Canadian corporations reverse stance on Kyoto? Replublicans abandon ANWR

Sorry for the long tittle… I’m still very skeptical… but at least now they’re saying what can be termed as the “right things”. From the CBC yesterday: In a letter to the Prime Minister, the heads of Alcan, Bombardier, Shell Canada, Falconbridge, Home Depot Canada and Desjardins Group, among others, said Canada needs a 50-year …

Oil Age ending.. the coming footsteps

This was my reply to a commenter in my previous thread on drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Climate change is already happening in the North. The Canadian (and Alaskan) Inuit population is perhaps the best resource for proof of this. They have the oral and written history of their elders, and thousands of …

Sweden leads: Commits to Fossil-Free-Future

Treehugger.com is reporting that Sweden is going to kick its’ oil habit. Goran Persson, the Prime Minister of Sweden, has announced that his country will try to end its fossil fuel dependency by 2020. The plan is mostly based on investments and tax incentives for the use and research and development of alternative sources of …