Posts Tagged ‘Canada’
Nuclear Energy: Safe, Clean, and Affordable
Image via Wikipedia Dr. Mir F. Ali In these days of climate change and energy crisis, it's too bad that the word "Nuclear" has a connotation that brings back memories about the nuclear disaster of Chernobyl and the near miss of Three Mile Island. People are rightfully scared of potential accidents and the proliferation of nuclear weapons [...]
Summer Success – Fresh Air Fund
Here's a post from Sara Wilson, from the Fresh Air Fund. Check them out here. And thanks and keep up the good work Sara.________ News Facts: One out of four school children in the U.S. has vision problems, and 86% do not get their vision checked before age 12. Many Fresh Air children do not have access to affordable vision care. Glasses [...]
UN Summit on Climate Change in New York
Dr. Mir F. Ali If any Canadian ever had any doubt about Harper's apathy about the environment, the Prime Minister's recent decision for not showing up at the UN Summit on Climate Change, should help them to make up their minds. It was reported that Canada was hardly a factor in the climate summit, which came a day ahead of the annual UN [...]
British Columbia’s Approach to Climate Change
Dr. Mir F. Ali Like other Canadian provinces and territories across the country, British Columbia got sick and tired of waiting for the federal leadership for climate change and decided to adopt the attitude, reflecting the popular phrase – Lead, follow or get out of the way. Consequently, the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Targets Act (GGRTA) was [...]
Driving, texting, dying
Yesterday my daughter was standing on the corner waiting to cross the street. She was waiting for a large black Lexus to stop, and while the car did stop it stopped very suddenly when the driver happened to notice she was standing there waiting. The car screeched to a halt. And while this driver was not really being mindful, he did at least stop [...]
Potential Impacts of HST on the Construction Industry
Dr Mir F. Ali This article is a follow up to the article which was posted on the subject of the HST on July 24, 2009. Unfortunately, at this stage, very little information on the proposed Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) has been provided by the BC provincial government. Transitional rules and other specific details may be released as late [...]
The Cost of Building Green
Dr. Mir F. Ali Commercial real estate executives are increasingly seeking greener office space -- and are less inclined to pay premiums for it, according to a recent survey by CoreNet Global and Jones Lang LaSalle. "They are less willing to pay a premium for sustainable space because they understand that it doesn't cost the owner more to make [...]
Greenwashing is nothing but Hypocrisy
Dr. Mir F. Ali The Climate Greenwash awards are out! The Climate Greenwash Awards are organized by Corporate Europe Observatory, Attac Denmark, The Climate Movement, ClimaX and Friends of the Earth Denmark to challenge the corporate capture of the UN climate talks and to highlight the way in which big businesses are increasingly turning to [...]
Carbon Neutrality
Dr. Mir F. Ali An incredible number of businesses, universities, and governments around the world are totally committed to the principles of sustainability and they are going through the process of taking inventories of their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions with the objective to set reduction targets for their respective organizations and [...]
