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February 28, 2008 The Honoured Reader (free) edition of the Gallon
Environment Letter Vol. 13, No. 2, February 12, 2008 has
been posted click
here.
Editorial by Colin Isaacs: CANADIAN
LEADERSHIP IN ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES
Theme: ENVIRONMENT
& ENERGY CONFERENCE TUCSON JANUARY 27-30, 2008
SECURING
A CLEAN ENERGY FUTURE: THE EUEC KEYNOTE
DTE: VIEW
FROM A MAJOR UTILITY
CANADIAN
COMPANIES AT EUEC
Jacques
Whitford
Carbonetworks
intelex
Carbon
Busters
Other
Canadians
Links
CATCHING
THE EYE WITH A MESSAGE
CATCHING
ENVIRONMENTAL DECEIT: CARBON CERTIFICATION OF BIO-BASED MATERIALS
YOUTUBE:
SUSTAINABLE ENERGY MARKETING TO YOUTH
US REGIONAL
CARBON MARKETS
Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative RGGI
Western
Climate Initiative
Midwestern
Regional Greenhouse Gas Reduction
CALIFORNIA'S
GLOBAL WARMING SOLUTIONS ACT
CLIMATE
REGISTRY
ACCOUNTING
FOR CARBON
US MERCURY
CONTROL
EUEC MERCURY
WORKSHOPS
TIDAL POWER
Verdant Power
Marine Power
Early Stages
LETTER
TO EDITOR
MAPPING
ASBESTOS HAZARDS AND BODIES
GUEST
COLUMN: SUMMARY OF TRANSPORT REVOLUTIONS BY RICHARD GILBERT AND ANTHONY
PERL
BC: CLIMATE
CHANGE INITIATIVES
NRTEE:
GHG EMISSIONS TRADING AND OTHER CARBON PRICING
THE BIOSPHERE
RULES.
BIOSPHERE
II
FTC: GREEN
MARKETING GUIDES
PAT MCNAMARA:
PORT HOPE NUCLEAR PROBLEMS CONTINUE
Environmental Petition
on Port Hope
AUDITOR-GENERAL - CESD: ENVIRONMENTAL PETITIONS
CHALK
RIVER: ISOTOPE STORY CONTINUES
NOTICE
OF ONTARIO-WIDE COSMETIC PESTICIDE BAN PROPOSAL
JOBS BLOWING
IN THE WIND
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ABOUT
THIS ISSUE
Our feature in this issue is the 2008
Electric Utilities Environmental Conference, recently held in Tucson,
Arizona, and billed as the USA's largest Energy & Environment Conference
& Expo. It certainly was a big event, with at least six tracks of
twenty minute presentations filling three very full days. Much of the
conference focussed on solutions to the environmental problems of the
electricity industry but there was much to interest decision-makers and
environmental managers in all kinds of resource and manufacturing industries.
Most importantly, the conference provided a major showcase of the real
progress that is being made on environment, and especially on climate
change, in a significant portion of US industry. In this issue we have
space only to touch on some of the more interesting and Canadian-relevant
presentations but we will be returning to sharing EUEC content as articles
in future issues. Don’t think this is an issue only for electricity utilities:
we even tell you of a marketing consultant who sells green power on YouTube.
We report on presentation on carbon credits, tidal power, mercury emissions,
and much more.
Beyond the EUEC report this issue contains
a Letter and an accompanying article on asbestos, a Guest Column by Richard
Gilbert and Anthony Perl on Transport Revolutions, a report on BC (British
Columbia, not BC in a historic sense!) Climate Change Initiatives, a summary
of the recent NRTEE climate change recommendations, a review of a Harvard
Business Review article entitled The Biosphere Rules, a report of the
GL visit to Biosphere II, where a team of eight lived in isolation for
two years and certainly did not rule, and an update on US “rules” for
marketing claims for carbon products. We also summarize the account of
a public meeting held in Alberta, with perspectives from Port Hope, Ontario,
on a possible new nuclear reactor location. While GL does not take a position
for or against nuclear power we expect that we will be presenting a fair
bit of information from nuclear power opponents in the months ahead since
proponents have the money to pay to publicize their perspectives.
The Office of the Commissioner of the
Environment and Sustainable Development reminded us that it would be a
helpful addition to our coverage of the Commissioner’s report to tell
readers of the environmental petition process. We agreed and are so doing
in this issue. We also update our coverage of the Chalk River fiasco and
alert our Ontario readers to the need to review the Government’s questions
about a province-wide ban on the cosmetic use of pesticides.
We nearly forgot the regular funny but
we could not resist. We conclude this issue with an article entitled Jobs
Blowing In The Wind about jobs in the US wind power industry. Funny, as
long as you are not one of the people affected.
Next issue we plan to update our coverage
of environmental marketing in Canada, the US, and Europe.
[Editors note: As a mark of appreciation
to the great folks at EUEC Energy and Environment Conference & Expo
who provided GL with complimentary registration for the conference, all
GL readers are receiving the full content of GL this one time only.]
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February 28, 2008 Events Posted click here
New additions are:
March 2008 Warwick
Healthy Housing Conference. Coventry, UK
Environmental Business Opportunity Breakfast (EBOB). Toronto, Ontario.
April 2008 Ontario
Environment Industry Association (ONEIA). 8th Annual Environment Industry
Day. Toronto, Ontario.
May 2008 International
Trade Fair for Water – Sewage – Refuse – Recycling. Munich,Germany
Waste: the social context. Edmonton, Alberta Canada
October 2008
World Urban Forum Nanjing, China.
June 2009 EUEC
Energy & Environment Conference. Phoenix, Arizona ..........................................................................................................................................................................................
February 4, 2008 The Honoured Reader (free) edition of the Gallon
Environment Letter Vol. 13 No. 1 January 24, 2008 has been posted click
here.
