The Ontario Independent Electricity System Operator’s (IESO) Annual Planning Outlook report released last week contains some very bad news for Ontarians in terms of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, air quality, and future […]
What “demand is inelastic” actually means
Elasticity of demand measures how sensitive we—as consumers—are to changes in price. How much more or less of something will we want if the price goes down or up? Economists […]
The Leaf Barfer
The Leaf Barfer What is this noise I hear next door No whining child or weekend mower A choking whirlwind of nasty gusts Means this machine I cannot trust The […]
Plastic Cleanup
Ocean Cleanup pilots ‘the first scalable technology’ to remove plastic waste from Earth’s waters Grace O’Donnell ·Assistant Editor Thu, September 23, 2021, 1:24 PM·4 min read Each year, 8 million […]
Wild Spaces Left Undeveloped Have Higher Dollar Value, Scientists Calculate
British scientists have once again made the commercial case for conserving wilderness. They have demonstrated that in its pristine state—mangrove swamps, wetlands, savannahs, forests, and so on—nature left alone is […]