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Gary Lauder’s new traffic sign: Take Turns

Minor improvements on the way we drive can make a difference.

New Toyota Hybrid

TOKYO — Toyota showed its new plug-in hybrid Monday, available for leasing this month in Japan, the U.S. and Europe, and promised the green vehicle for sale to regular consumers by 2011 at an “affordable” price.

Cap & Trade Visualized

The Climate Justice Network (international group of activist) decided there wasn’t a tool out there that would explain to the general public the dense and complex issue of Cap and Trade. So they approached the creators of The Story of Stuff, (that video that talks about…well…how we use stuff), and asked them to make the story of cap and trade. Their main point: while everyone’s attention is leap frogging to trading, we need to develop a concrete plan to cap emissions.

News from Transport 2000 Canada

“The Energy and Utilities Board says New Brunswickers will get a chance to be heard in this province when it considers Acadian Coach Lines’s proposal to cut some bus routes.” the Fredericton Daily Gleaner reported on Nov. 21.

People for an Aerial Tram from Halifax to Dartmouth

A new Facebook group for proponents of a Halifax Harbour Tram.

Halifax Geo Thermal Eye Candy (Video)

Great time lapse video showing Halifax Harbour and the Alderney Gate Advanced Geothermal Energy construction.

Lessons from Ottawa may help Halifax Metro Transit

Ottawa Council’s transit committee ignores the big picture, and makes a mess of the smaller stuff. Are there lessons to be learned for HRM with its similar approach to transit management.

NS Wind farm buyout more than sheer luck

Now that financing seems to be solidly in place, construction of the first phase of the Glen Dhu wind park is to begin almost immediately. When the first phase is finished, the park will have 30 turbines generating about 60 megawatts of electricity for the Nova Scotia power grid before the end of next year.

Atlantic Eco-Expo announces partnership with One Million Acts of Green

One Million Acts of Green has been one of the most popular and enthusiastic ecological movements to date in Canada. In 100 days, the program recorded over 1,700,000 acts of green, which in turn, eliminated almost 106,000,000 kilograms of waste.

Smart Grid Halifax by Bullfrog

Bullfrog Power, which has offices in Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia, is Canada’s only 100 per cent green electricity retailer.