climate change: A heated debate

Why political orthodoxy must not silence scientific argument
Nov 26, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/opinion/displayStory.cfm?story_id=14966227

Hackers skewed climate-change emails: scientists

Nov 26, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/11/26/climate-change-hack.html

B.C. greenhouse gas reporting regulations set for January 1

Nov 26, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5gmLV6i4kp9eMw2MG-9y6_GXinC_Q

B.C. greenhouse-gas emitters face January deadline

Nov 26, 2009
Scott Simpson
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/greenhouse+emitters+face+January+deadline/2272154/story.html

Canada's PM to join climate talks in Copenhagen

Nov 26, 2009
Michel Comte
AFP
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jwk5PKIWXmIy3fSll-qzgfvO_74A

Harper heads for Copenhagen after all

News of PM's decision to attend climate-change summit comes as he heads for Commonwealth meeting in Caribbean, leaving torture uproar behind
Nov 26, 2009
Steven Chase
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/harper-heads-for-copenhagen-after-all/article1378514/

Obama to attend global climate summit

Nov 26, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/11/25/copenhagen-obama-summit-climate.html

3,000 scientists tell federal government to 'act now' on climate change

Nov 26, 2009
Margaret Munro
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/technology/scientists+tell+federal+government+climate+change/2272707/story.html

Climate science untarnished by hacked emails-IPCC

- UN climate panel report "in no way" tarnished
- Review process makes bias impossible
Nov 26, 2009
Gerard Wynn
Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSGEE5AP1Y5

Climate scientists under attack before Copenhagen summit

Nov 26, 2009
Travis Lupick
Georgia Straight
http://www.straight.com/article-272059/vancouver/scientists-under-attack-summit

China pledges to slow emissions growth

Nov 26, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/11/26/china-copenhagen-climate-jibao.html

Climate change is playing with a broken hockey stick

Nov 26, 2009
Stephen Taylor
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/11/26/stephen-taylor-climate-change-is-playing-with-a-broken-hockey-stick.aspx

Notes on a climate-research scandal

Nov 26, 2009
Andrew Potter
Macleans
http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/26/notes-on-a-climate-research-scandal/

Northern infrastructure unprepared for impacts of global warming: Panel

Nov 26, 2009
Mike De Souza
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/technology/Northern+infrastructure+unprepared+impacts+global+warming+Panel/2268503/story.html

Michael Ignatieff unveils his big climate plan

Nov 26, 2009
Kelly McParland
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/11/26/kelly-mcparland-michael-ignatieff-unveils-his-big-climate-plan.aspx

AL GORE V. THE OIL SANDS

Nov 26, 2009
Nathan VanderKlippe
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/al-gore-v-the-oil-sands/article1377995/

How is postsecondary education better abroad? It has standards

Without a national strategy to guide us, there's no use debating the finer points
Nov 25, 2009
Gary Mason
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/how-is-postsecondary-education-better-abroad-it-has-standards/article1377599/

Harper digs in heels as Obama heads to Copenhagen

U.S. President says he'll participate in global climate summit next month - but Prime Minister won't go unless there's ‘an actual leaders meeting'
Nov 25, 2009
Gloria Galloway
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/harper-digs-in-heels-as-obama-heads-to-copenhagen/article1376880/

Gore's oil-sands comments 'preposterous,' Stelmach says

Alberta Premier takes issue with environmentalist's take on gasoline produced from province's carbon-intensive extraction process
Nov 25, 2009
Katherine O'Neill
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/gores-oil-sands-comments-preposterous-stelmach-says/article1377804/

Canada, others accused of not keeping climate change vows

Nov 25, 2009
Peter O'Neil
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/business/Canada+others+accused+keeping+climate+change+vows/2264163/story.html

Stelmach deflects heat from Ontario

Nov 25, 2009
Jason Fekete
Calgary Herald; Canwest News Service
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/business/Stelmach+deflects+heat+from+Ontario/2263121/story.html

Gore predicts climate treaty by next year

Nov 25, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/11/25/tech-gore-suzuki.html

Climate scientists issue grim weather forecast

Nov 25, 2009
Margaret Munro
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Climate+scientists+issue+grim+weather+forecast/2264083/story.html

