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Parliament hears why agrifuels don't work
Blogpost by Josh Brandon - February 26, 2008 at 18:25

The Canadian wants gasoline to contain 5% ethanol by 2010. The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has already had warned that the agricultural fuels like corn ethanol are contributing to world hunger for millions of people. Corn ethanol expa... Read more >
Runaway GE: just “think of a railroad train”, Dow AgroScience claims
Blogpost by Josh Brandon - February 25, 2008 at 20:32

I am not surprised to hear GE being compared to a runaway freight train. But today’s comments come from Dow AgroScience representative, Garry Hamlin, not from Greenpeace. Explaining how an unauthorized variety of genetically engineered corn escaped ... Read more >
Nuclear Standing in Way of Renewable Jobs
Blogpost by Shawn Patrick Stensil - February 25, 2008 at 11:19 1 comment

The Canadian nuclear lobby – under the name of Team Candu – is holding a press conference this morning at Queen’s Park in Toronto “to confirm CANDU as the best choice for Ontario's next nuclear power plants.”
You could say that this is Team Candu’s att... Read more >
Canada- the bull in biosafety laboratory
Blogpost by Josh Brandon - February 19, 2008 at 14:56

Once again, Canada butts heads with scientific fact. The Canadian government wants to block an international consensus that could lead to a sustainable policy on the use of agrifuels. Such an agreement could limit the ability of Prime Minister Steph... Read more >
Green Grids Needed for Green Power
Blogpost by Shawn Patrick Stensil - February 18, 2008 at 16:27

There’s an article worth reading in today’s Toronto Star on how Ontario’s transmission grid is standing in the way of fully developing green energy in the province.
Public debate on energy tends to focus on the choice between energy sources – dirty ver... Read more >