With recent polls showing that the environment is now the number one concern of Canadians, Conservative Prime Minister Steven Harper has been changing his tune lately. In his recent budget speech, he vowed to tackle major industrial polluters and bring in regulations for vehicle emissions by 2011.
Forget for a moment that this is the Prime [...]

There is some more good news on the global warming front. Al Gore and Canadian environmentalist Sheila Watt-Cloutier have been joinly nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.
Climate change is also a threat to global welfare. One hundred million climate refugees, major changes in potable water supply and a reduction in biological diversity that will first [...]

I found a bit of good news in the newspaper this morning. In a recent survey conducted by the Globe & Mail and CTV News, the environment has passed health care as Canadians’ number one priority and the numbers are rising quickly. The poll also found that 20 percent of Canadians are likely to [...]

RadioFreeEurope is reporting that the Siberian tundra is melting. New lakes are forming, existing lakes are getting bigger and houses built on the permafrost are starting to sink.
What is especially scary is that the rate of warming is expected to increase. As the permafrost melts, it releases methane gas which is considered to be 20 [...]

With the changing weather, people are becoming more serious about global warming and the environment. Many of us are thinking about how we are going to leave this planet to the next generation and are wondering just how much impact we are having.
There are several online environmental calculators available. One that may shock you [...]