Remote Island Chain Has Few People — But Hundreds Of Millions Of Pieces Of Plastic CHRISTOPHER JOYCE Twitter Debris blankets the north side of one of the Cocos Keeling Islands in the Indian Ocean. Researchers found a huge amount of plastic both onshore and buried in the sand. Courtesy of Silke Stuckenbrock When a marine […]
Climate Change Risk to Economy
Bank Of Canada Lists Climate Change As Key Threat To Economy The central bank now considers it to be as large a threat as excessive household debt and overpriced houses. 05/16/2019 12:13 EDT OTTAWA—The Bank of Canada is highlighting its expanding concerns about climate change and, for the first time, is listing it among the […]
Atlas of the Green Economy
Greening La Francophonie: Atlas of the Green Economy Tjos breakthough atlas shows progress in countries of the Francophonie (including Canada). Canada does not show up well on some of the comparisons, While it is available in French only at this time, it is easy to follow the comparisons, particularly those shown in map form. The […]
Oceans 11 – Deep Crisis
What are We Doing to our Oceans? Top 11 issues affecting our Oceans! Plastic Bags have been banned in some regions, see list under In Action tab, Cities and Towns page. It is not very often everyone agrees on anything. Remarkably, the world’s top scientists and marine researchers virtually all agree on the issues facing […]
Habitats Under threat from loss and climate change
Study links forest loss in Canada with endangered habitats By Bob Weber The Canadian Press An aerial view of B.C.’s Walbran Valley is shown in a handout photo. Business leaders in Port Renfrew, B.C., a community that once thrived on forestry, are calling for a ban on logging the nearby Walbran Valley. Research based […]