Human activity and the environment: Climate change in Canada
Source: Statistics CanadaCanada?s emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs), major contributors to climate change, rose 25% between 1990 and 2005. However, without increases in energy efficiency, the increase in emissions would have been even greater.
In 2005, human activities released the equivalent of 747 megatonnes of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere in Canada. This was up about 25% from emissions of 596 megatonnes in 1990.
One megatonne is equal to one million tonnes. To put this in perspective, driving a mid-size car about 5,000 kilometres results in about one tonne of emissions.
However, during the same 15-year period, the amount of GHGs emitted per unit of economic activity declined 18%, while the nation?s population grew 17%, and energy use increased 23%.
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EPA asks nine major national chains to pull illegal Miracle-Gro pesticides from shelves
Categories: Great Lakes Region, Pest Management, Regulation - Friday Apr 25, 2008 11:29U. S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 today reinforced its concern for the safety of consumers by issuing “stop sale, use or removal” orders to retailers Home Depot, Lowe’s, Wal-Mart, Ace, Do-It-Best, True Value, Sam’s Club, Meijer and K-Mart. EPA is asking the retailers to remove certain illegal, unregistered and misbranded pesticides distributed by Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. from the shelves of stores across the United States.
Human activity and the environment: Climate change in Canada
Categories: Canada, Climate Change, Great Lakes Region, Publications - Friday Apr 25, 2008 11:07Via Docuticker.
Spring 2008 issue of At the Source now available
Categories: Canada, Great Lakes Region, Green Purchasing - Monday Apr 21, 2008 09:29The focus of this issue is Green Procurement. Topics include: the business case for green procurement; implementing a green procurement program; guides for implementing green procurement policies; examples of existing green procurement programs; challenges to green procurement; on-line tools for implementing green procurement; green certification; green procurement and the home; and, the green procurement of energy.
EPA Settlement with LIRR Sheds Light on Need for Proper Disposal of Fluorescent Bulbs
Categories: Great Lakes Region, Mercury - Monday Apr 21, 2008 09:06Most Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) commuters don?t give the proper disposal or recycling of the fluorescent lights over their heads a second thought as they ride in and out of Manhattan. However, this issue is at the heart of the recent resolution of a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) complaint against the LIRR, which the railroad settled by paying a financial penalty of $43,875.