Air quality is a major challenge globally and is the single greatest environmental risk to human health. More than 90 per cent of the world’s population lives in areas that exceed the World Health Organization guideline for healthy air. In North America, Canada and the United States of America have …
The Canadian Wind Energy Association is holding its annual conference and trade show in Toronto this week. It is expected to draw more than 2,000 attendees, 200 exhibitors and more than 100 speakers. Below are facts about wind power in Canada: * Canada has 2,854 megawatts of installed wind energy …
Novel Pollution-Control Experiment At American Power Plant Draws Visitors From India & China Matthew L Wald Poking out of the ground near the smokestacks of the Mountaineer power plant here are two wells that look much like those that draw natural gas to the surface. But these are about to …
Canada's wind power companies are getting a lift from rising oil prices, a healthier economy and energy-friendly government policies, even as tight capital markets continue to curb the recovery of the fledgling sector. A C$654 million ($611 million) takeover bid by TransAlta Corp for Canadian Hydro Developers, the country's biggest …
Rules to add costs to fuels that emit the highest levels of carbon dioxide would deny millions of Americans access to stable Canadian energy and add to the nation's security risks, an interest group backed by oil companies said Thursday. The Consumer Energy Alliance said a so-called low carbon fuel …
Energy-starved India, armed with permission to buy atomic fuel from around the world after the end of a three-decade ban, is courting new partners alongside old friends in its global hunt for uranium. The strategy, spelt out in a government paper published last week, will see New Delhi reach out …
Somalia and Sri Lanka are among the countries at greatest risk from climate change, while the US and Japan are within the top 15 nations least at risk. Africa and much of South Asia face extreme risk from climate change but top carbon polluters will be relatively shielded from its …
Aug. 27: Tata Steel is planning to acquire iron ore and coal mines in Africa, Brazil and Canada, which could contribute 50 per cent captive raw material by 2015. Addressing the annual general meeting of Tata Steel on Thursday, Mr Ratan Tata, the chairman of Tata Sons, said: "The acquisition …
Industrialised nations are planning average cuts in greenhouse gas emissions of between 10 and 14 percent below 1990 levels by 2020 as part of a new U.N. climate pact, according to a compilation of national data. The reductions fall well short of cuts of between 25 and 40 pecent by …
Chinese solar-cell maker Canadian Solar Inc said on Wednesday it obtained development rights for a 500 megawatt (MW) solar power plant system in China. The news makes Canadian Solar the latest Chinese solar manufacturer to unveil plans for a large solar power project in China since the country last month …
Although the first batch of swine flu vaccines are supposed to be ready and licenced by October, most healthcare workers do not want to be the first to be vaccinated. The reason behind the reluctance is the 1976 swine flu fiasco in the US when the vaccine supposedly killed 25 …
Almost half of the world's farmland has at least 10 percent tree cover, according to a study on Monday indicating that farmers are far less destructive to carbon-storing forests than previously believed. "The area revealed in this study is twice the size of the Amazon, and shows that farmers are …
Blood flow, respiration and heartbeat mimic the rhythm of the music THE Indian film industry spends crores of rupees to make a musical. It has always believed that music can make the heart dance to its beats. These days doctors are taking this approach seriously. Take Rajesh Parthsarthy, for example. …
Hundreds of villages in Atlantic Canada that depend on seal hunting for much of their livelihood are already feeling a sharp economic pinch from a European ban on seal products that went into effect last month. For more than 20 years Eldred Woodford has taken part in the annual seal …
MEDICINE BOW NATIONAL FOREST - From the vantage point of an 80-foot (25 meter) tower rising above the trees, the Wyoming vista seems idyllic: snow-capped peaks in the distance give way to shimmering green spruce. But this is a forest under siege. Among the green foliage of the healthy spruce …
Practitioners of life cycle assessment (LCA) have recently turned their attention to social issues in the supply chain. The United Nations life cycle initiative's social LCA task force has completed its guidelines for social life cycle assessment of products, and awareness of managing upstream corporate social responsibility (CSR) issues has …
Investment in clean energy technologies in developing countries is a key component of achieving global commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions under the Kyoto Protocol. One mechanism to promote investment in energy efficiency technologies is through energy performance contracting (EPC) undertaken by Energy Service Companies (ESCOs). Under EPC, an ESCO …
Regions of Arctic tundra around the world are heating up very rapidly, releasing more greenhouse gases than predicted and boosting the process of global warming, a leading expert said on Wednesday. Professor Greg Henry of the University of British Columbia also said higher temperatures meant larger plants were starting to …
Sushmi Dey THE World Health Organisation (WHO) has proposed a parallel review of vaccines manufactured by Indian companies, to be carried out by the Canadian national regulatory authority, in addition to the marketing approvals given by the Indian drug regulator.
A Canadian astronaut aboard the International Space Station said on Sunday it looks like Earth's ice caps have melted a bit since he was last in orbit 12 years ago. Bob Thirsk, who is two months into a planned six-month stay aboard the station, said he is mostly in awe …
