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We did it! Global Warming Accountability Bill One Step Closer to Law

A BIG THANK YOU to the thousands of David Suzuki Foundation supporters who wrote to their Members of Parliament to urge them to vote "Yes" for the Climate Change Accountability Act (Bill C-311). Right up until the vote, we weren't sure it would pass. But a big push by the David Suzuki Foundation along with other environmental organizations, and individuals from across Canada gave the Bill the support it needed in the House of Commons to pass second reading. Bill C-311 is now one step closer to b

New report: Nuclear won't solve climate change

According to an article on the Scientific American website, a new report has found that nuclear power plants can't be built quickly or safely enough to be a major global solution for climate change. Issued by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the report says that under its current policies and financing the nuclear industry won't be able to build enough new reactors to make a difference in solving global warming in the next 20 years.

Read the Scientific American article here. 
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Human power to the rescue?

With all this talk about renewable power, perhaps we're forgetting the most basic power of all: our bodies.

David Suzuki's Contribution to the Public Policy Wiki on Climate Change

As part of the The Public Policy Wiki, a joint venture between the Globe and
Mail and the Dominion Institute, David Suzuki submitted an  analysis and proposals
for Canadian federal action on climate change.



Matthew Ingram of the Globe and Mail describes the Public Policy Wiki as
follows:

"This is an experiment, and one that we hope will provide a
useful forum for concerned citizens of all kinds to contribute their thoughts
and ideas on some of the issues mentioned here. Eventually, we'd like t

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Alberta's black eye

In case you missed it, the latest issue of National Geographic lays out the problems of Alberta's Tar Sands. The photographs have to be seen to fully appreciate the scale of the environmental destruction. Check it out here.



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Five Minutes to Change Your World

Do tight deadlines help get the creative juices going? It better if you want to be part of the 5 minutes to Change Your World documentary film contest.

Meet a new fish species...psychedelica

The Globe and Mail recently reported that a psychedelic-looking fish that bounces on the ocean floor like a rubber ball has been classified as a new species. The frogfish was nicknamed "psychedelica," by a professor who wrote a scientific paper about the discovery. No word on whether the fish like listening to Jimi Hendrix or illuminating their habitat with a lava lamp...  
(Read the full article.)

Judge your global warming info very carefully...

A thoughtful article in today's New York Times discusses the tendency towards hype by both sides of the climate debate. If anything, it's a good reminder that readers need to get all sides of a debate in order to make informed decisions.

The Obama effect in Canada

As most Canadians know, President Obama visited Ottawa last week for a meeting with Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Is this the first step to a green energy future in Canada?