Shhhh! Nuclear Sell-off Underway

The Harper government's secretive moves to privatize the CANDU reactor maker that you own
Nov 25, 2009
Amelia Bellamy-Royds
TheTyee.ca
http://thetyee.ca/News/2009/11/25/NuclearSelloff/

Gas from tarsands 'dirtiest' alternative, Gore says

Nov 25, 2009
CTV News
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20091125/gore_AM_091125/20091125?hub=SciTech

Report waters down truth about oilsands

Nov 25, 2009
Deborah Yedlin
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/Report+waters+down+truth+about+oilsands/2263858/story.html

Swine flu 'levelling off' in Canada

Nov 25, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/11/25/h1n1-canada.html

Mental illness costs Canada $33B annually: TD

'A major economic cost'
Nov 25, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/11/25/canada-economy-mental-health-cost.html

Food waste has environmental impact: scientists

Nov 25, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/11/24/tech-environment-food-waste.html

First Nation pleads guilty to polluting lake

Nov 25, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/11/23/sask-pollution-guilty-fn.html

HPV vaccination delayed by swine flu program

Nov 25, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/11/25/pei-hpv-vaccine-delay-584.html

Cooking the climate change books

Nov 25, 2009
Lorne Gunter
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/11/25/lorne-gunter-cooking-the-climate-change-books.aspx

Naturopathy a prescription for quackery

Nov 24, 2009
Scott Gavura
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/11/24/scott-gavura-naturopathy-a-prescription-for-quackery.aspx

Mankind using Earth's resources at alarming rate

Nov 24, 2009
AFP
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Mankind+using+Earth+resources+alarming+rate/2260547/story.html

Ciena will save 2,000 Nortel jobs

U.S.-based buyer vows to protect most workers at optical unit, including the majority in Ottawa
Nov 24, 2009
Iain Marlow
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/business/companies/nortel/article/729767--ciena-will-save-2-000-nortel-jobs

Scientists urge drastic action at Copenhagen climate meet

Nov 24, 2009
Margaret Munro
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/technology/Scientists+urge+drastic+action+Copenhagen+meet/2260366/story.html

Climate change quickens, seas feared up 2 metres

- 26 scientists say ice melting, CO2 emissions up sharply
- Seas could rise up to 2 metres at worst by 2100
- Experts urge Copenhagen summit to cap greenhouse emissions
Nov 24, 2009
Alister Doyle
Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSGEE5AN1H2

Drug exec named to top health job

It's 'like having big bad wolf directing 3 little pigs'
Nov 24, 2009
CHRISTINA SPENCER
Toronto Sun
http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2009/11/24/11900616-sun.html

Future is green economy

Already flowering in Quebec, Charest says
Nov 24, 2009
LYNN MOORE
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/Future+green+economy/2258757/story.html

Oil sands back on front burner

Nov 24, 2009
Gillian Steward
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/729738

HIV infection rate stable: UN

Nov 24, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/11/24/hiv-un.html

New program shifts focus to Mars

SPACE STUDY
Nov 24, 2009
NICOLE VEERMAN
SPECIAL TO SUN MEDIA
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Science/2009/11/24/11901636-sun.html

Alberta to spend $495M on carbon capture pipeline

Ottawa invests $63M in project
Nov 24, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/11/24/federal-support-carbon-dioxide-pipeline.html

Enforce environmental laws at oilsands: report

Nov 24, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/11/24/north-alta-oilsands-report.html

Fungus new to Calgary attacks poplar, aspens

Nov 24, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/11/24/calgary-bronze-leaf-disease-trees-poplar-aspen.html

Cancer experts call for reduction in Pap tests

North American health organizations move to replace antiquated cervical cancer screening policies
Nov 24, 2009
Carly Weeks
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/cancer-experts-call-for-reduction-in-pap-tests/article1374871/

Let the climate debate begin

Why did almost every country buy into possibly bogus science?
Nov 24, 2009
Peter Foster
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/11/24/peter-foster-let-the-climate-debate-begin.aspx

Principal talks on military research and tuition

The Daily sits down with Heather Munroe-Blum to discuss campus issues
Nov 23, 2009
Humera Jabir
McGill Daily
http://mcgilldaily.com/articles/23132

Climate change: Who'll pay the climate bill?

