Tag: GHG emissions
Let’s get Toronto (and area) transit back on track
Rebecca Spring May 13, 2013
While new Toronto transit fees are tough to swallow, hopefully we all agree that the prospect of transit expansion and improvement makes them worth it. Pledge your support by May 27!
Suwon and Vancouver: EcoMobility on the move
Guest Blogger May 10, 2013
South Korean city Suwon re-considers low-carbon vehicles and transport means such as walking and taking public transport as priorities rather than mere options – the same formula that Vancouver had adopted many years ago to make itself one of the most sustainable and livable cities in the world.
Carsharing comes to Guelph, ON
Rebecca Spring May 8, 2013
Yesterday Community CarShare launched in Guelph, ON. Read on to find out more about this exciting alternative to vehicle ownership.
“It Cannot Happen Here”? A closer look at the Exxon Valdez spill
Robert Powell May 7, 2013
Recall that another politician-on-a-mission, the late Senator Ted Stevens, famously promised fishermen in Cordova, Alaska that “not one drop” of oil would be spilled in Prince William Sound. That was before the name of the Exxon Valdez oil tanker became synonymous with environmental catastrophe.
Put your green city on the map in WWF’s 2014 Global Earth Hour City Challenge
WWF May 3, 2013
Although it seems like just the other day Vancouver was crowned the first Global Earth Hour Capital and People’s Choice winner, the recruitment phase for next year’s challenge has begun!