Sunday, December 13, 2009

Scientists protest appointment of Pfizer boss to health panel

Dec 7, 2009
Margaret Munro
Canwest News Service
http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/Scientists+protest+appointment+Pfizer+boss+health+panel/2313837/story.html
Dec 8, 2009
Mia Rabson
Winnipeg Free Press
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/mps-reject-bid-to-quash-drug-council-appointment-78751902.html

Educating Canada

When it comes to undergraduate education, we can do better
Dec 10, 2009
Robert Campbell, Michael Goldbloom, Ray Ivany and Sean Riley
Special to Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/educating-canada/article1396050/
Dec 10, 2009
Leo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/margin-notes/finance-committee-tables-pre-budget-report/

PSE report roundup

Dec 8, 2009
Leo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/margin-notes/pse-report-roundup/
Dec 10, 2009
Pat Hewitt
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5hmNO0ttshArDyxomADiUco89ueCQ
Most schools are concerned about funding from provincial grants
Dec 7, 2009
Rosanna Tamburri
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/endowment-levels-improve.aspx
Willard Boyle, whose work in optics revolutionized photography, receives the Nobel Prize in Physics Thursday
Dec 10, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/canadian-scientist-receives-nobel-prize/article1395843/
Dec 10, 2009
Steve Lambert
THE CANADIAN PRESS
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/business/breakingnews/78994732.html
Dec 9, 2009
Jeremy Torobin
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/clement-unveils-funds-for-high-tech-firms/article1393700/
Dec 8, 2009
Roberto Rocha
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/opinion/letters/Canadian+investment+fund+help+tech+startups/2318079/story.html

Still following the U.S. lead

Canada's intention to 'harmonize' with Washington's climate policies carries risks that should be debated
Dec 13, 2009
Tyson Dyck
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/737867
As major consumer of Canadian energy, Martin says Americans share responsibility
Dec 13, 2009
Allan Woods
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/sciencetech/environment/copenhagensummit/article/738198--u-s-bears-oilsands-burden-ex-pm-says
Dec 13, 2009
Krista Armstrong
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5iorpGzNfTblX1Rz-J0xXteGJWq6g

Canada balks at climate plan

Proposed agreement unbalanced and needs 'considerable work,' Ottawa negotiator says
Dec 12, 2009
Allan Woods
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/sciencetech/environment/copenhagensummit/article/737939--canada-balks-at-climate-plan

A media gone carbon-cuckoo

Dec 12, 2009
Robert Fulford
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/12/12/robert-fulford-a-media-gone-carbon-cuckoo.aspx

The gas of life

Western carbon dioxide emissions increase plant yields in the Third World. So why are they asking for reparations?
Dec 12, 2009
Lawrence Solomon
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/12/12/lawrence-solomon-the-gas-of-life.aspx
Dec 11, 2009
James Wood
The StarPhoenix
http://www.thestarphoenix.com/health/Province+awaits+decision+about+research+isotope+reactor/2328109/story.html

H1N1 moving eastward, WHO says

Dec 11, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/12/11/h1n1-who.html
Dec 11, 2009
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/opinion/More+successes+than+failures+Canada+H1N1+preparedness/2329013/story.html
Poor countries want deal to continue, but U.S. – and Canada – take a different view
Dec 11, 2009
Allan Woods
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/sciencetech/environment/copenhagensummit/article/737532--battle-brewing-over-future-of-kyoto
Dec 11, 2009
Arthur Max
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
http://www.thestar.com/news/sciencetech/environment/copenhagensummit/article/737708--u-s-china-clash-at-climate-talks
Dec 11, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/12/11/eu-brown-sarkozy-fund.html
Dec 11, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/12/11/copenhagen-climate-draft.html
Real issue is 'harassment of climate scientists,' prof says
Dec 11, 2009
Petti Fong
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/737517--campus-break-ins-target-leading-researcher

