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Well aware of the stigma the oilsands brings to the nation’s reputation, Environment Minister Jim Prentice has spoken up and stated the obvious. He warns that Canada is in danger of becoming a “global poster child for environmentally unsound resource development” and says the industry must change its ways.
The Canadian Press reports that in the area of urban sustainability, Vancouver, Toronto and Yellowknife are leaders in each of their respective categories: big cities with a population over 700,000, medium cities with a population over 250,000 and small cities with a population under 250,000.
With recent stimulus plans providing incentive to shift towards a greener economy and with many nations establishing eco-friendly goals for the future, the race is on to become the world’s greenest nation. To actually compare and rank so many varied and intricate ‘entities’ seems an impossible feat. But researchers at Yale and Columbia Universities have done just that.
As a new decade begins, we look back on the first ten years of the 21st century and try to wrap our minds around its events and catch our breath after its rapid pace.
The Tokai Challenger solar vehicle from Japan has won a sizzling victory in the 2009 Global Green Challenge, Southwest Airlines has announced its plans for a “green plane” and the United Nations has named Disney character Tinker Bell an Honorary Ambassador of Green.
In the context of today’s world, ‘consuming’ and ‘balance’ in the same sentence seems to be an oxymoron.Wordpress theme provided by diythemes.
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