Trade and Environment

by Alys Granados... Read more »

Turns out Alberta's environment ministry has joined forces with U.S. corporations to keep feeding the Big Oil machine. Read this well-researched article by Geoff Dembicki on Salon.com

Big Oil and Canada thwarted U.S. carbon standards

Emails show how a Washington lobbyist enlisted Canadian officials to beat back U.S. carbon standards.... Read more »

At the recent Toronto Enviro Alliance comedy fundraiser, the annual EcoBunk Awards, I uncomfortably chuckled at the ludicrous Ethical Oil advertisements. Maybe you've seen them. It is an exceptionally well-funded ad campaign about why Canada NEEDS to keep producing Tar Sands oil for the world. In one they pose the elegantly flying maple leaf flag next to a woman in the process of being stoned.

More ways you can 'monitor' your computer's energy use (part 2 of 2)

Wattch This

By Jeff Alan

Computer power consumption, while receiving increasing attention, is still a confusing beast. One of the biggest potential power drains in a system could be the video card. This is easiest to explain with this fantastic writeup and chart:

http://forums.atomicmpc.com.au/index.php?showtopic=264... Read more »

In May 2011, the Divisional Court heard arguments from counsel for Sierra Club Canada (Sierra Club) and the Ontario government regarding the Minister of Natural Resources' controversial decision to issue a permit under the Endangered Species Act, 2007, in February 2010. To our knowledge, this is the first judicial review application of an ESA permit since the legislation was overhauled after lengthy public consultations between 2005 and 2007.

The Ministry of Transportation required the permit for the Windsor-Essex Parkway, a dedicated 11-kilometre access highway for the Detroit River International Crossing project, a proposed international crossing for Windsor and Detroit.... Read more »