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New Chip Technologynew
Seeing forest for the wood chips in the brave new bio-economy.
NOW Magazine |
Wayne Roberts |
12-10-2010 |
Environment
Tags: Biomass
Get Ready, Get Set: Ten Great Ideas That Could Save the Planetnew
No. 1: Shut down coal-fired power plants. We’re already producing 23 percent more electricity than peak demand forecast for this summer. And 27 percent more power than peak demand forecast for the summer of 2014, according to a recent report by the Ontario Clean Air Alliance.
NOW Magazine |
NOW Magazine Staff |
02-26-2010 |
Environment
Samsung will Brand Ontario as North America’s Wind and Solar Leadernew
Holy Samsung. The green energy dream is not just waking up, it’s moving in. Who knew it would have a brand name and be an immigrant from Korea? Has the provincial government sold our renewable soul to some foreign demon?
NOW Magazine |
Alice Klein |
01-29-2010 |
Environment
Is Your Best Furry Friend a Major Culprit in Global Warming?new
Pet lovers shouldn't look down on SUV owners. Feeding your four-legged companion requires as much land and energy as running a car.
NOW Magazine |
Wayne Roberts |
11-23-2009 |
Environment
Recession and Climate Politics Combine to Shake Up the Pro-Nuclear Narrativenew
This is despite the high-profile support of old-school techno-fix enviros and shocking pro-nukers, and despite industry hopefuls who thought the atomic option was poised to become the winner of the low-carbon sweepstakes, an idea dissed by most climate campaigners.
NOW Magazine |
Alice Klein |
07-13-2009 |
Environment
Militaries Map Out Scenarious for the Coming Climate Change Conflictsnew
I realized two years ago that the military in various countries were starting to run climate change scenarios in-house. So I started interviewing everybody I could get access to: not only senior military people, but scientists, diplomats and politicians.
NOW Magazine |
Gwynne Dyer |
12-12-2008 |
Environment
What Will We Use Instead of Oil?new
If we're going to go on driving cars, but we can't afford to fuel them from petroleum (and we can't afford to put all those greenhouse gas emissions in the air either), then what do we do instead?
NOW Magazine |
Gwynne Dyer |
06-23-2008 |
Environment
Tags: oil, environment, transportation, pollution, peak oil, biofuels, automobiles, carbon dioxide, algae, fuel costs, hydrogen
Our Bumblebees on the Brinknew
While much has been made of the effect of colony collapse disorder on domesticated honeybees across Europe, Asia and North America, few have grasped the disappearing act of the planet's wild bees.
NOW Magazine |
Stephen Humphrey |
06-02-2008 |
Environment
Five New Ideas That Could Change the Worldnew
All right, so you've mastered some steps to greening your life [insert hearty applause], but so far no fairy dust has descended to save us from... well, ourselves. Crap.
NOW Magazine |
Adria Vasil |
04-18-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Green Buying Binge is Doing Us Innew
What started all those years ago as a valiant effort to nudge residents to get with the three Rs (reduce, reuse and recycle) has morphed into a fervent consumer campaign that has vanquished "reduce." It's not just evidenced by my new supersized recycling bin, but also by the endless variety of ways we're encouraged to be "green" while indulging unabated our addiction to shopping.
NOW Magazine |
Andrew Cash |
04-18-2008 |
Environment
Ecoholic: My Life, Unpluggednew
Forget Earth Hour's 60 minutes -- how 'bout six days without power to shower, sauté or switch on the tube?
NOW Magazine |
Adria Vasil |
03-28-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Eco Movement Sparks Global Makeovernew
From a global vantage point, the green scene is like a silent tsunami. Even those working within the movement haven't grasped the scope of the momentum behind them, says California-based green guru Paul Hawken.
NOW Magazine |
Adria Vasil |
03-03-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Smoke Signalsnew
If government can help farmers quit tobacco, we can wean nuke and chem workers off nasty industries, too.
NOW Magazine |
Wayne Roberts |
01-28-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment
The Nano Protocolnew
The West can't dis emerging Indian car culture -- unless we cough up carbon caps for all.
NOW Magazine |
Gwynne Dyer |
01-28-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Is it Time for Toronto to Ban Styrofoam Packaging?new
The new year did not commence well for Canadian recycling, especially right here in Toronto. In late December, 10 months before the city was poised to start adding styrofoam and plastic bags to its blue bins, Canada's only dedicated styrofoam recycler sent out a closure notice, effective immediately.
NOW Magazine |
Adria Vasil |
01-18-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment
