Despite the current lull in gas prices, fuel economy is something that we’re all familiar with. It’s hard to go very long in Canada without someone commenting on the price of gas, and how much it costs to fill up their vehicles. Conventional wisdom would say that with all the technological breakthroughs that humankind makes on a regular basis, and the rate at which we see technology become... Read more.

Carbon Capture and Storage: It’s not something we hear a whole lot about in Canada, and from talking to people, it’s not something that many people are aware of. Yet the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change estimates that it alone could be responsible for over half of our global CO2 reductions by 2100. Pretty big stuff. So what is it? Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) is a process... Read more.

The UN is currently hosting it’s 2008 Climate Change Conference in Poznan, Poland. This conference serves as an opportunity for many different international bodies related to climate change, and is being attended by representatives from over 180 countries, and independent observers. The primary purpose of this meeting is to make progress on what will be the successor to the Kyoto Protocol. The... Read more.

Last Friday, I was invited to Florenceville Middle School (Grade 6-8) to speak to their students about careers related to the environment. It was an opportunity to get into the classroom and try out a couple of things that will be helpful in preparing our educational programs that we hope to launch in the New Year. While there is an almost unanimous awareness of climate change (or global warming as... Read more.