Canadian News
The latest news from and about Canadian issues.Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Ottawa must reconcile oilsands’ riches, environmental challenges: Expert.
Canada.com, April 29, 2008 - “The distinguished Canadian researcher who pioneered the development of the country’s oilsands is warning Prime Minister Stephen Harper that the industry touted to make Canada an energy superpower will “hit a wall” unless the Conservative government urgently injects funding into projects aimed at solving the huge environment problems associated with the resource.” Read more.
Monday, April 21, 2008
Three Amigos meetings ‘thin’ on results.
Globe and Mail Canada, April 21, 2008 - “Ottawa gets little out of meetings like this week’s Three Amigos summit in New Orleans and should instead develop a more direct relationship with the United States to get things done, says the influential head of a panel reviewing the Canada-U.S. relationship. The review is being done in an effort to come up with a new agenda for Canadian-American relations as the U.S. elects a new president in November.” Read more.
Monday, April 07, 2008
Doctors warn of climate change, health.
The Star/Canadian Press, April 7, 2008 - “Too many people only consider the environmental impacts of global warming and don’t realize public health is at serious risk as well, the Ontario College of Family Physicians said today as it added its voice to the chorus of climate change concern. The effects of climate change could bring on a new onslaught of health problems nationwide and even small incremental rises in temperatures could have a ‘profound effect’ on public health, the review suggests.” Read more.
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Looming water wars foreshadow big problems.
EarthNews, March 10, 2008 - “Adaptation, or the matter of adjusting to climate change, is sometimes called a cheaper, easier way to deal with some of the consequences of a warming world. But consider the battle between the United States, Mexico and Canada that was triggered here amid the vegetable farms near the California border. For more than 60 years the family of Geronimo Hernandez has raised watermelons, peppers and other crops in the rich, irrigated soil of Mexicali Valley, but within the next five years it could begin to dry up.” Read more.
Sunday, March 02, 2008
The Border and the Ballot Box.
The New York Times, Week in Review, March 2, 2008 - “Immigration has a fantastically complicated political history in the United States. It has produced enough populist anger to elect Know Nothing mayors of Chicago, Philadelphia, Washington and San Francisco, all in the 1850s and, more recently, to help Lou Dobbs reinvent his television career and become a best-selling author. But when national politicians have tried to seize on such anger, they have usually failed — and failed quickly.” Read more.
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Human Shadows on the Seas.
The New York Times, February 26, 2008 - “A paper in the Feb. 15 issue of the journal Science is the first effort to map 17 kinds of human ocean impacts like organic pollution, including agricultural runoff and sewage; damage from bottom-scraping trawls; and intensive traditional fishing along coral reefs. About 40 percent of ocean areas are strongly affected, and just 4 percent pristine, according to the review.” Read more.
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
One more step in the climate debate.
Toronto Star, February 18, 2008 - “Last week, the United Nations General Assembly held its first debate on climate change after the historic Bali conference. Another step forward, but the complexity of the issues involved was also evident. [snip] It was the first major UN meeting on climate change since the eventful Bali climate conference last December at which governments pledged to take more serious action to tackle this most serious survival problem.” Read more.
Friday, February 15, 2008
Business leaders tackle emissions.
Washington Times, February 15, 2008 - “Tim Wirth, president of the U.N. Foundation and former Democratic senator from Colorado, said the next 50 years would bring a unique chance to adopt energy sources that emit less carbon dioxide and other global-warming gases. He said that shift would prove to be ‘as important as the computer revolution in generating new wealth and jobs.’” Read more.
All world’s seas show damage.
The Star [Canada], February 14, 2008 - “Researchers studying 17 different activities ranging from fishing to pollution compiled a new map showing how and where people have impacted the seas. The map was released at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Boston and published in today’s edition of the journal Science. {snip] ‘Our results show that when these and other individual impacts are summed up, the big picture looks much worse than I imagine most people expected. It was certainly a surprise to me,’ said lead author Ben Halpern, an assistant research scientist at the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis at the University of California, Santa Barbara.” Read more.
Monday, February 11, 2008
U.N. Gathering to address climate change.
Associated Press, February 11, 2008 - “The U.N. General Assembly is bringing together business leaders, activists and government officials for a debate on climate change starting Monday — an effort to keep up the momentum for a new treaty by 2009 to fight global warming. The two-day session is a follow-up to the international climate conference in December on the Indonesian resort island of Bali, where delegates from nearly 190 nations agreed to adopt a blueprint to control global warming gases before the end of next year.” Read more.
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