Category Archives: Environmental policy
Teachers promoting environmental biases in classrooms
October 2009 By Tim Ball Senior Fellow Frontier Centre for Public Policy My grandson is five years old. After his second week in school, he asked his father what he was doing about global warming. Think about that for a … Continue reading
Filed under Education, Environmental policy, Environmental sustainability
Environmental impact of ethanol fuel overstated, government warned
Ottawa’s push to use high-level ethanol fuel in cars is doing little or nothing to cut Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions nor will it, says a government briefing note prepared for Natural Resources Minister Lisa Raitt and obtained by Canwest News … Continue reading
CERA president blasts Central Elgin council for out of control spending
Municipality of Central Elgin, Ontario, June 08, 2009 – At the Central Elgin Council Meeting tonight, Bruce Lemon, President of Central Elgin Ratepayers Association (CERA) blasted the Municipal Council for out of control spending, lack of transparency and one of … Continue reading
Filed under Elgin county, Environmental policy, Municipal Affairs, Port Stanley
Boaters, ethanol backers at odds over damage by fuel
Posted by Ian: Recreational boating, ATVs and snowmobiling are popular seasonal activities in Elgin county. What then would be the impact of using ethanol-based fuels in these marine and off-road vehicles? Trouble, according to boat manufacturers in the U.S. as … Continue reading
Filed under Elgin county, Environmental policy, Ethanol, Parks and recreation
A Train That Is Leaving the Station
Auto workers in Detroit should be learning how to build and service electric cars powered by hydrogen or new battery technology. Laid off construction workers should be learning how to install solar panels or how to insulate buildings to save … Continue reading
Why “green jobs” may not save the economy or the environment.
Just because “green” and “jobs” are both in demand doesn’t mean that policies focused on creating “green jobs” make sense. Full story
Let’s ban environmental “flavours-of-the-month” movement
By David Seymour Senior Policy Analyst Frontier Centre for Public Policy Three movements which have made the news lately – the stop-selling-bottled-water movement, the switch-the-lights-off-for-an-hour movement, and the choose-locally-produced-food movement – reveal several misguided trends in modern environmentalism.
Ontario pesticide ban takes effect Apr. 22/09
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Filed under City of St. Thomas, Environmental policy, Municipal Affairs, Pesticides
Ontario’s Proposed Green Energy Act
Posted by Ian: In the preamble to the McGuinty government’s push “to boost renewable energy, economic growth and create a culture of conservation,” George Smitherman,Deputy Premier and Minister of Energy and Infrastructure notes: “There exists today a global race to … Continue reading
Filed under Canadian economy, Environmental policy
