By David A Gabel, ENN A team of scientists from the University of Oxford are working on a world map which shows all the land owned or revered by various world religions. This “holy map” will display all the sacred sites from Jerusalem’s Western Wall, to Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, to St. Peter’s Basilica in […]

Survey results released recently by Canon Canada reveal that 56 per cent of Canadian teens are interested in a career in the environment, but close to the same amount (51 per cent) aren’t clear on the career opportunities available to them. The survey, conducted by Harris/Decima on behalf of Canon Canada, polled 1,001 teens across […]

By Roger Greenway, ENN Did you think that the Earth was unique in having vast amounts of water? Not that much fresh water, or pure water, but lots of water nonetheless. Water is formed when two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom get together, so in theory, there could be lots of water in outer […]

A message from BC Hydro’s Greg Reimer: The BC Information and Privacy Commissioner has announced a review of the security and privacy of customer data collection through the smart meter program. As we take the responsibility of protecting the privacy and security of personal information very seriously, we’ve made it a top priority of the […]

Today Nissan Canada made history when it delivered the first all-electric Nissan LEAF in Canada, signaling the arrival of sustainable mobility to the Canadian mass market. PowerStream, the second largest municipally-owned electricity distribution company in Ontario, received keys to its two white Nissan LEAFs MY11, at an event at its head office in Vaughan, Ontario. […]

The launch of a new online database will make it easier for British Columbians to keep track of the people, businesses and industries running afoul of B.C.’s environmental rules. The free database includes a wide variety of compliance and enforcement actions taken by ministry staff and enforcement officers. It includes orders, administrative sanctions, tickets and […]

A new study just published in Nature Geoscience indicates the depth of the fault between the two tectonic plates forming the Earth’s surface in the Pacific Northwest is seven kilometres deeper than previously proposed. Simon Fraser University earth scientist Andy Calvert, the study’s lead author, says he and his colleagues aren’t sure what to make of […]

By Robert Engelman, Worldwatch Institute Demographers aren’t known for their sense of humor, but the ones who work for the United Nations recently announced that the world’s human population will hit seven billion on Halloween this year. Since censuses and other surveys can scarcely justify such a precise calculation, it’s tempting to imagine that the […]

By Kieran Mulvaney, Discovery News The trawler’s crew could scarcely believe their eyes. They had seen icebergs before as they fished off the coast of Labrador, but never anything quite like this, what was described as “a dazzling white ice island five kilometres long and alive with mountains, valleys, brooks, waterfalls, ponds and seals.” A […]

By Andy Soos, ENN Energy Star is an international standard for energy efficient consumer products originated in the United States of America. It was first created as a United States government program during the early 1990s, but Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, Taiwan and the European Union have also adopted the program. Devices carrying the […]