November 16, 2006 — By Yereth Rosen, Reuters ANCHORAGE — Polar bear cubs in Alaska’s Beaufort Sea are much less likely to survive compared to about 20 years ago, probably due to melting sea ice caused by global warming, a study released Wednesday said. The study, published by the U.S. Geological Survey, estimated that only 43 percent of polar bear cubs in the southern Beaufort Sea survived their first year during the past five...
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Ice-Melt Isolates Remote Communities in Canada
November 14, 2006 — By Jonathan Spicer, ReutersTORONTO — Aboriginal communities in Ontario’s far north are becoming increasingly isolated as rising temperatures melt their winter route to the outside world and impede their access to supplies. Read the full story…
Mr. Cool: Nurturing doubt about climate change is big business
Here is an excellent article by Charles Montgomery that appeared in The Globe and Mail on August 12th, 2006. In this article Montgomery debunks the junk science being publicized by Tim Ball and his “Friends of Science” foundation. Mr. Ball uses a lot of falsehoods, inaccurate data, and manipulated graphs to make his case. Montgomery also shows how the “Friends of Science” are funded mostly by the energy industry. The article is well worth...
Canada named top “fossil” at Kenya climate talks
The Conservative Government of Stephen Harper is getting slapped in the face at the Kenya climate talks. This government is doing a really good job at sucking up to the Bush administration and shaming Canada in front of the world. The so-called “Made-in-Canada” plan to tackle the environment and global warming issue is taken right out of the Bush agenda, and influenced by the oil industry. I guess it’s not that surprising given that...