Our Earth
Is Going Green Just Hot Air?
(July 16, 2010) - Mark W. Law
I am sitting here on a beautiful Friday morning wondering if our governments actually get the message...For the last few months we have been inundated with the BP Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico - the millions of litres of fuel spilled, the billions of damage done to essential industries like fisher
July Almanac
(June 29, 2010) - The Team
July is the seventh month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. It is, on average, the warmest month in most of the Northern hemisphere (where it is the second month of summer) and the coldest month in much of the Southern hemisphere. The
34 Million and Counting…
(June 28, 2010) - The Team
Canada reached another mini-milestone in April as our population passed the 34 million mark for the first time. Between January and April the population rose 88,000 or 0.26% to 34,019,000. The greatest increases were observed in the four western provinces and the three territories, with B.C. lead
I Felt The Earth Move
(June 24, 2010) - The Team
Did you feel the earth move yesterday afternoon?Growing up on Vancouver Island, crockery giggling in the cupboard and the odd sway on the stairs were commonplace, but here in southwestern Ontario an earthquake is a fairly rare occurrence.Yesterday afternoons 5.0 earthquake, centred near Buckingham,
The Longest Day of the Year!
(June 21, 2010) - The Team
If you slept in this morning you missed the Summer Solstice at 7:28 a.m. The Summer Solstice occurs exactly when the Earth's axial tilt is most inclined towards the sun at its maximum of 23° 26'. Though the Summer Solstice is an instant in time, the term is also colloquially used like
100 Years Ago Today
(June 11, 2010) - Mark W. Law
1910 was an awfully long time before I was born, an almost insignificant year nestled between the staunch Victorian era and the horror that would be World War 1. In May George V became the King of England on the death of his father, Edward VII. In June The DELAG Zeppelin dirigible, Deutschland, m
25 Years Ago Today…
(May 31, 2010) - The Team
Looking at the Environment Canada weather this morning - even at 6:30 a.m. there is an odd stickiness in the air.Intellicast is showing thunderheads growing on the radar to the southwest of us and up into the Michigan Upper Peninsula, so it might be a loud afternoon over southwestern Ontario.May 31s
June Almanac
(May 28, 2010) - The Team
June is the sixth month of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with a length of 30 days. The Roman poet Ovid provides two etymologies for June's name in his poem concerning the months entitled the Fasti. The first is that the month is named after the Roman goddess Juno, wife of Jupiter and
Saving Energy In The Summer
(May 25, 2010) - The Team
We often think of ways to save energy in the winter - sealing electrical outlets, weather stripping, installing storm windows and insulation etc. but what about in the summer time?With the furnace off for the warmer weather it is easy to forget that we can expend as much energy in the summer as in t
Keeping Your Cool
() - The Team
Looking at Facebook this morning it seems lots of people spent the weekend in the hot sun enjoying the holiday!Now back to the grind - unfortunately the weather is going to stay warm for a few more days - reaching the 30 degree mark today according to Environment Canada. In Canada summer seems to co
Could The Gulf Oil Spill Happen in Canada?
(May 20, 2010) - Mark W. Law
The world news these days has been captured by the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and its effect on the multi-billion dollar Gulf fishing and shellfish industry. The Gulf is a long way from Canada, but could something similar happen here in Canada? Chevron recently began drilling a we
Recycled Computers STILL Ending Up In The Dump!
(May 11, 2010) - Mark W. Law
A year into the new electronics recycling program and Ontario Electronics Stewardship is STILL only collecting 1/3 of its targeted electronic waste. This translates into 28,000 TONNES of toxin laden computers, televisions and other electronics littering landfills here in Ontario and around the wo
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