The Calgary Sun - Slide kills Alberta snowmobiler

It's the third fatal avalanche in B.C. in four days and the 24th in Canada this winter.

The snowmobiler is the 18th victim who was riding a snowmobile when an avalanche struck.

Canadian Flag Global Warmed

The famous Maple Leaf of the Canadian flag converted in a Pineapple. Another creative approach to the Greenpeace global warming awareness campaigns

Why, for me, ‘Earth Hour’ is a conscience salving stunt …

TURNING OFF my lights for an hour tonight is no hardship whatsoever. I can light a candle, open a bottle of red and bung on a DVD. Actually, it’s a pleasant romantic option for a Saturday evening. Even though I am a paid up member of WWF, I consider the idea to be a silly scam: a publicity stunt which has the danger of salving our consciences with feel-good factor and lulling us into a false ‘do-good’ sense that we are actually helping.

Truth is, my computer uses way more energy than all my light bulbs each minute I use it, and with twenty per cent of global warming attributable to beef production, we’d all be far better off boycotting a burger for an hour. But that would be far too political. It’s not surprising that large corporations and businesses are happily signing up. Many offices are closed on Saturday evenings. It will, in fact, save them money.

Worldchanging: Bright Green: The only way a reporter ought to look at a climate skeptic is down.

Having wasted 20 years here in the U.S. on a completely non-factual "debate" about whether fossil fuels were implicated in climate change, it's a bit shocking to see this story by Azadeh Ensha, where an industry-funded spokesperson is allowed to get away with the statement, "It is beyond dispute that any connection between meat production and global warming is a false one."
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In this day and age, the only way a reporter ought to look at a climate skeptic is down. That's doubly true when the skeptic is getting paid by an industry involved in melting the ice caps.