6 hours ago by Parker

Parks Canada is looking for a contractor to develop a çoastal beaches stewardship manual for New Brunswick. A posting on the MERX tendering website lists the following mandatory qualifications for the less-than-$25,000 contract: Recent experience (within the last 3 years) conducting research and mon ...

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20 hours ago by xeniagreekmuslimah

Here are some facts about the environmental balance and how the Qur’an told us about these facts which testify that Allah almighty is the Great God, let us read…. Nowadays, people are concerned about the environment and the scientists realized the importance of the environmental balance and its effe ...

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23 hours ago by Milan

Apparently David MacKay, whose excellent book I reviewed before, has been appointed Chief Scientific Advisor of the Department of Energy and Climate Change in the United Kingdom and given a staff of 50. Apparently, he is advocating that the UK quadruple its nuclear energy capacity, as a stopgap betw ...

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1 day ago by Thomas J. Tom Buckholtz

On November 5, 2009, Frank Jewett and I interviewed for Issues Today two leaders of TBI Construction and Construction Management – Tony Mirenda and Ben Petty. Discussion included the state of commercial construction today, trends in green building, and aspects of TBI’s philosophy and service. I part ...

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1 day ago by Julian

They will indeed, according to the authors of a new book called Time to Eat the Dog?. They’ve investigated various pets and their ecological pawprints and compared them to more traditional evils such as cars. It turns out that our furry friends, especially bigger dogs such as German Shepherds and Sa ...

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1 day ago by forkandtrowel

I sometimes wonder what Rachel Carson would think about our current positions on pesticide use and testing. On the one hand, I feel that she would be pleased about the responsible use of pesticides that we espouse; and on the other hand, I know she would still be asking questions. While it may not b ...

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2 days ago by Parker

A pair of Bonapart’s gulls feeding off the rocky shoreline at Auld’s Cove today, part of a massive assembly of seabirds drawn by the annual migration of needlefish through the Strait of Canso. Birders counted more than 150 mature and juvenile Gannets.

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3 days ago by Forsyth

I have a whole folder of bookmarks marked "things to blog about", which I haven't, so I'm going to start dumping things that look interesting, and I haven't had the time/energy/inspiration to write a whole thing about, so at least they get out. Indian engineer 'builds' new glaciers to stop global wa ...

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3 days ago by Milan

I wrote the following to serve as a one-page introduction, laying out some of the key items for consideration and listing some of the most accessible and reputable sources of information about climate change. For more information on specific subjects, see my climate change index. The key elements of ...

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3 days ago by Milan

Written essentially in the style of a textbook, Morgan Downey’s Oil 101 moves systematically through the major areas of knowledge required for a basic understanding of the global petroleum industry. These include: The history of oil use, including predictions about the future The chemistry of crude ...

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