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In the run-up to the meetings scheduled for December, a report has been produced by scientists which updates the material and findings since the cut-off date for the last IPCC report. That's three years worth of new findings. Results: Ice sheet mass loss accelerating, contributing to sea...

Here's the GOP plan: Yup, that's the plan. They have lots of ideas, they just haven't had time in all these months since the Dems have been throwing stuff together to make their own plan yet. They have to know what the majority plan is...

Earlier this year, a Conservative candidate claimed that his party could get stimulus money out faster, and more effectively. This past weekend, I heard one of the campaign workers for the Conservative candidate in this riding make pretty much the same claim to an employee in Tim Horton's. It...

YouTube - Acid Test: The Global Challenge of Ocean Acidification

Here is an excellent example of how these memes are created and propogated. Misrepresenting entirely what an expert says and then repeating the faslehood repeatedly. This is classic propaganda. Respectively, it's a disinformation and false testimonial, followed by repetition bordering on ad...

The Nobel Prize in Physics this year includes a Canadian! One half of the prize goes to Charles K. Kao from Standard Telecommunication Laboratories and Chinese University of Hong Kong for "groundbreaking achievements concerning the transmission of light in fibers for optical communication". The...

Today the Nobel Committee announced the winners of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medecine. The winners- Elizabeth H. Blackburn from UC San Francisco, Carol W. Greider from John Hopkins University, and Jack W. Szostak from Harvard Medical School- received the prize for the discovery of...

What do you do if you're looking to unfavourably portray the head of the Environmental Protection Agency? You probably wouldn't want to do what the American Enterprise Institute did. Dirty Harry? Oh Really? lol

The Teabagger Socialist-Free Purity Pledge I, ________________________________, do solemnly swear to uphold the principles of a socialism-free society and heretofore pledge my word that I shall strictly adhere to the following: I will complain about the destruction of 1st Amendment Rights...

An interesting view of the evolution of Darwin's thoughts and ideas. The caption of this website begins with a simple assertion that science is often perceived as a fixed notion, that changes very little after initial discovery. This of course is false, but is quite common for the "gotcha" folks...

One of the most important, and at the same time uncertain measures involved with the climate change we can expect in the future, is the sensitivity of our climate to forced perturbations. Examples of forced factors are: changes in solar output, changes to our orbital parameters, changes to the...

It's a pretty simple recipe, like most slow cooker meals. 1lb cubed chicken breast 1 lb peeled and cooked shrimp 1/2 pound andouille sausage ( I substituted for tomato basil sausage) 4 roma tomatoes, diced 1 medium white onion, chopped 1 green bell pepper, seeded and chopped 2 stalk celery...

Read the rest here. This research could be used in part to make very good repellents!

Two Conservative MPs have broken ranks with the government over support for the asbestos industry as Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff faces criticism in Quebec for opposing the export of what he called such "dangerous substances." Conservative MP Dona Cadman of British Columbia told Canwest...

U.S. Chamber of Commerce seeks trial on global warming The business lobby, hoping to fend off potentially sweeping emission limits, wants the EPA to hold a 'Scopes'-like hearing on the evidence that climate change is man-made. U.S. Chamber of Commerce seeks trial...

The fate of Vancouver's medically supervised safer injecting facility, known as Insite, hangs in the balance as three B.C. Court of Appeal justices weigh arguments by the Harper government aimed at overturning an earlier ruling that provided the program a brief respite from the Tories' efforts...

The Canadian Bar Association has released two scathing rebukes of the Harper Government's response to international justice issues. In the first, the CBA President commented on the continued apathy of the Canadian government to the Omar Khadr case: Relent on Khadr, Tories urged - Winnipeg Free...

Like so many other eco-systems, rivers are feeling the pinch from human induced changes. Agricultural run-off, sprawling sub-urbs and other land-use changes, and under-treated municipal water. These four areas are the primary drivers of the declining health not only in the river itself, but in...

Auctioned silver belonged to the royal family- Politics - Canoe.ca Harper and his crime tough Government have just pawned off some silver furnishings from Rideau Hall that belong to Buckingham Palace. The price, $532 for three silver baskets, wedding presents of Queen Elizabeth's grandparents...

Bill Donahue, the President of the Catholic League, trivializing the abuse of young Irish children who were sexually, physically, and emotionally abused by Irish Catholic priests and nuns. Part 1 YouTube - Bill Donohue defends child abuse (1/2) Part 2 YouTube - Bill Donohue defends child abuse...