Solar Water Heater DIY
Making your own solar water heater can be a very easy and rewarding project. As with most do it yourself (diy) projects, making your own solar water heater can also be a bit more involved is you want to get the maximum usage and return from your work of art.
Hot Water Needs [...]
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Oil Sands Production should be Halted Immediately
As part of the process to separate the bitumen from sand, large amounts of waste liquid, tailings, is produced. These tailings are poured into huge diked ponds. If allowed to continue, current and proposed tailings ponds would cover up to 220 square kilometres! The companies admit that left on there [...]
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Massive Canadian Arctic Ice Shelf Breaks Off
Per Reuters:
A huge 19 square mile (55 square km) ice shelf in Canada’s northern Arctic broke away last month and the remaining shelves have shrunk at a “massive and disturbing” rate, the latest sign of accelerating climate change in the remote region, scientists said on Tuesday.
They said the Markham [...]
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AFP _ Global Warming Time Bomb in Arctic Soil
In a news release by Agence France-Presse, a study has found that Arctic soil contains 60% more trapped Greenhouse Gas than previously thought. American scientists discovered the increase, via extensive testing of 117 sample sites from North America, taken at depths of one metre.
This GHG is presently [...]
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London Ontario Bans Plastic Water Bottle Sales
The city of London, Ontario has banned the sale of water in plastic bottles, at all municipal facilities. This will include city hall, golf courses, hockey arena and swimming pools. Additional drinking fountains, with refill taps, will be installed where required.
For the past year, the London Aquatic Club [...]
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