Health effects and light bulbs
By Andy Soos, ENN For the first time scientists examined melatonin suppression in a various types of light bulbs, primarily those used for outdoor illumination, such as streetlights, road lighting, mall lighting and the like. Exposure to the light of white LED bulbs, it turns out, suppresses melatonin five times more than exposure to the […]
Musings of a Malcontent: a weekly op-ed on climate change
By Carlyle Coash, GlobalWarmingisReal contributor It’s all about the little things. Boy is that true. Unsure where I first heard such a thing, but over 43 years of life it has proven to be spot on. How many relationships have been saved by remembering some small detail, adding an extra touch at just the right […]
Coal or natural gas, climate effects
By Andy Soos, ENN Although the burning of natural gas emits far less carbon dioxide than coal, a new study concludes that a greater reliance on natural gas would fail to significantly slow down climate change. The study by Tom Wigley, who is a senior research associate at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), […]
LETTER: What has forced teachers to take job action?
Dear editor, After 30 bargaining sessions at the provincial table we have had no offers of pay increases, benefit improvements or the return of the class size and composition language that the BC Supreme Court recently ruled was illegally stripped from our contracts. The court found that then-Minister of Education Christy Clark proudly led legislation […]
How does one lose three daughters to war and go on to champion peace? Mir Centre for Peace Lecture Series presents Nobel Peace Prize nominee Izzeldin Abuelaish
Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish was first cast into the public eye during the Gaza War that began in late 2008. In January 2009, two days before the end of Israel’s 22-day assault on Gaza, Israeli shells fell on Abuelaish’s family home, brutally killing three of his daughters and their cousin. Amazingly, the loss did not embitter […]
In the News: Could stem cells save endangered species?
By Liz Shaw, ARKive.org Stems cells are cells that are capable of developing into different kinds of specialised cells, such as blood, nerve or muscle cells. They can also divide indefinitely to give rise to more stem cells. A new study, published in Nature Methods, reports that two highly endangered species, the northern white rhinoceros […]
MEXICO: Hero reports map acts of kindness
Heroreports is a non-profit project dedicated to crowdsourcing and mapping reports of citizen courage and positive social behavior. It started in Ciudad Juárez, México as an initiative of the MIT Center for Civic Media called “Crónicas de Héroes“, under the direction of Yesica Guerra, a researcher in urban design with a...
Controversial tar sands pipeline moving forward despite heavy protest
By David A Gabel, ENN The massive international pipeline, known as the Keystone XL pipeline, would connect Alberta’s booming tar sands to refineries in Texas and the Gulf Coast. It would be the longest pipeline outside of Russia and China, and would carry North America’s largest oil deposit to the market. The project has sparked […]
Hurricane Irene and the staggering costs of climate change
By Richard Matthews Extreme weather events like Hurricane Irene illustrate the costs of man’s impact on the earth. The planet has been getting warmer since the dawn of the industrial age and for every one degree rise in temperature, moisture rises by seven per cent. Scientists predict that warmer temperatures will increase the frequency and severity of extreme weather events. Or to put it […]
Affordable seniors’ housing opens in Cranbrook
The governments of Canada and British Columbia, along with community partners officially opened Baker Gardens today, a new 36-unit modular housing development for seniors and persons with disabilities in Cranbrook. “I am delighted to see that construction is complete on this project,” said David Wilks, Member of Parliament for Kootenay — Columbia, on behalf of the […]
