Six Greenpeace activists were cleared of charges today for intentionally damaging a coal plant in the U.K. The Independent reports, The threat of global warming is so great that campaigners were justified in causing more…
The Summer 2008 issue of the Osgoode Hall Law Journal is out, and it’s completely dedicated to environmental law. Stepan Wood, an associate professor at Osgoode Hall Law School, is the guest editor. Most in…
Bottled water must be the most brilliant marketing ploy ever conceived. Some marketing reps decided to take regular tap water, run it through a filter, and then package it in attractive bottles designed to somehow…
A report released today by British-based Maplecroft states that Canada is the country positioned the best to deal with global warming and its related effects. 6 factors were examined: economy natural resources and ecosystems poverty,…
A Dirty Job A 2007 episode of 60 Minutes reported a story of how American ships are decommissioned and dismantled by going to Bangladesh and shoring up, permanently. Bangladesh is one of the poorest countries…
Although Canada ranks as a top nation when it comes to scientific research, this just isn’t a characteristic shared by the Canadian government. An editorial in the journal Nature this week provided a scathing critique…
Colin Powell recently denied the harmful effects of Depleted Uranium (DU), which has been used in every major American conflict in recent years. InformationLiberation reports, Members of WeAreChange Ohio confronted former Secretary of State Colin…
Biomimicry, or engineering based on naturally occurring principles, is one of the newest emerging technologies in patent law. The Biomimicry Guild states, Life has been performing design experiments on Earth’s R&D lab for 3.8 billion…
Background On Nov. 30, 2007, former Attorney-General Michael Bryant announced the creation of the new Law Commission of Ontario (LCO). The Commission is created to reconcieve the law and evaluate issues of reform. Bryant said,…
