Canada and the World
Current Events with a Canadian Perspective
Last update
04 May 2011
Energy
One of Canada’s greatest natural assets is both
a blessing and a curse in that it generates
income but damages the environment
British Petroleum’s Corporate Nightmare
The oil well catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico
is only the latest in the long series
of controversies involving the company
In 1986, a nuclear power plant in Ukraine
exploded causing massive environmental damage
Cold Fusion Experiments Continue
Twenty years ago two scientists said they had
produced cold nuclear fusion, but nobody could repeat
their work; now there is renewed interest in the science
Inventors Promote High Mileage Devices
Almost since the first gasoline-
hit the road, people have been trying to invent
ways of making them go farther on a litre of fuel
Nuclear Power is Making a Comeback
Accidents at Three Mile Island in the U.S.
and Chernobyl in Ukraine put a stop
to the building of nuclear power stations, now
there is a new enthusiasm for this energy source
Ocean Green Power Harnesses Waves
As the world tries to find ways of reducing the
carbon footprint of humanity, some
experiments with ocean waves are showing promise
Oil doesn’t just move the world’s economic
machinery it also lubricates the globe’s politics
The Stirling Clean, Green Engine
Almost 200 hundred years ago the principle of an
unusual engine were outlined by an unlikely inventor