Why ‘green’ paper products may not be as environmentally friendly as they claim
Tag Archives: Greenpeace
In conversation with a Greenpeace Spider-woman
Victoria Henry on scaling a London landmark, Arctic drilling and getting arrested for a cause
Moving oil by rail: unsafe at any speed?
As Lac-Mégantic searches for a way forward, more troubling questions emerge
Forest fighters
Celebrated partnerships like the Boreal Forest Agreement are crumbling. Can corporations and NGOs really work together to save the environment?
College days (II)
Michael Ignatieff’s tour stop at the University of British Columbia apparently got a bit shouty on Friday. You can read the accounts of Canwest and the Ubyssey or, if you prefer, you can see and hear for yourself.
Why climate change is hot hot hot
Blame a combination of corrupted science, ersatz religion and Third World opportunism
How to spread the word: lessons from Greenpeace
Dangerously scaling buildings costs lives
It probably shouldn’t be this easy to scale the Parliament Buildings
Greenpeace stages a protest. Twitter reaction from MPs Patrick Brown, Glenn Thibeault, Brent Rathgeber, Michelle Simson, Rod Bruinooge and Olivia Chow. The Ottawa Citizen’s Glen McGregor tweets the scene.
BTC: Seen and heard
Out for a walk along Elgin St. in Ottawa on Saturday and came across Pierre Poilievre, dressed in a sensible blue shirt and less sensible long pants. What, you might ask, was Mr. Poilievre doing out on this warm weekend afternoon?
Bring her home to stop the whining
Must-reads: Doug Saunders on “Americanizing” the Afghanistan mission; Christie Blatchford on rescuing child abuse victims; James Travers on the food crisis; John Ivison on the doctor shortage; Don Martin on Brenda Martin.