This is a toot in the right direction. B.C.’s first small-scale on-farm anaerobic digester will be built at Abbotsford’s Bakerview EcoDairy, converting cow manure into clean renewable energy — and then connecting to B.C.’s electricity grid. The anaerobic digester will generate up to 60,000 kilowatt hours of electricity annually – enough to power 20 electric […]

By Jules Boykoff, guardian.co.uk When it comes to climate change, the US Congress is a hornets’ nest of political dysfunction.  Last month, President Barack Obama nominated energy executive John Bryson to lead the commerce department. From the response of congressional Republicans, you might have thought Obama had nominated Ed Abbey and Rachel Carson’s imaginary love […]

Public debate about taxes may be focused on the HST, but a new report suggests that the HST is only one piece of an inequitable provincial tax system, a system in which the richest 20 per cent of British Columbians pay a lower tax rate than the rest of us. The report, by the Canadian […]

Reuters, GENEVA Chrysotile asbestos will not be listed as a hazardous industrial chemical that can be banned from import after countries including Canada and Ukraine blocked consensus, a United Nations spokesman said Friday. The decision was taken at a meeting of states that have ratified the Rotterdam Convention despite the treaty’s scientific review body having […]

The BC Federation of Labour recently launched a multi-media campaign to give British Columbians another view on the choices they face in the referendum on the HST. “The Clark government’s so-called information campaign on the HST is poorly disguised advertising to persuade British Columbians to keep the HST,” said Jim Sinclair, president of the BC […]

Motions to the establishment of a federal Department of Peace as well as developing a concept of a Civilian Peace Service in Canada will be introduced in the House of Commons by the region’s MP. BC Southern Interior MP Alex Atamanenko is planning on re-introducing a private member’s bill, first introduced by former MP Bill […]

By David A Gabel, ENN Automakers must figure out how to avoid having their electric vehicles suffer an agonizing death in the niche market, and instead, figure out how to get 100 million EVs on the road. The single biggest complaint against electric vehicles is their lack of range, so the batteries must be addressed. […]

Kootenay folk will now be able to give a green boost to the environment, and receive a carbon tax credit to boot. FortisBC announced it has launched its renewable natural gas product offering for residential customers in the Kootenays. Eligible customers now have the option of designating 10 per cent of their household’s natural gas […]

A pilot project that will see the installation of up to 15 public charging stations at EasyPark lots throughout the city should help accelerate use of plug-in electric vehicles in the province’s largest city. EasyPark Easy Charge Pilot Project will assess the viability of commercially available EV charging solutions provided by several leading global providers. […]

By Alison Benjamin, guardian.co.uk Honeybee populations declined by 13.6 per cent over the winter, according to a survey of beekeepers across England. Losses were most severe in the northeast, where the survey recorded a loss rate of 17.1 per cent. Experts worry that the declines will affect plant productivity. There are also concerns that the […]