World hydroelectric power generation has risen steadily by an average 3 percent annually over the past four decades. In 2011, at 3,500 billion kilowatt-hours, hydroelectricity accounted for roughly 16 percent of global electricity generation, almost all produced by the world’s 45,000-plus large dams. Today hydropower is generated in over 160 countries.
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Iowa Eclipses Canada in Grain Production, Challenges China in Soybean Production
By Lester R. Brown The U.S. state of Iowa is an agricultural superpower, simultaneously eclipsing Canada in grain production and challenging China in soybean production. No, these are not mathematical [ … ]
Why I Wish More People Could Meet Farmers
The other day I made a comment on a blog post that had quoted an article I wrote about the surprisingly tiny scale of organic farming. In describing “conventional agriculture,” [ … ]
Green Books Campaign: From Seed to Table
Editor’s note: This review is part of the Green Books campaign. Today 100 bloggers are reviewing 100 great books printed in an environmentally-friendly way. Our goal is to encourage publishers [ … ]
Is Taking Care of Your Grass Making You Sick?
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/v/dTcvO-o8NTA&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&feature=player_embedded&fs=1] When dermatologist June Irwin first stood up in 1985 to speak at a Hudson, Quebec, town council meeting about the potential link between synthetic lawn pesticide and herbicide use [ … ]
Book Review: Andrew Nikiforuk’s Tar Sands: Dirty Oil and the Future of a Continent
Northern Alberta’s vast stores of bitumen–a.k.a. “tar sands” or “oil sands” or “dirty oil”–may well be one of the worst environmental tragedies you never heard of. At least that is [ … ]
Green Home: How to Make your Home Energy Efficient using Mainstream and Green Building Techniques
Former Canadian municipal councilor and current building design consultant David Braden, has built himself a green home using current building techniques that doesn’t even require a furnace. We’ll be able to [ … ]
Book Review: Caribou and the North: A Shared Future by Monte Hummel and Justina C. Ray
Quick: What is your favorite ungulate? If Monte Hummel and Justina C. Ray have their way, you will answer with one resounding word: “CARIBOU!” In Caribou and the North: A [ … ]
There Are Green Jobs Up In Canada, eh.
Americans do not have a particularly easy time getting jobs in Canada. I am not saying it’s impossible, mind you, just difficult. But, if you reside in one of the [ … ]