¶ Published Wednesday, December 31st at %I:%M %p ∞ In Miscellaneous ∞ No Comments »
This is a letter I found on slashdot, amazing.
Some time ago I received a call from a colleague. He was about to give a student a zero for his answer to a physics question, while the student claimed a perfect score. The instructor and the student agreed to an impartial arbiter, and I was selected.I [...]
¶ Published Tuesday, December 30th at %I:%M %p ∞ In Miscellaneous ∞ No Comments »
For the second time in as many years, Canada has been chosen as the most uncooperative nation at the 2008 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Poznan, Poland. Since 1999, the Climate Action Network (CAN), has been distributing “Fossil-of-the-Day Awards” to the country who is most active in “blocking, stalling or undermining” the UN Climate [...]
¶ Published Monday, December 29th at %I:%M %p ∞ In Legal Issues, Miscellaneous ∞ No Comments »
Way down in Tennesse, a major spill has occurred. Over 3.7 billion litres of slurry, comprised of fly ash from a coal fired power plant and water, has spilled into the local environment. The dams allegedly broke due to large rainfall and very cold weather – but ultimately, they broke because they were not strong enough. This spill [...]
¶ Published Monday, December 29th at %I:%M %p ∞ In Legal Issues, Miscellaneous ∞ No Comments »
Predictions are a fool’s game, especially in the wake of such an unpredictable year, but here’s one. Ontario is faced with a major decision in 2009: Who will build its next generation of nuclear plants? Two bidders — AREVA (France), and Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. — are still in the race. One [...]
¶ Published Sunday, December 28th at %I:%M %p ∞ In Legal Issues ∞ No Comments »
Manitoba’s new Climate Change and Emissions Reductions Act aims to reduce the province’s GHG emissions by at least 6% below 1990 levels, by 2013. The Act comes into effect on January 1, 2009.
Some of the highlights include:
Setting up a public Registry where individuals and corporations can voluntarily report their emissions
The creation of a vehicle standards [...]
¶ Published Saturday, December 27th at %I:%M %p ∞ In Legal Issues ∞ No Comments »
The Energy Efficiency Regulations have been amended to add new products, harmonize minimum energy performance requirements with those of other jurisdictions, and update testing methodologies or labelling requirements. The amendments will:
Increase the stringency of existing minimum energy performance standards (MEPS) for some currently regulated products
Introduce new MEPS and associated reporting and compliance requirements for six products:
Residential wine [...]
¶ Published Monday, December 22nd at %I:%M %p ∞ In Miscellaneous ∞ No Comments »
An amazing mash-up based on Carl Sagan’s Pale Blue Dot talk.
¶ Published Monday, December 22nd at %I:%M %p ∞ In Announcements ∞ No Comments »
This week, we upgraded our code base to a new version. The practical implications for NIMONIK users are a significant speed increase and a number of bug fixes.
When logged in, you may have noticed some items were displayed in French when they should have been in English and vice versa. With this upgrade, that bug [...]
¶ Published Sunday, December 21st at %I:%M %p ∞ In Environment ∞ No Comments »
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Warm Regards/Cordialement,
Yves Faguy, Paul Maclean, Jonathan Brun, Sasha Mandy, Danny Baum, Stéphanie Pham-Dang, and Tadatoshi Takahashi.
¶ Published Saturday, December 20th at %I:%M %p ∞ In Legal Issues ∞ No Comments »
In September 2008, in an effort to draw public attention to UK government support for new coal-fired electricity projects, Greenpeace activists painted Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s name on a smokestack at the power plant. They were charged for causing criminal damage during their protest. The company, E.ON, claimed that the paint cost more than £30,000 (US$50,000) to remove.
The judgment : [...]
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