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    Sixteen States Now Suing the EPA
    Contributed by Jim Elliott   
    Tuesday, 08 January 2008
    It was reported on ActUpinSask on Dec. 31 that the EPA chief was disregarding the advice of its staff to allow California to set its own GHG emission standards for their vehicles.  California then planned to sue the EPA for not allowing them to take action.

    On Jan. 7, the number of states joining the California suit against the EPA had grown to SIXTEEN.  Included in the list are Arizona, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington.  Write Comment (0 Comments)
    The Northernmost Banana Republic
    Contributed by John W. Warnock   
    Sunday, 06 January 2008

       In the 1960s Saturday Night was a very popular Canadian magazine. Much of its success was due to its editor, Ralph Allen. Unlike Maclean’s Magazine of today, it was not a voice of the political establishment.
        Allen looked at the high degree of foreign ownership and control of the economy, our heavy dependence on trade with one country, and our emphasis on exporting raw materials and natural resources and declared that Canada was “The Northernmost Banana Republic.” He looked at U.S. political domination of Canada, based in our subordinate position in NATO, NORAD, the Defence Production Sharing Agreement and other military alliances and declared that Canada had no sovereign independence. He described Canada as “Puerto Rico North.

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    Stopping school closures
    Written by Trish Elliott   
    Sunday, 06 January 2008
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    Americans Prefer to Spend More on Public Transit and Smarter Growth
    Contributed by Jim Elliott   
    Thursday, 03 January 2008
        In a 2007 survey for the National Association of Realtors, three-quarters of Americans surveyed believed that being smarter on development or improving public transportation are both better long-term solutions for reducing traffic congestion than building new roads.  Nearly half thought that improving public transit would be the way to go to reduce the problems on the road and 26 per cent believed developing communities that reduce the need to drive would be the better alternative.
        "With increased traffic congestion and longer commutes, Americans are receptive to new ideas for handling growth," said Vice President fo Coldwell Banker-AJS-Schmidt.  As the survey shows, Americans are receptive to better transit or mixed-use walkable communities that cut down on their driving.
        Americans also thought that their community is doing an excellent or good job of handling growth (39%) while 58 per cent believed their community was doing a fair or poor job. 
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    EPA Chief Ignoring Advice from Staff: Waiver - Gate ?
    Contributed by Jim Elliott   
    Monday, 31 December 2007

        In its efforts to take action on climate change in California, the state had applied to have a waiver so that the state could set its own GHG emissions requirements for vehicles.  The EPA recently denied California's request.

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    Schmeisers Receive 2007 Right Livelihood Award
    Contributed by Jim Elliott   
    Saturday, 29 December 2007
        Percy and Louise Schmeiser, a small farming family were honoured in December in Sweden where they received one of the 2007 Right Livelihood Awards given by a Swedish/German philanthropist and is seen as the alternative to the Nobel Prize.  Write Comment (0 Comments)
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    Greenland Ice Sheet Melting Faster than Last Year
    Contributed by Jim Elliott   
    Friday, 28 December 2007

    In a report released December 10, 2007, the Greenland ice sheet has been reported to be melting at a record rate this year.  Measurements began in 1979 and this year is the largest amount ever recorded.  "The amount of ice lost over the last year is equivalent to two times the ice in the Alps or a layer of water more than one-half mile deep covering Washington DC," said Konrad Steffen, a top climate scientist at the University of Colorado at Boulder.

    Greenland is about one-fourth of the size of the United States and about 80 per cent of it is coverd by the ice sheet.  Five percent of the world's ice is in Greenland.  If it all melted it would be an equivalent to a 6.4 metre global sea level rise.


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    CRTC Approves Greater Media Concentration and More Foreign Ownership
    Contributed by Jim Elliott   
    Friday, 21 December 2007
    Unfortunately, this morning the CRTC has approved a US-funded deal, with 64 percent ownership from US investment bank Goldman Sachs, giving a US company effective control of two important Canadian media companies, CanWest and Alliance Atlantis.
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    Parents gearing up to fight closures
    Written by Trish Elliott   
    Friday, 21 December 2007

    On Nov. 29, the Regina Board of Education announced plans to “renew” Regina public schools by closing them. Citing increasing capital costs and declining enrolment, the board’s plan will see 12 elementary schools, primarily in the inner city, and two highschools shut their doors over the next 10 years. The move follows pressure by the Chamber of Commerce and other pro-business organizations to ‘streamline operations’ and keep taxes down.

    But it appears the plan will not go unopposed. Connaught and Davin School parents who gathered at a Dec. 17 meeting vowed to fight back for the sake of all neighbourhood schools that want to stay open.

    North Central's Herchmer School,
    slated for June closure.

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    US Congress Works on Climate Change Measures
    Contributed by Jim Elliott   
    Tuesday, 18 December 2007
    It was only a mere 30 years ago when the Congress of the United Stated did what it did yesterday.  On December 13th, the Senate passed an energy bill that will increase the fuel economy standards up to 35 miles per gallon (7.3 l/100km) on average.  Many SUVs use approximately 10-12.  This change is a 40 percent increase in efficiency from current levels.
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