With willing provinces

Dec 11, 2009
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/with-willing-provinces/article1396628/
Dec 11, 2009
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/737408--climate-change-policy-in-the-dark
Minister strikes back at Canada's green critics
Dec 11, 2009
John Ivison
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/columnists/story.html?id=2449aa65-c921-43f9-be59-073b12f5e12f

The Goracle speaks on Climategate

The emails, far from being meaningless or out of context, show alteration of data and attempts to rig the peer review process
Dec 11, 2009
Peter Foster
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/12/11/peter-foster-the-goracle-speaks-on-climategate.aspx
Hospital stays longer for infection reaction therapy than other conditions, CIHI says
Dec 10, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/12/10/sepsis-hospitals-patient-safety.html
Dec 10, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/12/10/tech-climate-uk-scientists.html
Dec 10, 2009
Richard Ingham
AFP
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Climate+change+Plan+awaits+diplomacy+fails/2325525/story.html
Dec 10, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/12/10/climate-copenhagen-soros.html
Dec 10, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/12/10/copenhagen-north-exemption.html
Dec 10, 2009
Bob Weber
THE CANADIAN PRESS
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/greenpage/environment/78998567.html
Dec 10, 2009
Kelly Cryderman
Calgary Herald
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Canada+mocked+praised+Copenhagen/2326208/story.html

How to break the climate impasse

If Copenhagen is our last chance for a deal, let's try creative diplomacy
Dec 10, 2009
Fen Osler Hampson and William Zartman
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/how-to-break-the-climate-impasse/article1396354/
Start with big oil companies, and the money and connections flow
Dec 10, 2009
Donald Gutstein
The Tyee.ca
http://thetyee.ca/Books/2009/12/10/ClimateDeniers/

Our costly climate plan

Attacking the energy industry is bad news for all of Canada, but especially Alberta and Saskatchewn
Dec 10, 2009
Jack Mintz
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/12/10/jack-mintz-our-costly-climate-plan.aspx
Dec 9, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/12/08/bc-alcohol-consumption-study.html
Change in ocean conditions in 2007 likely behind mass death of stocks
Dec 9, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/12/09/bc-scientists-sockeye-climate-change.html
Dec 9, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/12/08/lancaster-sound-study.html
Several Liberal senators skip vote; bill passes as is
Dec 9, 2009
Sarah Schmidt
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Senate+passes+consumer+product+safety+bill/2322328/story.html
Dec 9, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/12/09/ns-dalhousie-nuclear-reactor.html
Development adds to coastline problems
Dec 9, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/12/10/ns-coastal-report.html
'We will not sign an inequitable deal'
Dec 9, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/12/09/climate-developing-nations.html

Rethinking Green: Fuel for debate

The conclusion of Kevin Libin’s five-part Rethinking Green series, which looks at unexpected ways to help the environment
Dec 9, 2009
Kevin Libin
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/world/copenhagen/story.html?id=2322878

Blunt instrument on CO(2)

Dec 9, 2009
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/blunt-instrument-on-co2/article1393675/
Dec 9, 2009
LYN COCKBURN
Edmonton Sun
http://www.edmontonsun.com/news/columnists/lyn_cockburn/2009/12/09/12089316-sun.html
Dec 9, 2009
Kelly Cryderman
Calgary Herald
http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/prominent+Canadians+advise+Canada/2322670/story.html
It's no surprise that accusations of ‘carbon colonialism' are filling the air in Denmark
Dec 9, 2009
Margaret Wente
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/copenhagen-climate-rage-whos-the-villain/article1395002/
Dec 9, 2009
John Ivison
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/12/09/john-ivison-canadians-want-all-the-climate-progress-they-can-get-for-free.aspx
Dec 9, 2009
Judith Lavoie
Times Colonist
http://www.timescolonist.com/opinion/climate+scientists+back+Premier+Gordon+Campbell/2319759/story.html

No faith in Harper on climate

With the world watching Copenhagen, Quebec's francophone pundits give up hope on the Prime Minister
Dec 9, 2009
Kalli Anderson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/no-faith-in-harper-on-climate/article1394595/
Dec 9, 2009
John Geddes
Macleans
http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/12/09/thinking-through-canadas-climate-change-position/
Dec 9, 2009
John Spears
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/736648--canada-s-climate-change-plan-hurting-us-miller
Dec 9, 2009
David Suzuki With Faisal Moola
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5gFN8NoLLPFL8rhbm4dlhow4c_yMw

The skeleton of climate change

Dec 9, 2009
Lorne Gunter
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/related/topics/story.html?id=2319958

Science Makes Good Policy

History is full of examples of scientific input leading to better policy outcomes. The climate change debate should be no different.
Dec 8, 2009
James Hrynyshyn
The Mark
http://www.themarknews.com/articles/743-science-makes-good-policy
Dec 8, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/12/08/tamiflu-review.html

Canada to host meeting on BPA use

Dec 8, 2009
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Canada+host+meeting/2318125/story.html
Dec 8, 2009
Jeremy Warren
Saskatchewan News Network; Canwest News Service
http://www.leaderpost.com/business/Sask+will+resist+trade+plans/2314871/story.html
Dec 8, 2009
John Geddes
Macleans
http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/12/08/jim-prentice-sums-up-canadas-climate-change-postion/
Dec 8, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/12/08/edmonton-renner-copenhagen-talks.html
Dec 8, 2009
Shaun Polczer
Calgary Herald
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Alberta+Environment+minister+attend+Copenhagen+climate+summit/2317766/story.html
A privileged generation chose to roll the dice on its children's future
Dec 8, 2009
http://www.thestar.com/news/sciencetech/environment/copenhagensummit/article/735644--travers-o-canada-the-world-s-dirty-old-man
Dec 8, 2009
David Olive
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/business/article/735533--olive-canada-the-ant-at-climate-conference-picnic
Dec 8, 2009
Tracy Snoddon and Randall Wigle
Institute for Research on Public Policy
http://www.irpp.org/choices/archive/vol15no11.pdf
And 2009 will probably end up as one of the warmest years
Dec 8, 2009
Associated Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/climate-change/un-weather-agency-says-decade-likely-warmest-on-record/article1392331/
EPA eyes monitoring car, industry emissions
Dec 8, 2009
Associated Press
http://www.thestar.com/news/sciencetech/environment/copenhagensummit/article/735616--u-s-wants-greenhouse-gases-on-hazard-list

The real inconvenient truth

The whole world needs to adopt China's one-child policy
Dec 8, 2009
Diane Francis
Financial Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/columnists/story.html?id=342e1874-cf39-4c23-b5e5-1e684033817a
Dec 8, 2009
Renata D'Aliesio
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/technology/Global+warming+unproven+Wildrose+leader+says/2314494/story.html

Honk if you hate global warming

Dec 8, 2009
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/story.html?id=2314409
Dec 8, 2009
Kevin Libin
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/most-popular/story.html?id=2318164
Dec 8, 2009
Chronicle-Herald
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Editorials/1156596.html
Dec 8, 2009
Adrian MacNair
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/12/08/adrian-macnair-on-climate-change.aspx
Dec 7, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/12/07/oxycontin-ontario-deaths.html
Dec 7, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/12/06/health-diabetes-report.html
Dec 7, 2009
Gerard Wynn
Reuters
http://www.nationalpost.com/most-popular/story.html?id=2312246
Environment Canada says Canada is seeking a new international climate change agreement 'that balances environmental protection and economic prosperity.'
Dec 7, 2009
HARRIS MACLEOD
The Hill Times
http://www.thehilltimes.ca/page/view/climate_change-12-7-2009
Petition, protest keep pressure on Harper government, as key U.S. agency moves on greenhouse gas emissions
Dec 7, 2009
Steve Rennie
THE CANADIAN PRESS
http://www.thestar.com/news/sciencetech/environment/copenhagensummit/article/735389--canadians-conservatives-differ-on-climate-poll
Dec 7, 2009
Bob Weber
THE CANADIAN PRESS
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/735399--oilsands-pollution-exceeds-official-estimates-study
Toxic emissions from industry are equal to one major oil spill every year, independent report suggests
Dec 7, 2009
Martin Mittelstaedt
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/climate-change/oil-sands-emissions-polluting-waterways-study-finds/article1391749/
Dec 7, 2009
Mike DeSouza
Canwest News Service
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=2313348

