Vancouver Transit: Ride For Free – Get Tasered!
According to the Globe and Mail, Vancouver Metro Transit officials feel it is within their guidelines to taser riders who refuse to pay for public transportation:…
Read articleVancity Becomes North America’s First Carbon Neutral Bank
Something from the ol’ CTV: Vancity credit union is the first North American financial institution to become carbon neutral, it announced on Wednesday, after it voluntarily…
Read articleTerry on the hill. Come say hello at the AMS Block Party.
(Join our Facebook event page). The Terry project will be setting up on top of the Knoll at the AMS Block Party (April 11th from about…
Read articleThis Was in Nature News, So It Has Got to be True!
file this with, “I should have known but refuse to believe” Researchers from the University of Jerusalem claim to have found a gene associated with dictatorial…
Read articleScrap Your Car – Buy A Hybrid…or a bus pass, or a bike.
First off, I had no idea this program existed (perhaps because I don’t drive): The Scrap-It Program is working to improve Lower Mainland air quality by…
Read articleVPL: Pro-China Protesters Support Non-Violence in Tibet
Protesters are at it again this weekend at the Vancouver Public Library. This week, a rather large group (~200) of pro-China protesters gathered at the Northwest…
Read article“Establishing federal protections against genetic discrimination” – American College of Physicians Proponent of Genetic Anonymity
How would you feel if you were required to pay higher premiums, or worse yet – denied coverage – if an insurance agency found you were…
Read articleAtheism vs Mysticism on National TV – Rationality Wins
..after 5 bloody hours, that is. This is as bizarre as it is amazing. A top tantrik or “black magician” in India was made a fool…
Read articleSave Money – Buy Homes For The Homeless
[via Kang Wang Photography] The current cost to taxpayers of a single homeless person in Vancouver: $55,000 The possible cost to taxpayers to house a single…
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Survey Says! American Public Attitudes Towards the Environment
By Dave Semeniuk,
Dr. David M. Konisky from the University of Missouri’s Institute of Public Policy recently released a survey that captures American attitudes towards current environmental issues (pdf…
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