Although this week’s climate summit in Bangkok has been without any major commitments from the major developed nations, Norway made news today by announcing it would cut its greenhouse gas emissions 40% by the year 2020. This figure is based on 1990 emission levels, but signifies a major step forward.
Canada, one of the biggest per [...]
Filed under: Environment, News on October 16th, 2009 @ 11:27 am
Tagged with: Canada, climate change, emissions, Finland, greenhouse gases, Huffington Post, Norway, Sweden
I came across this story today and felt it was worthy of being discussed. Since the energy boom started to make waves in Canada with the discovery of untapped natural gas reserves, reactions have been mixed to say the least.
While certainly a boon to the local economy – according to the Economist: “They have brought a bonanza [...]
Filed under: Community, Environment, News on August 18th, 2009 @ 2:16 pm
Tagged with: British Columbia, Business, business practices, Canada, communication, Community, discussion, economy, Encana, energy, ethics, infrastructure, jobs, natural gas, sustainability, Sustainable Fuel
‘Younger than Moses: Idle Worship’ is an art exhibit featuring 22 artists in New York.
As part of the European Project FP7 research called “Integrated System for Transport Infastructures Surveillance and Monitoring by Electromagnetic Sensing,” a team of researchers had been gathered from the countries of Israel, Italy, France, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland and Romania.