On the eve of Copenhagen, a report on the cost of global warming sparks a firestorm
Matthew McClearn
Canadian Business magazine, December 7, 2009 issue
http://www.canadianbusiness.com/managing/strategy/article.jsp?content=20091207_10005_10005

Greenhouse gases reached record highs in 2008: UN

Report by the World Meteorological Organization comes as the EU urges the United States and China to set emissions targets
Nov 23, 2009
ELIANE ENGELER
Associated Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/greenhouse-gases-reached-record-highs-in-2008-un/article1374263/

Earth's greenhouse gases reach record highs

Nov 23, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/11/23/greenhouse-gases-023.html

Vioxx risks evident earlier, researchers say

Merck & Co rejects study methodology, conclusions
Nov 23, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/11/23/vioxx-risks-early.html

ADHD tied to tobacco, lead exposure

Nov 23, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/11/23/adhd-children-lead-tobacco-smoke.html

Revisit isotope decision, government told

Nov 23, 2009
Meagan Fitzpatrick
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/health/Revisit+isotope+decision+government+told/2257857/story.html

Doctors issue caution in using antivirals for H1N1

Experts fear overuse may make the drugs useless long term
Nov 23, 2009
Sharon Kirkey
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Doctors+issue+caution+using+antivirals+H1N1/2255879/story.html

Tories not protecting water, says new report

Nov 23, 2009
Mike De Souza
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Tories+protecting+water+says+report/2255880/story.html

Held hostage by the oil sands

Nov 23, 2009
David Crane
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/728829

Chickenpox is no reason to keep the kids at home

Despite experts' recommendations, children with mild cases are still being barred from schools for five days
Nov 23, 2009
Lisa Priest
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/chickenpox-is-no-reason-to-keep-the-kids-at-home/article1374753/

Quebec vows ambitious cuts to greenhouse gas emissions

Charest unveils target to reduce emissions by 20 per cent from 1990 levels, which would make the province a North American leader
Nov 23, 2009
Rhéal Séguin
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/quebec-vows-ambitious-cuts-to-greenhouse-gas-emissions/article1374487/

Suzuki Foundation polls finds Canadians overwhelming agree with Suzuki Foundation. Even in Alberta, where everyone hates the environment!

Nov 23, 2009
Kelly McParland
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/11/23/kelly-mcparland-suzuki-foundation-polls-finds-canadians-overwhelming-agree-with-suzuki-foundatio-even-in-alberta.aspx

After Copenhagen, the end of the science

Rising uncertainty over science existed long before the CRU emails surfaced
Nov 23, 2009
Terence Corcoran
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/11/23/terence-corcoran-after-copenhagen-the-end-of-the-science.aspx

CRU’s climate ‘tricks’

Is this how ‘tip-top’ scientists talk?
Nov 23, 2009
Myron Ebell
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/11/23/cru-s-climate-tricks.aspx

Climategate

What the climate scientists wrote and when they wrote it
Nov 23, 2009
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/11/23/climategate.aspx

Activists criticize Alberta for wetland policy delay

Nov 22, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/11/22/edmonton-water-management-wetlands-policy.html

Key to future is greater productivity

Nov 22, 2009
DAVID CRANE
Chronicle-Herald
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Business/1153988.html

Why Canada failed on Kyoto and how to make amends

The nation's recent history sadly played against fulfilling its treaty obligations
Nov 22, 2009
Tim Flannery
http://www.thestar.com/news/insight/article/729155--why-canada-failed-on-kyoto-and-how-to-make-amends

Our carbon plan ranks at bottom

Nov 22, 2009
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/728805--our-carbon-plan-ranks-at-bottom

Quebec hints at strong climate stance ahead of Copenhagen conference

But Canada's more modest approach will undermine local efforts, critics say
Nov 21, 2009
KEVIN DOUGHERTY
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/Quebec+hints+strong+climate+stance+ahead+Copenhagen+conference/2249882/story.html

Canadians chagrined over status as climate-change dawdlers

Poll finds three quarters are embarrassed that country hasn't taken international lead on cutting greenhouse gases
Nov 20, 2009
Martin Mittelstaedt
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/canadians-chagrined-over-status-as-climate-change-dawdlers/article1372296/