Ever play “house” with a refrigerator box when you were a kid? Well, now you really CAN live in one! Some Australian researchers have constructed a house almost completely out of cardboard… and 100% recycleable! Granted, I don’t think you’d want to build one of these things in Canada… slightly too cold and wet… but …
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Oil Spill off Newfoundland
UPDATE 2: The CBC has a detailed report on what happened. It looks like a 2nd oil spill that occured yesterday spilled about 1000 litre of oil into the sea. The rigs have all been shut down in that field while the investigation continues. This has also heightened the debate on whether to lift the …
Ontario ups Ethanol requirements: joins Sask./Manitoba
Some good news on the environment front. Ontario announced today that all gasoline sold in the province must contain 5% ethanol by 2007. Saskatchewan and Manitoba have recently introduced similar laws requiring 10% and 7.5% respectively. Ethanol is becoming more common in fuel options lately… it’s made by refining alcohol produced by wheat, straw and …
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