Gas-guzzling vehicles are one of the key factors behind the notorious environmental record of Canadians who are among the highest per capita polluters in the world, according to figures released Tuesday by Statistics Canada.
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Canada Ranks Third Among Worlds Worst Polluters
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Submitted by a2zme on Tue, 2008-04-22 23:56.
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Two Canadian Friends Build $672 Electric Car!
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What do you get when you cross a Geo Metro with an electric forklift, a golf cart, and a bunch of used batteries? You get a ridiculously inexpensive, home-built, street-legal electric car.
Submitted by a2zme on Thu, 2008-01-31 18:25.
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No More Plastic Bags! Huntingdon, fist Quebec town to ban all plastic bags
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Huntingdon became the first Quebec municipality to go plastic bag free - at store check-out counters, at least - and the transition has been surprisingly painless, merchants say.
Submitted by a2zme on Sat, 2008-01-05 21:53.
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The Alberta Oil Sands: Canadian Prosperity - Global Nightmare
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The Alberta Oil Sands (Saudi Arabia of the North) as it is proudly refered to in the oil industry has proven to be a financial boom to the Canadian economy.
It has also proven to be an environmental nightmare...
Submitted by a2zme on Thu, 2007-12-13 09:24.
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