Positive news from British Columbia
B.C. introduces carbon taxVictoria, BC - Driving and other fuel-dependent activities are about to get more expensive as British Columbia becomes the first jurisdiction in North America to introduce a consumer-based carbon tax. |
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Canadian province to set aside caribou landsCalgary, Alberta - British Columbia on Tuesday said it will set aside hundreds of thousands of acres of old-growth forest in order to boost the Canadian province's dwindling mountain caribou herds. The province said it will add 865,000 acres of protected lands. That will bring the total area of lands where logging and road building will be prohibited to 8,500 square miles, an area nearly the size of New Jersey that covers 95 percent of the animals' range in the province. |
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Skies to be swept for alien lifeHat Creek, California - The switch has been thrown on a telescope specifically designed to seek out alien life. |
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Al Gore & IPCC Share Nobel Peace Prize For 2007Oslo, Norway - The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2007 is to be shared, in two equal parts, between the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Albert Arnold (Al) Gore Jr. for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change. |
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B.C. premier rolls out sweeping green planVancouver - B.C. Premier Gordon Campbell laid out more details of his green plan Friday, including the promise of legislation to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions 33 per cent below current levels by 2020. |
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Strike has people composting againVancouver, Canada - For years, Gretchen DuMoulin has worked to reduce her impact on the environment. |
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Ballard powered buses ‘to be on British Columbia roads in 2009’Whistler, British Columbia, Canada - Ballard Power Systems has announced that BC Transit has selected Ballard fuel cells to power up to 20 fuel cell buses in a fleet that will roll onto British Columbia roads by the end of 2009. |
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UBC research could help transplant recipientsVancouver, BC - Medical researchers at the University of B.C. say they've made a breakthrough that could lead to fewer rejections following organ transplants. |
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Sewers to help heat 2010 Olympic villageVancouver, British Columbia, Canada - In an effort to make the 2010 Winter Olympics as environmentally friendly as possible, the city of Vancouver is turning to its sewers to help heat the athletes' village. |
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Cute otters cause internet sensation
Source: Vancouver Aquarium, Tue April 03, 2007 |
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National news
- Canada introduces new rules to curb future vehicle emissions
- Another city in BC bans shark fins
- Vancouver council makes ‘historic’ move toward shark fin ban
- Nanaimo latest B.C. municipality to ban shark fin
- Quebecers cut plastic bag use in half
- City council votes 13-2 to ban sale, possession of shark fins
- Shark fin ban gains momentum in Metro cities
- Toronto joins growing list of municipalities to ban plastic bags
- Cancer deaths on the decline in Canada
- Broadcasters ordered to dial down TV ad volume
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