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NOMINATE
NOW FOR THE 2007 ECOCOUNCILLOR AWARD
Nominations for Canada's Fourth Annual
Eco-Councillor Award and Roll of Honour are now being received.
Editorial by Colin Isaacs: ENVIRONMENT
& BUSINESS: A ROCKY PROGNOSIS FOR CANADA
Theme: Asbestos Part 1 Domestic Canada and US
ASBESTOS
PERSONAL INJURY CLAIMS ARE COSTING AMERICA A FORTUNE
Asbestos
Use
Asbestos Litigation
The Manville
Personal Injury Trust
Bankruptcy
ASBESTOS:
A CANADIAN KILLER
What Is
Asbestos
Asbestos
is permitted for use in Canada.
Risks
and Management Options
Health
Effects
THETFORD
MINES: COMMUNITY RISK FROM ASBESTOS
CHRYSOTILE
INSTITUTE
CANADIAN
CANCER SOCIETY: PHASE OUT ASBESTOS
CANADIAN
GOVERNMENT ALLOWS ASBESTOS IN TOYS
CSI Fingerprint
Toy
W. R.
GRACE: A REGULATORY DISGRACE
Bankruptcy
Court Makes Compensation Decisions
EBR PETITION:
ASBESTOS IN SOLID WASTE LANDFILLS
LETTER
TO THE EDITOR
30 SECOND
SUMMARY
BOOMERS
PLAY A KEY ROLE IN GROWTH OF ORGANICS
LESTER
BROWN
GUEST
COLUMN: EXCERPT FROM PART OF CHAPTER 13: THE GREAT MOBILIZATION FROM PLAN
B 3.0
by Lester Brown
BOOK:
THE CULTURE OF FLUSHING
Economics
Trumps Ecosystem
DAN JOHNSON
AND CLIMATE CHANGE SCEPTIC: TIM BALL
Response
to Ball's Claims of Defamation
GL INTERVIEW
WITH DAN JOHNSON
CALGARY
UNIVERSITY: CONFLICTS IN FUNDING?
INTERFERING
WITH ARMS LENGTH INDEPENDENT GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
AUDIT OF AECL
CHALK
RIVER NUCLEAR REACTOR
LINDA
KEEN: HOW DO YOU DISPROVE PARTISANSHP
CHIEF
NUCLEAR PHYSICIST STEPHEN HARPER BOARDS THE GOOD SHIP TITANIC
KEITH
MARTIN CRAP EMBARRASSES DION
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ABOUT
THIS ISSUE
Many people think that asbestos is one
of those chemicals from the past, with little impact today, but Canada
and other industrial countries continue to mine and export asbestos,
mostly to the developing world, and allow its use in products used in
Canada and the US. Public health officials and worker activists as well
as actuaries are sending out an alarm that asbestos disease has yet
to peak and continued asbestos production and use will lead to an 'asbestos
time bomb' of disease and death. In industrial countries, occupational
protection of workers may be growing stronger but end-users of products
often have little protection and may not even know if and when they
are exposed to airborne asbestos fibres. We begin 2008 with a powerful
exposé about asbestos. This is the first of a two part asbestos update,
with the second part to come in a near future issue.
We have shifted our EcoCouncillor Award
nomination schedule from Fall to Winter so that nominees can include
a full year of environmental activities by their favourite local politician.
But the nomination is not limited to one year of activities - everything
the nominee has done while a member of a municipal or band council is
fair game. Nominations for the 2007 award will close on Thursday 20
March and details of how to nominate or self-nominate for the Gallon
Environment Letter Fourth Annual EcoCouncillor Award are included in
this issue.
There is a plethora of environmental
action, or perhaps it is mostly environmental talk, at the moment and
our editorial presents not-too-rosy green vision of Canada in 2008.
We receive, and encourage, letters to the editor and this issue we have
one that argues with the Chief Hydrogeologist of Canada (see Letter
in last issue). We will leave it to you to judge this one.
One of our book reviews this issue is
Plan B 3.0 from Lester Brown. Brown will be well known to many of our
readers. As time goes by it seems he is becoming yet more controversial
but his ideas are at least always stimulating. A second reviewed book,
maybe even more profound than Plan B 3.0, is called The Culture of Flushing,
and it is not about Flushing, N.Y.. Our humourous afterword is on the
same topic.
GL's editor is familiar with noted Canadian
climate change sceptic Tim Ball. Readers may also know that Tim sued
University of Lethbridge (Alberta) professor Dan Johnson for defamation.
We have been wanting to cover this slap suit for some time but it was
unwise for all involved to do so while it was before the courts. Now
it is over and GL is pleased to bring you an exclusive interview with
the slappee. While we do not have proof, various commentators have suggested
that Tim Ball's efforts were funded by the friendly motoring petroleum
people and others. Some friends!
Finally, while we generally try not
to cover stories that have been so well covered in the mainstream press,
how could we not touch on the Chalk River mess. We are absolutely thrilled
to know that Stephen is now in charge of our 'nucular' (as pronounced
by George W. Bush) safety.
Next issue we may bring you part two
of the asbestos mess. But then again, we might not. That's the nature
of the environment business today. Happy Motoring through this issue.
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February 4, 2008 Events Posted click here
New additions are:
March 2008 IISD
Post-2012 Climate Policy, Ottawa, Ontario
World Biofuels Markets. Brussels, Belgium
April 2008 EcoCity
World Summit. San Francisco, California
Alberta's Environment Conference, Edmonton, Alberta
May 2008 Second
International Conference on Environmental Economics and Investment Assessment.
Cadiz, Spain.
June 2009 ICLEI
2009 World Congress. June 14-18, 2009 Edmonton, Alberta.
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