Star joins global climate crusade

As the Copenhagen summit kicks off today, 56 newspapers in 45 countries have united to demand action
Dec 7, 2009
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/sciencetech/environment/copenhagensummit/article/735124--star-joins-global-climate-crusade
Dec 7, 2009
Bob McDonald
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/quirks-blog/2009/12/350_years_of_science_now_under.html
Agency declares greenhouse gases a health risk, strengthening Obama's hand at summit and posing challenge for industry
Dec 7, 2009
Eric Reguly
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/climate-change/us-makes-first-move-at-copenhagen/article1391958/

Canada's polluted politics

To explain Canada's dismal record on climate change is to understand the toxic grip that oil holds over its government
Dec 7, 2009
Colin Horgan
guardian.co.uk
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2009/dec/04/canada-tar-sands-monbiot-harper
As the Copenhagen talks open, there's lots of bogus science around
Dec 7, 2009
Jeffrey Simpson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/climate-change-is-not-weather-change/article1391782/
Cap-and-trade poses immense danger to Canadian jobs and prosperity
Dec 7, 2009
Gordon Gibson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/yankee-protectionism-this-time-dressed-in-green/article1391896/
I confess I have been rather fascinated by blogosphere and journalistic politicos taking a stab at science over the past fortnight -- and I think that metaphor, by the way, is apt.
Dec 7, 2009
John Baglow
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/12/07/john-baglow-sure-there-are-climate-conspiracies-but-not-coming-from-scientists.aspx
Dec 7, 2009
John Wiebe
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/sciencetech/environment/copenhagensummit/article/735199--business-seeks-sign-world-serious-about-tackling-the-globe-s-warming

Canada inactive on climate front

Dec 7, 2009
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/735079--canada-inactive-on-climate-front
Dec 7, 2009
Iain Henderson
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/12/07/iain-henderson-oil-sands-key-to-growing-green-technology-in-canada.aspx
Dec 7, 2009
Matt Price
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/734753
Dec 7, 2009
Donald C. Thompson
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/734752
Rethinking Green
Dec 7, 2009
Kevin Libin
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=2310172
Dec 7, 2009
Kevin Libin
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/most-popular/story.html?id=2314104
Dec 7, 2009
Lawrence Solomon
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/12/07/lawrence-solomon-climategate-gang-is-writing-the-script-for-copenhagen.aspx

Canada's isotope fiasco

Dec 6, 2009
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/734730--canada-s-isotope-fiasco

Canada 'Darth Vader of G8'

Green record of broken promises, unmet targets
Dec 6, 2009
Allan Woods
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/sciencetech/environment/copenhagensummit/article/735011--canada-darth-vader-of-g8
While it has its defenders, home of the oil sands must prove it can be part of the solution as global summit set to begin
Dec 6, 2009
Eric Reguly and Nathan Vanderklippe
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/climate-change/dirty-image-puts-canada-in-climate-doghouse-at-copenhagen/article1390657/
Dec 6, 2009
Steve Rennie
THE CANADIAN PRESS
http://www.thestar.com/news/sciencetech/environment/copenhagensummit/article/735059--prentice-says-canada-sticking-to-greenhouse-gas-targets-at-copenhagen-conference
Dec 6, 2009
Arthur Max, Karl Ritter
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
http://www.thestar.com/news/sciencetech/environment/copenhagensummit/article/735045--we-re-at-a-climate-turning-point-official-warns

