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California Isn't Having a Water Crisis, it's Having a Runoff Crisis

Surface runoff due to industrial agriculture and urban development is a big factor in the California water shortage. Permaculture may be the answer.

Is Your Electric Car Really Green?

The complicated truth behind battery-powered vehicles.

The Footprint of Fabrics

When we understand what goes into making fibres, we can make better choices.

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The Great Debate: Why It's Okay That The Environmental Community Isn't Unified

The environmental movement is divided on two key battlegrounds: intensification and nuclear power.

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California Isn't Having a Water Crisis, it's Having a Runoff Crisis

Jun 17 2015 | IN Weather | BY Julien Lalonde

Surface runoff due to industrial agriculture and urban development is a big factor in the California water shortage. Permaculture may be the answer.

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Footprint in Mouth: Terrorists

Jun 2015 | IN Fashion 41.3 | BY Lind

The A\J editorial cartoon.

Is Your Electric Car Really Green?

Jun 2015 | IN Fashion 41.3 | BY Andrew Nikiforuk

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The complicated truth behind battery-powered vehicles.

The Footprint of Fabrics

Jun 2015 | IN Fashion 41.3 | BY Jessie O'Driscoll

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When we understand what goes into making fibres, we can make better choices.

DamNation | Directed by Ben Knight and Travis Rummel

Jun 08 2015 | IN Wildlife | REVIEWED BY Kimberley Fehr

Letting rivers return to nature by removing aged and obsolete dams.

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The Great Debate: Why It's Okay That The Environmental Community Isn't Unified

Jun 01 2015 | IN Renewables | BY Stu Campana

The environmental movement is divided on two key battlegrounds: intensification and nuclear power.

Virtuous Loop of Cow Poop

Apr 2015 | IN Health 41.2 | BY Janet Kimantas

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Here's what one farmer did when life handed him 500 tonnes of cow poop per day.

Fracking hotspots, shale basins and aquifers in Canada

Fracking Hotspots in Canada

Feb 2014 | IN Resource Wars 40.1 | BY A\J Staff

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We've mapped the nation's shale gas formations, key water aquifers, fracking wells and moratoriums. (Updated)

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Controversial Spring Bear Hunt Returns to Ontario

May 29 2014 | IN Wildlife | BY Andrew Reeves

The pilot project targets areas with high human-bear interactions, but MNR isn’t tracking whether it’s issuing permits for this season or the fall hunt.

9 Ways to Curb Light Pollution

Sep 2013 | IN Night 39.5 | BY Semini Pathberiya

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Give your city or home a dim-over with these common sense and technological tips.

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Web Exclusive: Is it tar sands or oil sands?

Sep 2012 | IN In Defence of Science 38.5 | BY Jeff Gailus

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Jeff Gailus sheds light on the history of these complicated terms.

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Incredible Breakthrough Could Boost Solar Power Efficiency to Almost 100%

Oct 29 2014 | IN Solar | BY Stu Campana

New research out of Cambridge has game-changing implications for the future of energy production.

Disasters Foretold: Northern Gateway Spill Forecast

Sep 12 2013 | IN Wildlife | BY Chris Wood

What Enbridge already knows about where and how much the Northern Gateway Pipeline will leak.

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9 Ways to Fight Fracking

Feb 2014 | IN Resource Wars 40.1 | BY Jean Louis Deveau

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Resistance strategies from the frontline standoff in New Brunswick.

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