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Carbon Tax Shift Gaining Favor Across Canada? WorldChanging Team, 3 Jul 09
Posted by Anna Fahey As British Columbia acknowledges the one year anniversary of the landmark carbon tax shift policy, the revenue-neutral tax recently bumped prices at the pump from 2.4 cents to 3.6 cents a litre. But the price...
Pioneer City 2030: What the Energy System of the Future Looks Like Patrick Mazza, 3 Jul 09
The energy system of the future is being founded now. New energy systems and technologies are growing on an accelerating curve: • Buildings that are green, super-efficient and fully managed by digital technologies have become economically competitive. • Hybrid vehicles...
A Plea To President Obama: End Mountaintop Coal Mining by James Hansen Yale Environment 360, 29 Jun 09
by James Hansen Tighter restrictions on mountaintop removal mining are simply not enough. Instead, a leading climate scientist argues, the Obama administration must prohibit this destructive practice, which is devastating vast stretches of Appalachia. President Obama speaks of “a planet...
Camping at Tällberg – Episode 3: An Evening of Standing Ovations Alan AtKisson, 28 Jun 09
Gro Harlem Brundtland is relating stories from her childhood — as a Norwegian refugee in Stockholm during World War II, leading her little brother safely across streets, and the unexpected apology she received from her father, when she was 12...