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Canadians have low expectations that the Copenhagen Climate Change Summit will actually result in…anything. That’s the conclusion drawn by Angus Reid, who released the results of their poll today . Is it any surprise? Reading news stories on the lead...
Things are heating up in preparation for the UN climate change conference in Copenhagen, December 7-18, 2009. You’ve probably heard that Greenpeace activists from around the world descended on Shell and Suncor's operations near Fort McMurray not once...
I am a lapsed vegetarian. I will even confess to being a happy omnivore. I’ll eat pretty much any animal product and if it’s red meat — show me the blood. None of this overcooked grey stuff. It is from an animal after all—it seems pointless to pretend...
Last fall I went on a trip to Hawaii. I’d always wanted to go there and it was pretty much everything I had hoped for: sun, ocean, beach, beautiful vistas, great food, great people and all around pure indulgence. When I got back I was chatting about the...
It's a tradition. Every year, our large, extended family gathers at the prairie farm where we grew up. This year, with snow falling from one end to the other of this vast nation, there was lots of weather talk, and even a suggestion that since this...
The most alarming book I’ve read lately, from an environmental perspective, was actually about real estate. Greater Fool: The Troubled Future of Real Estate by Garth Turner, might make you think twice about placing all your net worth in real estate, and...