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    Harper: Global Saboteur

    Blog | Monday, 26 Nov 2007
    Canada now occupies a place on the world stage that represents not mere failure in meeting obligations to future generations. We no longer are a country struggling to meet commitments to reduce...

    Look forward to good news November 24

    Blog | Tuesday, 20 Nov 2007
    Australians go to the polls on November 24 to elect a new federal government. The Globe and Mail editorial on October 29th expressed disbelief that the government of Australian Prime Minister John...

    The most important report you’ve never heard of...

    Blog | Thursday, 15 Nov 2007
    Last week, the International Energy Agency released its World Energy Outlook. The media coverage that followed primarily the news about energy demand and growing emissions from China and India....

    Ani DiFranco

    Blog | Monday, 12 Nov 2007
    My knowledge of popular musicians is generally issue-linked. I didn’t really know Sting’s music until I met him in the effort to stop a dam in the Amazon. I became a Midnight Oil fan when Peter...

    What the Speech from the Throne said about Kyoto...

    Blog | Friday, 26 Oct 2007
    Hello again... I wrote this column for the Pictou Advocate... I thought you might find it interesting! Meanwhile, I am back to nearly a full schedule. I am recovering well and have been home in my...

    To the polls or not to the polls?

    Blog | Wednesday, 10 Oct 2007
    I wrote this piece for my local weekly, The Pictou Advocate. I thought web site readers might find it interesting.....meanwhile today, October 10, hold good thoughts, cross fingers and toes, for our...

    Petra Kelly

    Blog | Tuesday, 02 Oct 2007
    November 29, 1947 - October 1, 1992 October 1, 2007 is the fifteenth anniversary of the murder of the visionary woman who founded the German Green Party, Petra Kelly. I had the great good fortune...

    Off to the Body Shop

    Blog | Wednesday, 19 Sep 2007
    That was, of course, Anita Roddick’s original wry reference. A car garage for spare parts installation. I will be heading to Ottawa General (tomorrow for tests and Friday for surgery) to get a new...