Posts Tagged ‘Japan’
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Municipalities must be vigilant in setting GHG reduction targets
Dr. Mir F. Ali It seems to be a popularity context in the midst of some municipalities to set higher targets for reducing GHG emissions with the ambition to be recognized as a national or global leaders depending upon the size of their ego. There are two things appear to be profoundly wrong with this picture: Somebody forgot to tell those [...]
