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Premier Campbell Backing off Global Warming Effort?

Fri, 01/23/2009

By Tom Barrett and Andrew MacLeod

TheTyee.ca

Since the February 2007 throne speech, environmentalists have had special attention from B.C. Premier Gordon Campbell. There were photo ops with California's climate-crusading Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, aggressive greenhouse gas...

Gas Tax Fund Provides New Geothermal Heating for Wells/Barkerville School

Mon, 01/19/2009

By District of Wells

WELLS- The federal Gas Tax Fund is providing $364,800 to the District of Wells to install a geothermal heating system in the Wells/Barkerville community school.

The multi-use facility, built in 1940, is an integral part of the heritage value of the...

Federal government, TransLink and Vancouver improve city buses

Sat, 01/17/2009

OTTAWA, Jan. 17 /CNW Telbec/ - 88 Blocks - Art on Main, an investment in Vancouver's transportation infrastructure to enhance one of the City's oldest and busiest transit corridors, was launched today. Andrew Saxton, MP for North Vancouver and Parliamentary Secretary to the President of...

Coke Enterprises adding to hybrid fleet

Fri, 01/16/2009

The Atlanta-based Coke products marketer and distributor said the deployment will give it the largest such fleet in North America.

Coca-Cola Enterprises (NYSE: CCE) already has 142 hybrid electric delivery vehicles on the road, the majority of which are 12-bay box trucks. The new...

Transport ministers urge int'l co-op on emission cut

Fri, 01/16/2009

www.chinaview.cn

TOKYO, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- Transport ministers from 21 countries adopted a joint declaration at a meeting here Friday, urging international cooperation and technical assistance to developing nations to...

21 transport ministers discuss emission cut in Tokyo

Thu, 01/15/2009

www.chinaview.cn

TOKYO, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- Transport ministers from 21 countries gathered in Tokyo Thursday to discuss measures aimed at cutting carbon dioxide emissions in the transport sector.

During the two-day...

Ottawa urged to improve fuel quality standards

Thu, 01/15/2009

The Toronto Star

Tony Van Alphen

Offshore-based automakers are renewing calls on Ottawa to fix its strategy for fuel quality and improving the environment because current standards and enforcement are weak.

Armed with a new report from a leading energy research firm that...

Better Place Partners with Ontario to Bring 'Car 2.0' Electric Car Infrastructure to Canada

Thu, 01/15/2009

Toronto - Business Wire

Better Place, the world's leading mobility operator, today announced a partnership with the government of Ontario to help bring an electric car network to the province and create a model for the adoption of electric cars in Canada. Ontario, which is one of...

Greyhound Can Go ‘Green’ FirstGroup’s Chief Says

Wed, 01/14/2009

Bloomberg

By Angela Greiling Keane

FirstGRoup Plc, the owner of Greyhound Lines, is pressing U.S. lawmakers to include bus purchases in the economic stimulus plan, Chief Executive Officer Moir Lockhead said.

Government incentives to buy new motor coaches would help...

On the road to green

Wed, 01/14/2009

Source: GLOBE-Net

Today’s Globe and Mail reports that the ’Big Three’ U.S. automakers are going electric in a battle to survive the worst crisis the industry has faced since the Great Depression. Chrysler and General Motors, both of whom are still operating due...