How Canada can cope in Copenhagen

Dec 6, 2009
SUN MEDIA
http://www.torontosun.com/comment/editorial/2009/12/06/12055286-sun.html
Dec 5, 2009
Mia Rabson
Winnipeg Free Press
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Manitoba+isotope+plan+second+look/2307744/story.html

Few scientists sweet on M & M

Two Canadians, Steve McIntyre and Ross McKitrick, are a thorn in the side of climatologists who say the planet is under threat from man-made global warming
Dec 5, 2009
RICHARD FOOT
Canwest News Service
http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/scientists+sweet/2306270/story.html
It's time for a new national project: to make Canada a clean-energy superpower
Dec 5, 2009
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/the-changing-climate-and-canadian-realities/article1389967/

The fight for our future begins

Evidence of global warming continues to stack up despite a growing cloud of skepticism
Dec 5, 2009
Scott Simpson
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/fight+future+begins/2306957/story.html

Blue Bin Blues

Recycling may have negative effect on the environment: expert
Dec 5, 2009
Kevin Libin
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=2305645

The road to Copenhagen

Dec 5, 2009
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/related/links/story.html?id=2305651

Dirty climate data

Climategate emails prove that we must redo the science with data and a process that can be trusted
Dec 5, 2009
Lawrence Solomon
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/12/05/dirty-climate-data.aspx

Private Gain or Public Interest?

Reforming Canada's Oil and Gas Industry
Dec 4, 2009
David Thompson, Keith Newman
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
https://www.policyalternatives.ca/sites/default/files/uploads/publications/reports/docs/Public%20Interest%20or%20Private%20Gain.pdf
The following is an exchange between Financial Post columnist Terence Corcoran and Anthony Cary, British High Commissioner to Canada since 2007
Dec 4, 2009
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/12/04/one-rollicking-climate-change-debate-corcoran-vs-cary.aspx
The effects of atmospheric warming on our vast territory, immense coastlines and abundance of fresh water are already apparent
Dec 4, 2009
Jeffrey Simpson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/geographically-speaking-what-on-earth-is-canada-doing/article1389524/

Responding to the skeptics

Science takes on four common arguments against global warming
Dec 4, 2009
Thomas Homer-Dixon and Andrew Weaver
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/responding-to-the-skeptics/article1389545/
Leaked e-mails from Britain's Climatic Research Unit threaten to undermine Copenhagen summit on carbon emissions
Dec 4, 2009
Doug Saunders
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/climate-change/breach-in-the-global-warming-bunker-rattles-climate-science-at-the-worst-time/article1389842/

Canada's Kyoto legacy

The government hasn't come close to cutting greenhouse gases to meet its Kyoto target, but the protocol opened Canadians' eyes to the threat of climate change
Dec 3, 2009
Jill Mahoney
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/climate-change/canadas-kyoto-legacy/article1387407/
Science never writes closed textbooks. It does not offer us a holy scripture, infallible and complete.
Dec 2, 2009
MIKE HULME
The Wall Street Journal
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704107104574571613215771336.html
The "ClimateGate" affair - the publication of e-mails and documents hacked or leaked from one of the world's leading climate research institutions - is being intensely debated on the web. But what does it imply for climate science? Here, Mike Hulme and Jerome Ravetz say it shows that we need a more concerted effort to explain and engage the public in understanding the processes and practices of science and scientists.
Dec 1, 2009
Mike Hulme and Jerome Ravetz
BBC News
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8388485.stm
The tar barons have held the nation to ransom. This thuggish petro-state is today the greatest obstacle to a deal in Copenhagen
Nov 30, 2009
George Monbiot
guardian.co.uk
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cif-green/2009/nov/30/canada-tar-sands-copenhagen-climate-deal