News Archives
- 2008-12-17 United Steelworkers Union Pushing For Green Jobs. The United Steelworkers union is working to create new jobs in the "green" industry for its members, many of whom have been laid off or fired from manufacturing jobs.
- 2008-11-27 Loblaw to charge for plastic shopping bags. Loblaw is encouraging customers to use alternatives to plastic bags and enhancing its offer of affordable and reusable bag options.
- 2008-11-12 Algranti's Green Rebirth. Cambridge company finds success with rain barrels, environmentally friendly products
- 2008-11-05 Canada to push climate agreement with Obama government. The Canadian government will seek a North American climate change agreement with the new administration of U.S. president-elect Barack Obama, Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon said Wednesday.
- 2008-10-28 Prince Charles says climate the real crisis. Britain's Prince Charles urged the world Tuesday to fight climate change, saying that while the global credit crunch may be temporary, the effects of the "climate crunch" were irreversible.
- 2008-10-21 Gas prices put zip in car-sharing. When George Diavolitsis dumped his Honda Civic a couple years ago, he wasn't making an environmental statement, but rather a financial one.
- 2008-10-14 The low-carbon diet. How Sweden and Denmark kicked a nasty fossil fuel habit (using taxes) and got rich in the process.
- 2008-10-08 Make the green switch. Eco-gardening is not only good for the environment, it's also easier on your pocketbook
- 2008-10-01 Small electric cars get big city boost. They're not particularly fast, but for city driving they're not too slow off the line either.
- 2008-10-01 Green Collar Jobs to Fuel Future Economy. With the economic downturn, many job markets seem in peril. However, investment in energy efficiency and renewable-energy strategies could create 2 million jobs in two years, economists claim.
- 2008-09-29 What the current turmoil means for clean tech. Investors see clean energy as a sector that will continue to grow despite the economic downturn.
- 2008-09-27 A dose of green for health care. Habitual polluters, hospitals, are starting to see benefits of embracing environmental programs.
- 2008-09-26 Carbon Is Building Up in Atmosphere Faster Than Predicted. A new study was done that says between 2006 and 2007, 2.9% more carbon was released - this could mean a rise of 11 degrees F globally this century.
- 2008-09-25 Electric Drive to Revive Detroit?. GM and Chysler have both announced plans for electric cars.
- 2008-09-25 ECONOMY: It Pays to Go Green. A new report shows how a greener economy could eradicate poverty by creating tens of millions of new jobs. But it will not happen solely through the market's "magic hand."
- 2008-09-20 Huge savings claimed by FreeWatt natural gas engine generator. A revolutionary new home heating and electricity generating system is being introduced in southern Ontario by home builder Eden Oak.
- 2008-08-22 PetroChina Initiates China's Largest Carbon Trade. PetroChina Company Limited's first clean development mechanism project - a nitrous oxide decomposition project by Liaoyang Petrochemical Company has been approved by the United Nations CDM Executive Board, and the first 994,800 tons of carbon indicators have been approved for trading.
- 2008-05-02 Wind energy growing as a power source. Although wind energy only makes up for about 1 percent of the electricity used in the U.S., it is a growing industry and clean energy alternative.
- 2007-02-07 China plans carbon-trading exchange, brokerages. China, poised to pass the US as the world's largest carbon dioxide emitter, will set up the country's first carbon-credit exchange to let companies profit from cutting greenhouse gases.
- 2007-02-06 China warms up to carbon trade as climate tool. Lacking the money and technology to significantly reduce global warming emissions on its own, China plans to launch carbon trading with international partners this summer, officials said Tuesday.
- 2006-07-28 Wind power gaining acceptance, expanding capacity in the United States. Wind power is clean, environmentally friendly, and needs to be a part of our long-term energy portfolio.
