Tag: Climate Change

Unplug for sixty minutes on Saturday for Earth Hour

| March 19, 2013 | 0 Comments
Unplug for sixty minutes on Saturday for Earth Hour

Earth Hour is a worldwide event to raise awareness about climate change The City of Calgary is urging Calgarians to unplug and take part in Earth Hour on Saturday. Between 8:30 and 9:30 p.m., citizens can participate in Earth Hour to show their willingness to make necessary changes to turn the tide of climate change. [...]

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Strengthening Alberta climate policy is key to market access

| March 7, 2013 | 0 Comments
Strengthening Alberta climate policy is key to market access

Alberta climate policy needs to be stronger to show Alberta is serious about climate change By Simon Dyer   If anyone is still hoping that approval for Keystone XL will be straightforward following President Obama’s re-election, they’re likely disappointed by developments over the past couple weeks. Echoing remarks from David Jacobson, the U.S. ambassador to Canada, [...]

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Canada’s Sweater Day encourages energy usage awareness

| January 18, 2013 | 0 Comments
Canada’s Sweater Day encourages energy usage awareness

WWF calls on Canadians to turn down the heat and put on a sweater for Sweater Day World Wildlife Fund is calling all grannies, grandmas, abuelas, nonnas, nainais and bubbies to support National Sweater Day on Feb. 7. For this new campaign, presented by Loblaw Companies Limited, a dedicated team of grannies will encourage Canadians to [...]

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The science of climate change – real scientific inquiry taking back seat

| December 4, 2012 | 0 Comments
The science of climate change – real scientific inquiry taking back seat

Policy-based science of climate change winning the day at IPCC By Stephen Murgatroyd, PhD FRSA      When we seek to understand the science of climate change, we need to understand that there are at least three kinds of science in use. The first we will call “conventional science” in which observable data either leads [...]

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Language used in climate change debate matters

| October 2, 2012 | 0 Comments
Language used in climate change debate matters

Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is adjusting climate data most of all?

| August 20, 2012 | 0 Comments
Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is adjusting climate data most of all?

Rio +20 – same old message since 1970

| June 12, 2012 | 0 Comments
Rio +20 – same old message since 1970

Critics call on Harper for open, unbiased climate science hearings

| June 8, 2012 | 0 Comments
Critics call on Harper for open, unbiased climate science hearings

Climate change: Why do the facts fail to convince?

| June 6, 2012 | 0 Comments
Climate change: Why do the facts fail to convince?

A crash course in climate reality

| May 20, 2012 | 0 Comments
A crash course in climate reality