Archive for March, 2007
Thursday, March 22nd, 2007
Here Comes the Sun
It doesn’t take long to find out who’s king of the road in Freiburg. “Hey! Are you blind?” shouts an imperious cyclist as a pedestrian ambles into a dedicated cycle path. Bikes, trams and buses whiz through the center of this medieval city, but private cars are conspicuously absent.
That’s because for the past 20 years, […]
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Monday, March 19th, 2007
Global warming -What Wikipedia Say’s.
Global average air temperature near Earth’s surface rose 0.74 ± 0.18 °Celsius (1.3 ± 0.32 °Fahrenheit) in the last century. The prevailing scientific opinion on climate change is that “most of the observed increase in globally averaged temperatures since the mid-20th century is very likely due to the observed increase in anthropogenic greenhouse gas concentrations,” […]
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Thursday, March 15th, 2007
Pollutants
Air pollution describes a collection of airborne pollutants that contribute to our air quality. The term “pollutants” recognizes that these substances are undesirable because of their impact on human health, the environment and the economy.
These air pollutants are all very different. They differ in their chemical composition, reaction properties, emission sources, how long they last […]
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Tuesday, March 13th, 2007
Canada’s New Government invests in carbon capture research
Delivering real results on greenhouse gas reductions
CALGARY - The Honourable Gary Lunn, Minister of Natural Resources, along with partners from Innoventures Canada (I-CAN), today announced funding for a project related to the initial development of the I-CAN Centre for the Conversion of Carbon Dioxide (CO2), at the Economic Club in Calgary.
Under the leadership of the […]
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Wednesday, March 7th, 2007
Now public transit helps you protect the environment and save more money.
Increasing your use of public transit will help reduce traffic congestion and air pollution in our cities. Effective July 1, 2006, the Government of Canada is encouraging Canadians to use public transit with a tax credit on the cost of monthly or longer duration transit passes.
What is the tax credit for public transit passes?
On July […]
